CLEC Lightyear Network Solutions has tapped Sylantro Systems to provide advanced telephony features for its new nationwide Lightyear XSTREAM VoIP services.
Through the Sylantro platform, residential users of the Lightyear XSTREAM service receive advanced features such as find me/follow me, call forwarding, conferencing, call transfer and repeat dialing, as well as a browser-based portal for access to and control of their services. Beginning in mid-October, Lightyear's business customers will gain productivity-enhancing capabilities such as visual call logs; click-to-dial; selective call treatments by type of caller, time of day or other criteria; browser-based portals for users and for system administration; advanced mobility features; and full integration with Microsoft Outlook.
"As we prepared to deploy the Lightyear XSTREAM product line, we were very cognizant that the VoIP marketplace is highly competitive. Sylantro's solution gives us the ability to stand out from the crowd through distinct, differentiated services for our business and residential customers," says Bruce Widener, senior vice president of corporate development for Lightyear Network Solutions. "Further, by partnering with Sylantro Systems, we are able to quickly introduce in a matter of weeks, not months or years, unique and fully integrated voice applications and messaging services."
Lightyear's Authorized Agent Channel sells and distributes the Lightyear XSTREAM business products, which offer advanced PBX-replacement services for businesses of all sizes. The Lightyear Alliance sales channel, with more than 6,000 representatives nationwide, direct-sells Lightyear XSTREAM residential products including Sylantro-based hosted telephony services, DSL, long distance and other services. The Lightyear XSTREAM suite of services also includes last-mile DSL broadband services through MCI and Covad Communications Group, Inc. and utilizes network services by Level 3 Communications Inc.
