Access One Switches Gears: Move to Metaswitch Powers Differentiated Hosted PBX and UC Services

LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM and CHICAGO, IL--(Marketwired - February 03, 2016) - Metaswitch Networks^®, the pioneering network software provider, today announced that Chicago-based managed service provider Access One has deployed Metaswitch's Business Communications solution to improve and extend its voice infrastructure and support services that include hosted PBX and Unified Communications (UC).

"We moved from reselling services from a wholesale cloud voice provider to deploying our own infrastructure, based on Metaswitch's solution set, in less than 150 days," said Rick Wagner, VP of engineering for Access One. "The economic benefits of building versus reselling are very favorable. With Metaswitch's solution in place, we're better placed to compete and provide a more complete customer experience."

Access One has been providing telephony, data and managed IT services to mid-sized businesses for more than 20 years. Since its inception, Access One's high-touch, personalized service has set it apart from its competitors and helped it maintain a loyal and growing customer base.

"We enjoy working with innovative providers like Access One to provide the technology, training and support programs they need to help them make their customers successful," said Chris Carabello, senior director of product marketing for Metaswitch. "In addition to providing exceptional technology and customer support, Metaswitch takes the extra step of helping our customers create and sell great services so they can grow more quickly, satisfy their customers and bring in more revenue." 

To learn more, read our new case study, "Access One Builds Better Business Communications with Metaswitch."

About Metaswitch Networks
Metaswitch is powering the transition of communication networks into a cloud-based, software-centric, all-IP future. As the world's leading network software provider, we design, develop, deliver and support commercial and open source software solutions for network operators. Our high performance software runs on commercial, off-the-shelf hardware, as appliances or in the cloud. We package this software into solutions that are redefining consumer and business communications and enabling the interconnection between diverse network services and technologies. We also apply our software development expertise to removing network virtualization complexities in the data center, with a solution that easily scales and secures workload interconnection in support of mission-critical IT and real-time communication applications. For more information, please visit: http://www.metaswitch.com.

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