The following announcement was posted to the newswires at 7am EST March 5.
Intel, Red Hat, and Phonetime have joined Simplified in the announcement.

Simplified Proves Linux Support for Carrier-Class Telecom Services
Phonetime Inc. deploys Simplified Open Services Platform on Red Hat Linux
resulting in lower hardware costs for network expansion
 
AUSTIN, Texas - March 5, 2002 - Simplified®, a software infrastructure
company, today announced that it has successfully completed the first
customer-site deployment of Red Hat® (NASDAQ: RHAT) Linux on the Simplified
Open Services PlatformT.
 
The carrier-class platform has been installed on servers powered by Intel
processors to control multivendor switch gear in a retail services and
wholesale telecom network environment. The deployment was part of an ongoing
network expansion plan to enable PhonetimeT Inc. (CDNX:YPO) to better manage
its rapidly growing traffic demands.
 
Phonetime Inc. is confident that the deployment of the Simplified Open
Services Platform will provide capital savings when compared to server
hardware costs on Unix-based servers.
 
Toronto-based Phonetime expects to lower its business expansion costs by
integrating Red Hat Linux with its existing Simplified platform
implementation, resulting in a stable and highly scalable hybrid (Unix/Linux)
network infrastructure. Moreover, Phonetime has experienced increased
reliability and levels of connectivity since first passing traffic over the
new installation in January. Phonetime processed an average of 1.1 million
minutes of call traffic per day during 2001 and is forecasting significant
growth in 2002.
 
"We continue to post record revenues and minutes-of-use," said Phonetime
President Wayne Silver. "As more cities are brought onto our network through
continued expansion, we anticipate improvement on gross margins on prepaid,
subscriber and wholesale revenues. We fully expect the company to continue to
benefit as a direct result of Simplified upgrades to our network and
switching platforms."
 
To add call capacity to its existing Simplified Open Services Platform
(running on HP-UX servers), Phonetime contracted with Simplified to help
build out its infrastructure. By taking the Linux approach, Simplified will
enable Phonetime to purchase more cost-effective servers powered by dual
Intel® Pentium® III processors to support and control two new Class 4
switches, significantly lowering its hardware costs.
 
"This illustrates how customers can lower costs by using industry-standard
based Intel Architecture servers to handle telecommunications computing tasks
that were previously done by more expensive proprietary systems," said Ton
Steenman, director, Embedded Intel Architecture Division. "The price
performance advantages of Intel Architecture based modular platforms can help
service providers deploy lower-cost solutions for high-performance telephony
services."
 
Linux is a freely distributable open source implementation of Unix that runs
on a number of hardware platforms, including Intel and Motorola
microprocessors. Simplified developed the platform from Red Hat Linux, which
is testimony to the mainstream capabilities of Linux-based software
infrastructure in telecommunications. 
 
"Telecommunications is one of the top growth areas for software companies and
developers," said Paul Cormier, executive vice president of engineering at
Red Hat. "As network hardware becomes open to third-party development, demand
for carrier-grade voice and data applications to control the network becomes
inevitable. Software developers and the service providers they support now
know that Linux is a viable alternative to meet this demand. It provides high
reliability while enabling providers to dramatically reduce their hardware
costs."
 
By designing the Simplified Open Services Platform to also support the Linux
environment, Simplified gives companies an alternative to the Unix-based
hardware and software solutions that dominate the telecom landscape. As a
result, Simplified expects server costs can be reduced by up to 80 percent in
some installations, enabling voice and data service providers to expand
services or enter new markets with faster return on investment. 
 
"We can point to the efficiency of Simplified's platform as one reason we
have managed our growth over the past two years," said Silver. "The continued
growth of Phonetime has proven the scalability of Simplified's software
solution. The have put to rest any doubts we may have had about Linux's
ability to scale to the needs of telecom. This has been an easy expansion and
a seamless transition for us, making January 2002 our best month ever,"
Silver said.
 
"Phonetime personifies Simplified's development objectives," said James
Cashiola, president and CEO of Simplified. "Making our customers more
efficient has always been at the core of our software design, and offering
the Simplified platform on Linux extends that efficiency to broader markets.
Linux has proven to be a robust and reliable option for telecom providers,
and we look forward to further enterprise-class developments in the Red Hat
Linux operating system," Cashiola said.
 
About Simplified
Simplified is a software infrastructure company that enables service
providers and global enterprises to efficiently manage the supply chain of
open voice and data services. As the provider of the industry's first Open
Services Platform and owner of patented softswitch technology, Simplified
enables voice, Internet, cable and wireless service providers to manage any
communication service over any network, while giving enterprises unsurpassed
visibility into their communications usage and costs. For more information
about Simplified and its products visit www.simplifiednow.com.
 
Simplified®, Simplified Open Services PlatformT and the Simplified logo are
trademarks of Simplified Development Corp. The Simplified® mark is a
registered trademark. Intel and Pentium III are trademarks or registered
trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and
other countries. All rights reserved. All other trademarks belong to their
respective owners.
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