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Booz Allen Hamilton and TeleContinuity, Inc. Sign Agreement to Provide TeleContinuity’s Voice Solution for Continuity of Operations (COOP) to the Government Marketplace
ROCKVILLE, MARYLAND (May 20, 2005) -- TeleContinuity, Inc. today announced that Booz Allen Hamilton will make available TeleContinuity's disaster-proof backup telephone voice service in the Federal Marketplace.
The TeleContinuity survivable telephone backup service is a network-level solution that restores incoming telephone service to users within minutes of a terror attack, PBX failure, fiber cut, fire, flood, building evacuation, or other catastrophic event. The TeleContinuity solution gives a government entity total control of its telephone service during an emergency. Subscribers can easily reroute their calls to maintain continuity of telephone service during building evacuations, service cutoffs or telco outages. Incoming calls can be delivered to any location and over any device, whether a landline phone, cell phone, or VoIP enabled device such as a PC, laptop, or PDA.
TeleContinuity’s survivable backup telephone voice service will be available to government agencies under a variety of different Booz Allen Hamilton contract vehicles.
Dr. Douglas Himberger, Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President said, "We've examined the TeleContinuity voice solution over the last 18 months and it addresses a critical need, namely, a voice solution that is dependable in the event of a telecommunications outage.”
"Booz Allen Hamilton is one of the premier consulting firms, whose work and advice has been invaluable in enabling many Federal Agencies to take advantage of industry best practices, deploy the most advanced technology and they have added immeasurably to Federal good governance”, said Roy Pinchot, CEO of TeleContinuity.
Through TeleContinuity's proprietary intelligent communications routing, unique switching technology and geographically dispersed network, users can easily activate their service within minutes of a telephone service disruption and restore incoming and outgoing call service by switching their telephone service into TeleContinuity’s network. TeleContinuity's technology makes this possible because it sends call through available circuits on both the public switched telephone network and the Internet. The TeleContinuity voice network is established almost instantly from an infinite variety of network routing options. Calls are moved back-and-forth between the Internet and public switched telephone networks to assure call delivery under the most difficult situations. TeleContinuity's technology enables users to be reached at their current office telephone number wherever they may be -- as though no service disruption had ever occurred. During emergencies, TeleContinuity provides subscribers with both incoming and outgoing call service. TeleContinuity is a hosted service that does not require capital investment, additional staff, maintenance or changes in a client’s current carrier relationships.
About TeleContinuity
Founded in the wake of September 11, 2001 and the subsequent anthrax attacks on Congress, TeleContinuity is focused on providing telecommunications-assurance services to government and businesses customers worldwide. Positioned as "telecommunications gap insurance," TeleContinuity delivers a seamless, low cost, network-level solution that will restore incoming telephone service to users within minutes of a PBX or telephone company failure, fiber cut, fire, flood, building evacuation, or catastrophic event. TeleContinuity, Inc. is a 2003 winner of The National Institute of Standards and Technology's Advanced Technology Program (NIST-ATP) Grant Competition. For more information, visit www.telecontinuity.com
For More Information Contact TeleContinuity, Inc. CEO, Roy Pinchot 240-453-6235 or at rpinchot@telecontinuity.com.