Singularity and O-bit Go Live on ISDN30

First UK Communication Provider to achieve milestone

London, United Kingdom – 12th June 2008

O-bit Telecom and Singularity today announced that O-bit is the first communication provider in the UK to go live on ISDN 30 on the OpenReach EMP platform. OpenReach is the organisation created in 2005 to sell wholesale line services to all communication providers in the UK. This achievement is of huge interest in the telecommunications sector, as many UK communication providers have delayed migrating to the OpenReach platform until ISDN30 services have been established. O-bit connected to OpenReach for ISDN 30 using Singularity's Wholesale Line Rental 3 solution in record time. 

In 2005 the UK's communications regulator OFCOM stipulated that BT must open up its wholesale services to independent providers such as O-bit. In response, BT span off its wholesale arm into a new company called OpenReach, to provide a 'level playing field' to all Telco providers in the UK who want to buy and sell phone services to business and private customers.  However, before they can access these new services the independent operators have to be able to link their internal ordering systems to OpenReach using a new standard called Wholesale Line Rental 3 (WLR3). WLR3 already enables providers to access standard PSTN lines, but the opportunity to order high-capacity ISDN lines is of much greater interest to communication providers.  Singularity and O-bit are the first to actually connect live to the ISDN ordering service.

"Being the first to connect for ISDN 30 is a fantastic achievement, due to the effective collaboration of our staff working closely with Singularity", said Dave Breith, CEO of O-bit Telecom. "Singularity have been exceptional during the successful delivery and connection to OpenReach. Their technology, their knowledge of the WLR3 protocol and their ability to anticipate and react to issues on our behalf have been excellent."

"We're thrilled that we've been able to achieve this milestone on behalf of our customer O-bit Telecom" said Dr. Robert McGarry, Director of Telecommunications at Singularity. "We're absolutely delighted to be the first team connecting live with ISDN 30, and we'd like to congratulate our colleagues on the O-bit team on this joint success".

About O-bit Telecom:
O-bit Telecom was established in 2002 as a fixed line telephony supplier and has experienced continual rapid growth. The company supports some of the UK's leading companies including FTSE 500 corporations as well as central government agencies, and has a strong telecom reseller's customer base.
For further information please visit http://www.o-bit.net/

About Singularity:

Singularity increases the performance and agility of business processes by rapid implementation of its industry-leading Business Process Management (BPM) products.

Singularity’s mission is to populate the world with agile organizations. As the leading Business Process Agility specialist we today serve clients in over 30 countries from our offices in London, New York, Singapore, Ireland and India and through our network of partners globally. Acclaimed by leading industry experts, as the best in our field, we provide a unique combination of thought leadership and practical help that creates a new generation of successful organizations.

For further press information please contact Kathryn McDevitt at Singularity.
Email: marketing@singularity.co.uk, or telephone: + 44 28 71 267767. For more information, please visit http://www.singularitylive.com or http://www.singularity.co.uk

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