CHICAGO -- Telco Systems today at the SUPERCOMM telecommunications trade show here (booth 24048) announced that Falcon Broadband, a competitive local exchange carrier and cable television company in Colorado, has selected Telco Systems' Access211 VoIP Analog Telephone Adapter (ATA) for its new broadband VoIP Internet phone service.

The Access211 ATA enables subscribers to make and receive phone calls and faxes over broadband Internet connections using standard telephones and fax machines. Customers simply plug in a standard telephone, fax machine and PC into the Access211 and connect the Access211 to a DSL or cable modem.

"We selected the Access211 because of its superior voice quality, user friendly design, advanced features such as integrated routing and the ease in which it interoperates with our General Bandwidth G6 Universal Media Gateway," said Randy DeYoung, the president of Falcon Broadband.

Falcon Broadband (http://www.falconbroadband.net/), headquartered in Colorado Springs, has just launched its SIP-based broadband Internet phone service in Denver, Colorado Springs and Pueblo, Colorado and plans to expand the VoIP service offering state-wide. The company offers local Colorado phone numbers for their VoIP service.

Falcon Broadband is currently providing traditional phone service as a competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) throughout Colorado. It also offers wired and wireless broadband Internet access, cable television and Fiber-To-The-Home (FTTH) triple play services in select Colorado markets, which include Colorado Springs and Pueblo in El Paso County.

Jeff Corbo, Falcon Broadband's Technical Operations Manager, said: "The Access211 outshines them all. It was one of the easier boxes to configure. It is more user friendly in terms of customer set-up and for us to provision. Its web-based graphical user interface is easy to use and the ability to do remote upgrades and remote trouble-shooting means we don't have to roll a truck." But, he added: "We'll still roll a truck if someone is having a problem. We're differentiating ourselves from other VoIP service providers with our local feel, local services and local support."

The Access211 provides superior voice quality and performance because of features such as traffic shaping, advanced quality of service standards and an enhanced voice compression capability.

The Access211's traffic shaping capability prevents heavy Internet data traffic from interfering with the bandwidth required for superior voice quality, and is a feature that distinguishes it from all other VoIP analog telephone adaptors in its class. Without traffic shaping, the voice quality in other devices can break up during simultaneous voice and heavy Internet data activity such as uploading pictures, music or sending e-mails with large attachments. The Access211 also provides other Quality of Service mechanisms such as voice priority over data.

Unlike other devices, the Access211 extends the benefits of variable voice compression technology to both of its VoIP phone ports, providing the ability to deliver high quality voice on both ports simultaneously even when bandwidth is limited. This feature is particularly helpful in the many instances in which the uplink for a broadband Internet service is in the 128-256 Kbps range.

The Access211 also provides telephone lifeline support in which an end-user can still have phone service in the event of a power failure or VoIP network failure.

The Access211 is a member of Telco Systems' Access200 family, which is a diverse line of VoIP ATAs designed for service providers who need to deliver high-quality VoIP, video, and data (triple play) services to their residential and SOHO customers over existing broadband Internet access. The product line offers a cost-efficient means for service providers to migrate their customers' traditional analog telephones and faxes onto IP-based networks.

ABOUT TELCO SYSTEMS

Based in Foxboro, Massachusetts, Telco Systems, a BATM company and a leader in network edge technology and IP switching platforms, provides industry-leading networking solutions to the carrier, service provider and enterprise markets. Telco Systems' focus is to maximize the power of their customers' networks by integrating transport, access, and packet technologies onto industry-leading platforms that meet today and tomorrow's network demands.

Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications. BATM (London stock exchange ticker symbol:BVC) is a worldwide leader in designing and supplying carrier-class IP packet-based systems, such as high-capacity, self-routing switches with extensive QoS (Quality of Service). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at http://www.telco.com.