NPSI North Pittsburgh Systems (MM)

Sylantro Systems Corp. today announced that North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NPSI) has selected the Sylantro applications feature server as the primary infrastructure for the company's upcoming consumer broadband voice service offering. Formed in 1986, NPSI owns and operates three key subsidiaries through which it offers a broad spectrum of sophisticated telecommunications services to business and residential users throughout western Pennsylvania. The consumer Voice over IP (VoIP) service will be provisioned utilizing the capabilities of all of the NPSI subsidiary companies, but will be offered to consumers through North Pittsburgh Telephone Company (NPTC), a 99-year-old incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC). The service is planned for initial deployment in late 2005 and includes broadband VoIP capabilities packaged with the company's DSL service offering and unlimited local, regional and long-distance VoIP calling. NPTC will include advanced Sylantro-based functionality such as click-to-dial, selective and/or scheduled call forwarding, call logs and a browser-based call management interface for user control and management of their VoIP environment and features. The company expects to expand the offering to customers of its other subsidiaries in the near future. "Sylantro's platform has been deployed by multiple Tier 1 providers for consumer and business offerings, and allows us to deliver differentiated services in a commodity consumer VoIP market," said Al Weigand, vice president of North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. "Further, Sylantro is the only company with the demonstrated scalability and marketing expertise to help drive our successful deployment." In addition to the Sylantro applications and servers, the NPSI deployment is leveraging the Ensim VoIP service enablement solution to automate provisioning and other operational aspects of the new consumer VoIP service and IPeria's ActivEdge unified communications applications for advanced integrated messaging services. "We are very pleased that North Pittsburgh Systems has standardized on the Sylantro solution for their new consumer VoIP offering," said Pete Bonee, president and CEO of Sylantro Systems. "NPSI has consistently been a leader in adopting and deploying state-of-the-art technologies, including their 100-percent digital switching network and extensive SONET optical network. The Sylantro platform will allow them to leverage their infrastructure investments to deliver a new generation of consumer VoIP services." About North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. North Pittsburgh Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:NPSI), with over 300 employees and $100 million in annual revenue, owns and operates North Pittsburgh Telephone Company, Penn Telecom, Inc., and Nauticom Internet Services subsidiaries. These premier companies provide a vast array of sophisticated, leading-edge communication services. Together, the NPSI family of companies is helping to build a connection to the future by providing businesses and residences in western Pennsylvania with the highest-quality equipment, systems, services and technologies. On the web: www.northpittsburgh.com. About Sylantro Systems Corp. Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced IP Centrex and hosted communications services for business, residential, wireless and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as SBC, PTTs such as Swisscom, and next-generation service providers such as NuVox and Elitel using the Sylantro platform. With a unique combination of advanced applications, a carrier-class platform, and proven go-to-market services, Sylantro allows service providers to rapidly deliver high-value, high-margin managed telephony services. These award-winning solutions offer business users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today's in-house PBX and key systems, and give consumers new flexibility in their communications services. Sylantro is a privately held company backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com. Sylantro is a registered trademark of Sylantro Systems Corporation. All rights reserved. All other products and brands mentioned are trademarks and/or service marks of their respective owners.