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Penta selects Centile's IntraSwitch to provide Managed Hosted Voice Services to SMEs in Switzerland

Penta extends its ASP offering with a robust and versatile VoIP service that meets the needs of its business end-users.

Sophia Antipolis, FRANCE, April 24, 2007 – Centile, the leading European VoIP Application Software vendor today announced that Penta, a leading provider of hosted and managed communications solutions in Switzerland, has chosen Centile's IntraSwitch VoIP Applications platform to extend its ASP offering to SMEs and large enterprises.

Ovum, the research and consulting company, reported that the managed services market in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) regions forecasts that the total services revenue will grow to $14 billion by 2009, with managed IP Voice services revenue growing at the fastest annual compound rate of 71%.

Penta provides SMEs and large enterprises with fast, reliable and hassle-free managed hosted solutions. Supported by best-of-breed hardware, a world-class data center which provides all of the necessary requirements to ensure the highest levels of network performance, reliability and security, Penta is dedicated to exceeding customers' expectations.

Penta is targeting enterprises between three and one thousand employees with the Centile IntraSwitch. This platform includes features such as IVRs, ACD, conferencing, auto-attendant, instant messaging, presence management, find-me-follow-me, voice mail to email, simultaneous and distinctive ringing. The service also offers advanced CTI applications such as CallPad, SwitchBoard, and Click-to-Call.

Farhad Khalilnia, CEO for Penta Consulting SA said: "our partnership with Centile enables us to extend our ASP offering with a complete, innovative, hosted and managed IP telephony solution, providing our business customers tailored and value-added VoIP services while reducing their overhead and communication costs. Furthermore, Penta's ASP business model proposes the "pay per use" approach for each user with a monthly "rental" fee allowing companies to avoid upfront costs such as software, hardware, resources, consulting, maintenance and upgrades."

Jose Ruiz, COO for Centile said: "Centile is honored to have Penta as a reference in Switzerland. Our partnership will make our innovative VoiP solution widely available for small, medium and large Swiss enterprises. Nowadays, enterprises are looking for cost-effective and hassle free solutions and the ASP model allows them to enjoy advanced IP telephony services, as well as other outsourced solutions without initial investment, maintenance fees….." ASPs are increasing their market share fast and I strongly believe that this is the way forward".

About Centile
Centile is a leading enabler of next-generation SIP-based services for converged Fixed-Mobile and multimedia applications, and allows operators to offer unique value-added and cost-effective new multimedia services to both the business and consumer markets. Its pre-IMS VoIP applications platform, the IntraSwitch, provides the scalability, reliability and manageability to support hundreds of thousands of customers in a highly distributed and modular architecture. The platform comes fully loaded with ready-to-market service functionalities, which include Business Trunking, VoIP VPN, IP Centrex, Hybrid IP Centrex, Mobile IP Centrex, Intra Centrex, and Residential VoIP. Additionally, the platform offers value-added Class 5 features that include CTI (Computer Telephony Integration), a full Media Server with IVRs (Interactive Voice Response), ACD (Automatic Call Distribution), Conferencing, Presence Management, Instant Messaging, and Video support. Additional information is available at www.centile.com

About Penta
Penta Consulting SA is an information system management company - Limited Company under Swiss Jurisdiction - founded in 1996 and based in Geneva, Switzerland. Our mission is to bring top quality service to our clients and build a broad partnership resulting in handling all information needs under one roof. When partnering with Penta, your organization can benefit from utmost reliability, security, and industry expertise. In the year 2000, Penta focused its efforts ASP services or "Application Service Provider". This marked the first "true" ASP in Suisse Romande. Penta offers around the clock, world-class dedicated and secure infrastructure to its customers. We're always looking for new ways that technology can assist our clients stay highly competitive. This results in a win-win partnership and the assurance of high (ROI) Return On Investment for our clients. Additional information is available at www.penta.ch