Mpower Communications Introduces Enhanced VoSDSL Product Solution for Business Customers

Strategic Insights -

Mpower Communications Corp. has rolled out a new VoSDSL product solution that offers integrated voice and data services over an all-digital platform to business customers. The Consolidated Broadband Services 2.0 package includes turn-key installation, configuration, and integration of a Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router, providing customers with a complete solution for connecting to the Internet and email using SDSL.

Mpower's bundled service offering now includes everything businesses need to connect to the Internet and e-mail, including a Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router, which allows a single copper phone line to carry multiple voice channels and high-speed data connections simultaneously. The company configures and installs the router at a customer's location, saving the customer from having to worry about installation and periodic upgrades. The router is also failsafe during power outages and can be maintained, reconfigured, and repaired remotely.

Key Takeaways:

  • Mpower's Consolidated Broadband Services 2.0 package includes integrated voice and data over an all-digital platform, up to 8 separate voice lines, and up to 1.5 Mbps of two-way high-speed Internet access.
  • The package also includes domestic long distance service at five cents a minute, custom calling features, web hosting, and 10 email addresses.
  • The Netopia R9100 Ethernet Router is included in the package and provides firewall security against unauthorized and unwanted access to customers' networks.
  • Mpower configures and installs the router at a customer's location, saving the customer from having to worry about installation and periodic upgrades.
  • The router is failsafe during power outages and can be maintained, reconfigured, and repaired remotely.
  • The package is designed to meet the needs of large file transfers commonly used by business customers.

Statistics:

  • 2,200: Number of people employed by Mpower Communications nationwide.
  • 12: Ranking in the Bloomberg Tech 100 listing of the fastest growing technology companies in the United States based on sales growth for the 1999 fiscal year.
  • 50: Number of top metro markets that Mpower plans to expand its industry-leading Voice over Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (VoSDSL) footprint to by early 2001.

Sources:

  • [PRNewswire, July 24, 1999: Mpower Communications Corp. Introduces VoSDSL Product Solution for Business Customers (makes no mention of a date)]
  • http://www.NowYouHaveThePower.com (Web site)
  • http://www.netopia.com (Netopia's Web site)
  • [Company press release] (makes no mention of a date)
  • Mpower Communications Corp. (Nasdaq: MPWR)
  • Netopia, Inc. (Nasdaq: NTPA)