Title: BroadVoice is a privately funded Internet Telephony Servic
1 Presentation presented to N10 November 19,
2004
2Who is BroadVoice
- BroadVoice is a privately funded Internet
Telephony Service Provider (ITSP) that
distributes its service through its own retail
brand, agent channels, affinity partnerships and
wholesale opportunities. - We serve the consumer and business market
- BroadVoice operates on a bring your own
broadband model similar to companies like
Vonage, ATT Call Vantage, Lingo and Packet 8 - BroadVoice launched its retail service in April,
2004 and today we offer IP telephone service
globally with subscribers in 45 countries and all
50 states. - We offer a choice of phone numbers in 35 states
and 1,500 US cities and towns and 41 cities in
the UK. - We are growing at a rate of 3,000 lines per month
in our 7th full month of operation. - In August, BroadVoice launched a private label
test offering with a major US RBOC. That RBOC has
recently signed to roll out in all of its service
States.
3What does VoIP mean to you?
- There are many forms of VoIP, not all are created
equally - IP PBX
- Usually premises based
- Savings based on productivity, MAC and wiring
- Almost always proprietary
- Little to no call savings
- Players include
- Cisco
- Avya
- 3 Com
- IP Centrex
- Hosted by the service provider
- Savings based on LD, productivity, MAC and
sometimes wiring - Standards based (SIP or MGCP)
- Players include
- Vonage
- GO Beam
4TCO Comparison
1Includes convergence savings
2Includes local minutes
- Total cost of ownership drivers (left to right)
- PBX less than Centrex PBX costs less than
recurring Centrex charges, reduced costs for
unbundled access, costlier phones - IP PBX less than PBX IP PBX shows higher CapEx
for equipment, on-net site-to-site calling,
costlier CPE for converged voice/data network,
but offers improved productivity - IP Centrex less than IP PBX IP Centrex service
charge more than IP PBX cost, converged T1s less
vs. PRIs, wider choice for phones, and no costly
staff for support, productivity is wash
5Network Typology
Point of Presence
Data Center
Softswitches
MediaGateways
Private IP
IMT
SS7
PSTN
Public IP Network
Broadband Access
IAD
Router
ATA
AnalogPhones
KTSPBX
IP Phones
PC Clients
Customer Premises
6Typical ITSP Plans
7Value and Features
- Unlimited service from 9.95 to 29.95
Basic Advanced Features that are included
Premium Value Added Services
8SIP is the Standard
- SIP enables new services
- Presence, Mobility, User preferences
- Selected for 3G Cellular
- Shipping with Microsoft OS
- Basis of Presence, IM VoIP in Messenger
9Converged Applications
Real-time Communication Voice, Video, Data,
Text, Wireless, Telecom, Internet
Devices PC, Laptop, Tablet PC, PDA, Cell phone,
pagers
SIP Based Services Applications
Business Application Integration CRM, ERP, Web
Services, MS Office, Sharepoint Poral, Project
Server etc.
Services Conferencing, IM, Presence, Mobility,
Sharing
10Explosion of SIP Endpoints
11Typical Analog Telephone Adapter
12Move Quickly and Innovate
- In the near term, we will introduce
- Presence enabled services
- Deployment of wideband codec and dynamic codec
that covers jitter and packet loss - More integration between home, office and mobile
systems - Soon after, we will offer
- Innovative multimedia devices
- Full vXML IVR with voice recognition in multiple
languages - Instant Conferencing and information services
Better than PSTN voice quality - Wideband CODECs will provide better audio quality
- Audio technologies will merge with VoIP
- MP3, ring tones and ring back, speech recognition
- Implementation of SIP-based video
- BroadVoice was the first VoIP provider in the US
to offer a WiFi handset for PSTN calling in
partnership with Pulver Innovations - Very early, but shows great promise
13Thank You for Your Time
- David Epstein
- President
- 978-418-7310 Direct
- 978-418-7410 - Mobile
- depstein_at_broadvoice.com