IN THE NEWS
2008:
March 2008 -
TeleContinuity, Inc. Receives Type II Telecommunications Carrier License from Japanese Government
Tokyo, Japan – March 18, 2008 TeleContinuity, Inc. announced today that it has been granted a Type II Carrier License from the Japanese Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications. Effective as of February 28, 2008, the license will enable TeleContinuity to provide its survivable telecommunications network to commercial, residential and government organizations throughout Japan.
“The licensing of TeleContinuity’s backup telecom system by the Ministry shows that telecommunications continuity is of critical importance for the nation of Japan, said Taka Ito, Managing Director of TeleContinuity’s Asia Pacific and Middle East Operations. “With the launch in Q1, 2008 of TeleContinuity’s Japanese Service, we are seeing unprecedented demand for survivable backup telecommunication services throughout Japan and the Pacific Rim. Recent disasters have focused corporations on the necessity of business continuity planning and disaster recovery – especially the critical role of maintaining telecom-continuity.”
TeleContinuity, recently participated at the ITPRO Expo 2008 at Tokyo BigSight in conjunction with its in-country strategic partner ECOSS. Additionally, Michael Rosenberg, Executive Vice President of TeleContinuity, was invited to speak on the subject of “maintaining telecommunications continuity during emergencies and disasters,” at the 12th Annual Earthquake Technology Exhibition in Yokohama, Japan.
TeleContinuity Announces Localized Language Version of its Services for Japan
Tokyo, Japan –March 18, 2008 – TeleContinuity, Inc., in conjunction with its local strategic distributor, ECOSS, Inc., announced today that the Company has released a localized version of the TeleContinuity Service that will allow users to interact with a Japanese language version of the TeleContinuity Platform. The user web interface, administration interface, activation auto attendant, as well as email hand and held device applications are now all available in Japanese. Japanese users will have the ability to decide which version of the application they will utilize, English or Japanese, depending on their local requirements.
Chihiro Tsuyuki, CEO & President of ECOSS, Inc. stated that, “TeleContinuity offers our customers and the Japanese marketplace a wide range of critical specialized services that are utilized for telework, voice recovery and general business operations. Because of the critical need for survivable and disaster-proof telecom backup, there has been widespread excitement in the Japanese marketplace with many positive articles published in our nation’s most important business magazines and newspapers. Many companies are inquiring about distribution and implementation agreements. ECOSS is looking forward to a strong year in 2008 as we deliver the TeleContinuity service in support of Japanese business and government agencies.”
February 2008 -
TeleContinuity, Inc. Selected to Exhibit at MEFTEC, a World Premier Financial Technology Conference in Bahrain.
Dubai, U.A.E. (February 11, 2008) TeleContinuity, Inc., the number one provider of disaster-proof, resilient, survivable backup telecommunications for business and government has been selected to exhibit at MEFTEC, the world’s premier financial technology event with a special focus on the Middle East, South Asia, Africa and other high-growth international markets. TeleContinuity was selected to exhibit according to MEFTEC, because it was one of the companies representing, “an elite band of leading-edge financial technology vendors.”
The MEFTEC Conference, to be held in Bahrain, UAE on February 11-12, 2008, brings together more than 700 financial technology leaders from 27 countries and 350 financial institutions. Delegates are limited to the financial industry’s finest IT buyers. A central feature of MEFTEC is its Hosted Delegate Programme. More than 200 leading CIOs are participate in this invitation-only program, receiving complementary flight, accommodations, transfers and registration fees.
“TeleContinuity is pleased to present the solution to avoiding telecommunication outages to this important group of top IT executives, who represent a fast-growing, influential and vital area of the world’s financial community,” said Mr. Michael Rosenberg, TeleContinuity’s Executive Vice President. “TeleContinuity’s current implementation in Japan to protect telecommunications in that country is the beginning of a global network that will offer backup telecommunications to protect financial service companies everywhere from natural disasters, man-made disasters or other telecom failures.”
January 2008 -
TeleContinuity, Inc. Announces the invitation to speak at the 12th Annual Earthquake Technology Exhibition in Yokohama, Japan.
Tokyo, Japan (January 31, 2008) Mr. Michael Rosenberg, TeleContinuity Executive Vice President and Mr. Takanobu Ito, Managing Director of Asia Pacific & Middle East were invited to Japan to speak about telecom disaster-recovery at the 12th Annual Earthquake Technology Expo/Natural Disaster Recovery Technology Expo in Yokohama, Japan. ECOSS and TeleContinuity also displayed its technology at the ITPRO2008 exposition in Tokyo in January, 2008.
TeleContinuity, Inc. Announce the Availability of Telephone Backup Services to Assure Voice Connectivity During a Disaster or Evacuation in Japan
Tokyo, Japan (January 15, 2008) -- TeleContinuity, Inc., provider of survivable backup telecommunications for business and government has joined with ECOSS, Inc., its Japanese partner, to announce the availability of its telecommunications backup service. With ECOSS’ TeleContinuity service, Japanese corporations and government agencies can be assured they will be able to maintain telephone service during a disaster, emergency or evacuation.TeleContinuity has maintained a commercial relationship with ECOSS since 2005 when ECOSS helped with fund raising and technical presentations. Chihiro Tsuyuki, CEO and Chairman of ECOSS has been interested in bringing TeleContinuity service to Japan since his technical team returned from the USA where they studied the Company’s underlying technology. “I believe this unique technology should be required for every corporation, if Japanese companies are to reduce their costs and maintain continuity during telephone outages and natural disasters,” said Mr. Tsuyuki.
ECOSS’ announcement that they would be marketing TeleContinuity technology created great excitement in Japan with full page articles, diagrams and pictures published in many of Japan’s leading business publications: Nikkei Business, Nikkei Computer, Nikkei Business Daily, Sankei Newspaper and Sangyo. Many of Japan’s largest telecommunications, integration and security firms have expressed interest in joint ventures and partnering opportunities.