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Digital telephony: Cablecom and UPC double their customer numbers in 18 months

Zurich (ots)

UPC Broadband, parent company of Cablecom in
Switzerland, has reached the million threshold for telephony
customers within its European footprint. This success of doubling the
number of telephony customers over the last 18 months is mainly
driven by the accelerated growth of UPC's VoIP (Voice over IP) based
Digital Telephony service. In Switzerland cablecom's telephony
product was recently rated best VoIP product in a test conducted by
the consumer television program Kassensturz.
With more than 200,000 customers, cablecom digital phone makes a
significant contribution to the success of UPC. In seven European
countries, UPC offers digital telephony with Voice over IP (VoIP),
including Holland, Hungary, France and Austria. In Europe
approximately 9.3 million of the households connected to the UPC
network are able to use digital telephony.
UPC is one of the first cable network companies to introduce
SIP-based (Session Initiation Protocol) voice services. With this
launch, UPC has created the preconditions for attractive additional
services such as instant messaging, video chat or the extension of
the range of mobile handsets. For the future, UPC is planning a
convergence product for fixed network and mobile telephony on the
basis of VoIP/SIP - for Switzerland and other UPC markets. The launch
of this convergence product is scheduled for next year.
Market leader in alternative fixed network telephony
Since its market launch of digital telephony in June 2004,
cablecom has established itself as the only real alternative to the
conventional fixed network connection. Cablecom digital phone, i.e.
telephony via a television cable connection, was able to acquire more
than 200,000 customers in less than two years. Apart from an
excellent price / performance ratio, digital phone offers numerous
additional functions such as a net-based digital answering machine
and the possibility of sending SMS.
Cablecom wins Kassensturz test
The consumer magazine "Ktipp" and the television magazine
"Kassensturz" thoroughly examined the alternative telephony products
with Voice over IP in February 2006. In the test, which was conducted
by Rapperswil College, cablecom won the race and was ranked the best
alternative telephony provider by both Ktipp and Kassensturz in March
2006.
Rudolf Fischer, Managing Director of cablecom comments: "In
addition to Internet and TV, telephony has now become one of our core
products which we will make even more attractive by extending our
range of mobile services. An integrated product for fixed and mobile
telephony is being developed. Apart from private households, we want
the Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) - segment to benefit
increasingly from our position as market leader in the VoIP sector.
We offer convergent data / voice solutions specifically for SMEs."
About cablecom
Cablecom is Switzerland's largest cable network company supplying
its customers with quadruple play products in the areas of cable
television, broadband Internet as well as mobile and fixed network
telephony. In addition, cablecom offers voice, data and value-added
services for business customers. Cablecom also provides plant
engineering, application and transmission services for cable network
companies for television, telephony and Internet. The company's own
country-wide network (one of only two in Switzerland) supplies 14 out
of the country's 16 largest cities. Cablecom is a national subsidiary
of UPC Broadband, the European cable network group of Liberty Global
Inc.
About Liberty Global
Liberty Global is the leading international cable operator
offering advanced video, voice, and Internet-access services to
connect our customers to the world of entertainment, communications
and information. At December 31, 2005, Liberty Global operated
state-of-the-art broadband communications networks that served
approximately 15 million customers in 19 countries principally
located in Europe, Japan, Chile, and Australia. Liberty Global's
operations also include significant media and programming businesses
such as Jupiter TV in Japan and chellomedia in Europe.

Contact:

Cablecom Media Relations
Stephan Howeg
Head of Corporate Communications
Phone +41/44/277'99'99
Fax +41/44/277'95'88
E-mail: media.relations@cablecom.ch

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