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Oresis Communications' ISIS-700 OmniService Switch Selected by Vision Net; ISIS-700 Enables Vision Net to Offer Broadband Distance Learning and Video Conferencing

Business Wire - April 22, 2002

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BEAVERTON, Ore.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 22, 2002

Oresis Communications, Inc., the company that is launching the era of true voice and data convergence, today announced the selection and deployment of the ISIS(TM)-700 OmniService(TM) Switch by Vision Net, Inc.

Vision Net, a Montana based service provider that operates a fiber based network, has deployed the ISIS-700 OmniService Switch for their multiservice data requirements at both the edge and core of its fiber optic network.

"The ISIS-700 OmniService Switch was an easy choice as it enables us to offer current and new services at higher speeds, while efficiently and economically operating our packet backbone," said Ron Warnick, General Manager of Vision Net. "We selected the ISIS-700 because its packet voice capabilities will enable Vision Net to integrate circuit-switched voice traffic, as well as existing packet data and circuit-switched video traffic, onto our packet network."

Vision Net owns and operates a regional, fiber based packet network, as well as video conference facilities across the Pacific Northwest and mid-western United States. Using its next-generation network, Vision Net provides distance learning and teleconferencing services to the public, as well as to corporate customers. Vision Net has pioneered the distance learning industry by developing one of the first teleconferencing networks that operates on a core packet backbone. In addition, Vision Net provides Internet, Frame Relay, cell relay, and voice services to its customers.

"Service providers are demanding capital and operationally efficient equipment from their vendors to cost-effectively build their next-generation networks," said Christin Flynn, director, Carrier Convergence Infrastructure for The Yankee Group. "At the same time, service providers want to have the flexibility in their networks to offer such revenue-generating applications as voice and video. Multiservice WAN switches, such as Oresis' ISIS-700 OmniService Switch, have the flexibility to deliver existing traffic in the network while helping the service provider migrate to a more efficient architecture. The ISIS-700 goes one step further, and enables Vision Net to expand their service portfolio into next-generation voice when they are ready."

Vision Net has integrated the ISIS-700 OmniService Switch into its core packet network, providing both multi-service edge and core switching capabilities. The ISIS-700 aggregates and converges multiple services on a regional packet network. These services include circuit-switched video conference sessions, Internet, and Frame Relay services. The inherent ATM switching and advanced traffic management capabilities of the ISIS-700 ensure that delay sensitive video and voice connections receive priority over less-demanding Internet services.

"We are pleased that Vision Net selected the ISIS-700 OmniService Switch to converge its voice, data and video traffic onto its core packet backbone," said Ali Sarabi, president and CEO of Oresis Communications. "Their concurrent use of the ISIS-700's voice, data, and video switching capabilities validates the vision and economic benefits of the ISIS-700 by providing a single point of true voice and data convergence for innovative carriers and service providers."

About Vision Net

Vision Net, Inc. is a regional telecommunications company specializing in the use of leading edge technology for interactive video (ITV) business conferencing, interactive video education, internet services, wide area networks, and broadband transport. Vision Net was formed by a cooperative effort among some Montana telecommunication industry leaders. They provide innovative and technologically advanced services, and support for community, educational and business development in rural and urban communities throughout Montana and surrounding states. Additional information on Vision Net can be found at www.montanavision.net.

About Oresis Communications

Oresis Communications, the company that is launching the era of true voice and data convergence, is the leading provider of state-of-the-art OmniService(TM) Solutions designed to simplify global internetworking for carriers and service providers. The ISIS(TM)-700 Switching System, the industry's first state-of-the-art OmniService switching system with end-to-end integrated packet voice and multiservice switching capabilities, is comprised of the ISIS-700 OmniService Switch, the ISIS-700 OmniClass(TM) Softswitch and the OmniView(TM) Manager. Oresis is backed by some of the communications industry's most prominent venture capital firms: Bessemer Venture Partners, Lightspeed Venture Partners, ComVentures, JAFCO America Ventures, Blueprint Ventures, UBS Capital Americas, Sands Brothers, Silver Creek Fund, U.S. Bancorp Piper Jaffray, NTT Leasing and Comdisco. The company was founded in May 1998 and is headquartered in Beaverton, Ore., USA, with an additional development center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. For more information about Oresis and its products, please call 503/533-0717 or visit our website at www.oresis.com.

Oresis, ISIS, OmniService, OmniView and OmniClass are trademarks of Oresis Communications, Inc.

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