LSR Gateway Available Under Low-Cost Monthly
Rental Plan
Bridgewater, NJ - October 16, 2001 - (Nasdaq: DSET) - DSET
Corporation today announced that the latest version of its
ezLocal gateway is now available to all competitive service
providers in the United States for a monthly rental fee that
can be as low as $8,125. This fee includes a license for use
of the software, technical support, software upgrades, and
change-management services.
ezLocal is the software most widely used by U.S. competitive
service providers (CSPs) to submit local service requests
(LSRs) to the former Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs)
to order local loops and related services, such as 411 directory
service. The current version of ezLocal offers features that
include:
- A Business-Rules Engine that makes it possible to implement
changes in any of the rules governing interconnection with
RBOCs in real time without costly code modifications.
- An Order Entry user interface that enables a CSP to create
and submit orders as a stand-alone system, thereby avoiding
the costly fees associated with integrating their gateways
with other software systems.
- Report-generation capabilities supported by an Oracle
relational database, including state monitoring for Service
Level Agreements (SLAs).
- A flexible application program interface (API) that can
be used to integrate ezLocal with virtually any order management
system (OMS) that a service provider has selected.
"Since its introduction in 1998, we've worked successfully
to make ezLocal the most feature-rich LSR gateway on the market,"
said Bill McHale, DSET's president, chief executive officer,
and chairman of the board. "The development of ezLocal has
been driven by the close relationships we maintain with our
customers. A prospective customer that chooses to deploy the
current version of ezLocal benefits from years of input provided
by more than 30 customers that have our gateways in production.
"Our customers, prospective customers, industry analysts,
and competitors are now realizing that we are not getting
out of the gateway business. We believe we will be around
for many years to come, so when the competitive service provider
market has been successfully transformed, we will still be
there with our OSS interconnection solutions."
Commenting on DSET's new gateway-rental plan, Mr. McHale said,
"Our strategy is straight-forward. We plan to generate as
much cash from our gateway rental plan as possible. By taking
an aggressive approach to the gateway market, we can add new
customers and increase recurring cash flows. Our prospective
customers now have the choice of paying small amounts of cash
on a monthly basis for our proven gateways that are in production
at over 30 CSPs, or paying large sums of cash up-front to
our competitors.
"One of our competitors, in what we believe is an effort to
confuse our customers, has over-dramatized the challenges
associated with keeping gateways current with industry changes
affecting interconnection to trading partners. Each quarter
we have been providing hundreds of updates to our gateway
interfaces, covering as many as eight different gateways.
While we have more customers than any of our competitors,
we are confident that we can continue to support changes in
the same efficient and timely manner as we have in the past."
All DSET gateways are available under the company's rental
plan to competitive service providers in the United States.
Current DSET customers in the United States may also take
advantage of this plan.
Along with ezLocal, the other gateways offered by DSET are:
- ezPreOrder for automating the retrieval of accurate
and up-to-date customer information from RBOCs, available
for as little as $5,125 per month
- ezAccess for ordering special access/transport
services such as T-1 lines, available for as little as $3,867
per month
- ezTroubleAdmin to automate the resolution of service
outages caused by problems in RBOCs' networks, available
for as little as $7,650 per month
- ezNumberPort to interconnect with the eight Number
Portability Administration Centers (NPACs) in North America
to ensure that customers retain their current phone numbers
if they change service providers, available for as little
as $3,000 per month
- ez911 to interconnect with the service bureau
(Intrado Inc.) that helps to provide enhanced 911 service
throughout the United States, available for as little as
$1,875 per month
- ezCallingCard (LIDB) and ezCallerID (CNAM)
to interconnect with the service bureau (Illuminet) that
facilitates these services for competitive providers, available
for as little as $1,500 per month for each gateway
Detailed information about DSET's new gateway rental plan
can be obtained by sending e-mail to
info@dset.com.
About
DSET Corporation
DSET Corporation is a leading supplier of electronic-bonding
gateways and software solutions that automate the provisioning
of Internet Protocol (IP)-based services. DSET gateways enable
communications providers to implement electronic Trading Partner
Networks (TPNs). A TPN plays a critical role in lowering the
cost of acquiring customers, reducing the amount of time required
to provision new phone services for customers, and minimizing
the time required to resolve service outages to ensure higher
customer satisfaction and less customer churn. DSET IP provisioning
solutions facilitate the creation of virtual private networks
(VPNs) and a variety of other services at a fraction of the
cost and time of conventional provisioning methods. DSET is
headquartered in Bridgewater, New Jersey, and the company's
Web site can be viewed at www.dset.com.
Statements regarding financial matters contained in this press
release, other than historical facts, are forward-looking.
Since all statements about DSET's plans, estimates, and expectations
are based on current projections that involve risks and uncertainties,
and are subject to change at any time, the company's actual
results may differ materially from expected results. Investors
should consider these risks and uncertainties, which are discussed
in documents filed by DSET with the Securities and Exchange
Commission. These documents identify important factors that
could cause the actual results to differ materially from those
contained in the projections or forward-looking statements.
DSET expressly disclaims any obligation to update any forward-looking
statements.
DSET Contacts
Media Relations: Dean Maskevich, Marketing Communications,
908-526-7500 Ext. 1366,
e-mail: dmaskevi@dset.com
Investor Relations: John P. Murphy, Westfield Investor Relations,
908-233-1558,
e-mail: westfieldir@worldnet.att.net
DSET and the DSET logo are registered trademarks of DSET
Corporation.
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