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Sylantro Selects tekVizion as Authorized Certification, Testing Lab

Leading IP Centrex and Consumer VoIP Vendor Also Taps tekVizion as Authorized Systems Integrator

CAMPBELL, CA , and RICHARDSON, TX (March 7, 2005) – Sylantro Systems Corporation and tekVizion™ PVS, Inc., the new standard for systems integration, today announced that Sylantro has approved tekVizion Labs™ as an authorized certification and testing facility. Now Sylantro’s service-provider customers, partners and other vendors can obtain interoperability certification through tekVizion Labs, as well as access the Sylantro platform remotely for pre-certification and ad-hoc testing. In addition, Sylantro has named tekVizion as an authorized systems integrator for Sylantro hosted communications solutions.

Network operators that choose the Sylantro IP Centrex platform may now also call on tekVizion for services including network planning, systems integration, customized web portals, and custom application development. tekVizion Labs will provide secure, remote access to the Sylantro platform for pre-certification and ad hoc testing, as well as on-site interoperability certification.

Sylantro Systems is the leading provider of hosted PBX and IP Centrex applications, voice VPN capabilities, and consumer broadband applications via the company’s carrier-grade application feature server. Sylantro’s products are successfully deployed around the globe, with the widest market distribution in its product class. The Sylantro platform provides the telco-grade scalability, reliability, operability, and regulatory compliance required for massively scalable carrier deployments to serve millions of users.

“As an industry leader in next-generation communications, Sylantro is an important Premier Tenant for tekVizion Labs ” said Terri Griffin, tekVizion president. “Sylantro is a well-established vendor in the market for hosted communication services, and there are many vendors and service providers who need to establish and maintain interoperability with Sylantro products. tekVizion Labs provides an independent facility for all parties to meet their certification and testing needs.”

“Our goal is to help service providers accelerate their time-to-revenue by removing many of the roadblocks that slow down deployment of next-generation services. tekVizion’s expertise in telecom systems integration and independent interoperability certification will give Sylantro’s customers additional resources and avenues to achieve rapid deployment of end-to-end carrier-grade solutions,” said Jack Sorci, Sylantro’s vice president of business development. “As a team, Sylantro and tekVizion are helping network operators make successful transitions to next-generation communications.”

About Sylantro Systems Corp.
Sylantro Systems provides the premier software platform for advanced IP Centrex and hosted communications services for business, residential, wireless, and other applications. The company leads the market in deployments, with carriers such as SBC, PTTs such as TeliaSonera, and next-generation service providers such as Covad, SunRocket and Lightyear Communications using the Sylantro platform. With a unique combination of advanced applications, a carrier-class platform, and proven go-to-market services, Sylantro allows service providers to rapidly deliver high-value, high-margin managed telephony services. These award-winning solutions offer business users sophisticated communications services without the cost and complexity of today’s in-house PBX and key systems, and give consumers new flexibility in their communications services. Sylantro is a privately held company backed by premier investors. On the Web: www.sylantro.com.

About tekVizion PVS, Inc.
tekVizion (www.tekvizion.com) is setting the new standard for systems integration in the telecommunications industry. tekVizion Labs™ is the first interoperability certification lab of its kind, and tekVizion’s suite of FastForward>>SM services help service providers achieve a smooth transition to packet-voice networks, speeding delivery of integrated services. tekVizion leverages its real-world, multi-vendor integration and test experience and proven processes to provide leading vendors, carriers, and enhanced service providers with solutions that meld legacy and next-generation resources. tekVizion’s headquarters, along with a state-of-the-art test lab and Executive Briefing Center, is located in the Telecom Corridor® in Richardson, Texas.

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tekVizion and tekVizion Labs are trademarks, and FastForward is a service mark of tekVizion PVS, Inc. Sylantro is a registered trademark of Sylantro Systems Corporation. Telecom Corridor is a registered trademark of the Richardson Chamber of Commerce. All other trademarks mentioned herein are the property of their respective owners.

Contacts:
  Candace Talmadge
Talmadge Writing Services
(972) 227-8233
candace@talmadgewriting.com
  Tracy Venters
tekVizion PVS, Inc.
(214) 242-5909
pr@tekvizion.com
  Sylantro Contacts:

Dan Album
Sterling Communications, Inc.
+1.760.730.1469
dalbum@sterlingpr.com

Evelyn Miller
Sylantro Systems Corp.
+1.408.626.3035
evelyn.miller@sylantro.com