ORLANDO, Fla., March 19 /PRNewswire/ -- VoiceCon -- NextPoint(TM), a leader in fixed-mobile connectivity (FMC) solutions, and Nectar Services Corp., an IP communications service provider and wholly-owned subsidiary of Juma Technology (OTC Bulletin Board: JUMT), today announced a strategic partnership to deliver high-scale solutions to large global enterprises.

The global telecom solution enabled by this new initiative combines Nectar's Enterprise Session Management (ESM) application and portal, and NextPoint's Unified Communications Exchange(TM) (UCX), which NextPoint announced this week at VoiceCon and at Spring VON. The collaboration enables the companies to deliver interconnection capabilities integrated with existing and new IP-PBX deployments across distributed networks (WANs).

Nectar is able to deliver intelligent call routing between PBX and IP-PBX deployments at hundreds of offices around the word, managed by Nectar's Enterprise Session Management (ESM) platform, which is integrated via the UCX's Real-Time Session Manager(TM) (RSM). This proven technology is already in use by a number of enterprises today. The UCX and the RSM are part of the NextPoint IntelliConnect(R) system product suite.

"We're delighted to announce this relationship with Nectar and Juma," said Woody Ritchey, CEO, NextPoint. "After months of work in the lab, and exceptional performances in our customer deployments, we are very well positioned to continue to bring substantial value to large, global enterprises grappling with tying together their IP-PBX deployments while at the same time simplifying their operations, and dramatically lowering their costs through quality VoIP solutions. And VoIP is just the beginning of the savings and productivity that can be realized in a unified communications environment."

"The Nectar ESM platform is a key component to the delivery of carrier- grade services to the enterprise community," said Anthony Servidio, CEO and Chairman of Juma Technology, Nectar's parent company. "This solution is rock solid. It truly adds comfort to clients looking for the best solution and delivers a team of professionals with the know-how and experience to guide them through this entire process. The Nectar-NextPoint solution provides enormous value every step of the way as large enterprise organizations transition to IP-convergence and unified communications platforms," continued Servidio. "Working with the team at NextPoint on this solution has been a great experience."

The companies have been working closely with Terex Corporation (NYSE: TEX), a global manufacturer of capital equipment to pilot the solution, which brings together a unified view into their interconnected IP-PBX systems, as well as best-rate-routing and quality assurance capabilities.

"At this point in our engagement, the Nectar-NextPoint solution has already demonstrated great value to our global company," said Robert Mays, Director of Global Infrastructure of Terex Corporation. "We are extremely pleased with the solution's interoperability, which has delivered on a promise of unifying disparate PBX systems, and will soon enable a truly converged, global telecom network for our company once fully deployed."

Meeting the requirements for deploying large, unified communications solutions demands a high-availability and scalable platform with a robust architecture to enable interoperability across network elements and rapid routing updates. The solution delivered by NextPoint's UCX and Nectar's ESM provides the necessary visibility and control of all-IP network transactions while ensuring transport security across the network.

Nectar's Enterprise Session Management (ESM) platform provides carrier class routing and session management functionality with complete vendor and carrier agnosticism. The ESM services portfolio is distilled into simple and intuitive web-based management tools to afford corporations with the ability to support hybrid IP-PBX architecture while accelerating deployment, leveraging features and functionality and providing inherent cost savings with an immediate return on investment.

About NextPoint

NextPoint Networks (www.nextpointnetworks.com) delivers global, fixed- mobile convergence (FMC) border platforms and secure interconnectivity solutions that enable mobile and fixed-line operators to interoperate. NextPoint's technology platform, products and solution suites address the evolving needs of mobile and fixed-line operators for increasing security and intelligence at the network edge by delivering secure voice, data and multimedia over a scalable platform. Over 550 service providers and enterprises worldwide use NextPoint's IntelliConnect system across multiple, diverse network technologies and operating systems to manage technical complexities, optimize business economics, and remove partnership hurdles.

About Nectar

Nectar, formally AGN Networks, is an IP communications service provider that preserves customer investments in existing telecommunications systems while transitioning to VoIP. Nectar, a subsidiary of Juma Technology Corp (OTC: JUMT), provides Enterprise Session Management (ESM), Hosted Telephony Services (HTS) and a Converged Management Platform (CMP). Nectar's innovative solutions deliver significant cost savings, inherent business continuity, intelligent call-routing and the centralization of both applications and management.



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