Michigan Research and Education Institutions Offered Secure Managed Voice over IP Services through New Collaboration with VoEx, Inc.

Grand Rapids, Mich. (PRWEB) November 15, 2005 -- VoEx, Inc., the premiere provider of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) network services for long distance and international calling services, announced today that they have completed a collaboration agreement with Merit Network, Inc. The agreement defines how the organizations will coordinate efforts in support of the research and educational institutions in Michigan.

This new relationship will build upon VoEx’s success in providing highly reliable VoIP applications for the educational community. VoEx allows organizations to quickly and easily obtain VoIP services without the risks and difficulties associated with implementing a converged voice and data network internally. VoEx supplies a complete turnkey VoIP product that includes fully outsourced integration, transport, and billing functions.

Merit Network has engineered its backbone to support advanced network applications, such as VoIP, optimizing performance and minimizing latency, packet loss and jitter. Merit has a direct connection to VoEx in Chicago that provides a highly secure and reliable pathway for the transmission of voice packets. By formalizing this collaboration agreement, Merit is committing to full support of its member organizations who select VoEx for VoIP.

VoIP users will realize benefits such as the reduction of overall telecom and network expenses and network management simplification of voice, video and data communications by combining them on one network.

About Merit Network, Inc.

Merit Network, Inc. (Merit), a non-profit corporation governed by Michigan’s public universities, owns and operates America’s longest-running regional research and education network. Founded in 1966, Merit supports the high-performance networking needs of Michigan’s universities, colleges, K-12 schools, libraries, state government, healthcare, and other non-profit organizations. Through Merit, Michigan’s research and education organizations have access to leading-edge network research, state and national collaborative initiatives, and international peering.

About VoEx, Inc.

VoEx, Inc. provides mission critical core network Voice over Internet Protocol ("VoIP") services to large communications services providers and universities. Customers purchase these services from VoEx to rapidly deploy VoIP technology to enhance their competitiveness against incumbent telephone companies. By turning to VoEx, communications services providers gain immediate access to VoIP-based services that 1) expand product sets, 2) accelerate their time-to-market, 3) reduce operating costs and 4) increase profitability of offerings. VoEx provides VoIP technology via its proprietary managed services platform, allowing customers to avoid the major interoperability headaches currently plaguing the VoIP industry and eliminating the need for incremental capital expenditures required for connection to the platform.

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