Metaswitch Makes Hosted Services a Snap in New Zealand

Retail Service Provider Expands Network With Metaswitch


SAN FRANCISCO, CA--(Marketwired - May 14, 2013) - Metaswitch Networks today announced that New Zealand owned and operated service provider Snap is deploying its MetaSphere Hosted Business Services solution to grow and scale its business offering across a greater footprint.

Snap delivers innovative, customized solutions to other telecommunications providers, enterprises, Government, small business, schools and residential users all over New Zealand. Metaswitch partner IVSTEL, Interactive Voice Systems Telecommunications, a leading solutions developer, will provide local support for Snap. 

"We are targeting significant growth over the course of 2013, with a number of hosted business services lined up for our business and residential customers," explains Mark Petrie, CEO of Snap. "We also intend to enhance our SIP trunking solutions and provide fiber-based offerings to business and residential customers as part of New Zealand's Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) rollout. To fulfill these requirements, we needed an architectural platform that could not only scale, but give us the ability to offer a wider variety of solutions easily and efficiently. Metaswitch gives us that."

"Snap is a very creative organization with a strong focus on understanding and serving the needs of their customers," said David Ashby, vice president of Asia Pacific sales at Metaswitch. "We are very pleased Snap has chosen to deploy Metaswitch technology to advance their corporate goals."

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