OnRelay today announced it has entered a distribution contract with ScaleMatrix, a San Diego based Managed Service Provider that operates 12 data centers across the US. ScaleMatrix designs, deploys and manages private cloud solutions for its clients based on the Computer Associated (CA) AppLogic cloud platform.

London, England -- (SBWIRE) --06/03/2011 -- As part of the agreement, OnRelay's Mobile Cloud Exchange (MCX) software has been wrapped in the CA AppLogic platform for plug and play implementation of new MCX server instances. MCX has also been fully verified with US 3G networks and SIP trunks from leading suppliers.

"We are very impressed with ScaleMatrix, who represents exactly the type of distribution partner we are looking for in the US", says Marie Wold, OnRelay's President & CFO. "ScaleMatrix combines a significant experience in telecoms with state of the art cloud computing know how, and they have the datacenter facilities and operations team to back up a rapid expansion and growth of the service. We were frankly blown away by how quickly ScaleMatrix was able to wrap our server in their AppLogic cloud platform with limited support from ourselves''.

"This partnership brings significant advantages to the customers of both OnRelay and ScaleMatrix," said Mark Ortenzi, CEO, ScaleMatrix. "OnRelay's packaging of world-class virtual PBX gives us something timely and important to deliver to our private-cloud."

OnRelay is with this agreement also announcing the establishment of its new US office in San Francisco. "As a European fixed mobile convergence pioneer, we have over the last 2 years been immensely impressed by how quickly the US has caught up and overtaken Europe in the mobile space", says Ivar Plahte, OnRelay's CEO. "Led by Apple and Google, US has turned the mobile market on its head into an ecosystem driven by smartphones, mobile apps, 3rd party developers and now also cloud computing. We have been betting on a more open telecom market for years, and needless to say, we are very pleased about this development and want to ensure we are right in the middle of it".

OnRelay's Mobile Cloud Exchange (MCX) will be available to ScaleMatrix customers and partners shortly. Interested parties please contact:

ScaleMatrix
ScaleMatrix is a Private Cloud Solutions Provider (PCSP) with expertise in Colocation and Dedicated Server technology. ScaleMatrix was founded with the intent to design, deploy and manage the best Private Cloud solutions available. ScaleMatrix can satisfy small start-ups to Fortune 500 enterprises by leveraging the years of knowledge, infrastructure, strategic partnerships, and technology. ScaleMatrix architects, deploys, and manages their entire solution in any one of the 11 data centers they occupy across the United States or in a customer's own private data center. For additional information, visit ScaleMatrix at www.scalematrix.com.

OnRelay
OnRelay is a private software company specializing in mobile telephony software deployed in the cloud. The company lists Tier 1 operators and servicer providers as customers and partners. OnRelay's Mobile Cloud Exchange (MCX) is an all-software, cloud based, mobile office phone system designed for service provider hosting. Working with service providers, OnRelay offers a convergence solution, which allows companies to replace desk phones with mobile phones. By integrating MCX with the leading open source IP PBX, sipXecs, OnRelay offers businesses a complete fixed and mobile telephony system. OnRelay's patented Telephony Internetworking Protocol (TINP) is a lightweight protocol designed to work over any cellular network, worldwide. For additional information, visit OnRelay at www.onrelay.com.

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UMBX 4.1.1 supports BlackBerry, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, VMware cloud platforms, SipXecs 4.2

London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 10/01/2010 -- OnRelay today announces the release of the next evolution of its cloud-based Mobile PBX software, Unified MBX v4.1.1. This release's highlights include a full featured Blackberry mobile client, High Availability, Disaster Recovery, VMware based cloud platform support, multi-tenanting, and integration of the latest SipXecs v4.2 open source IP PBX. The release is currently in trials in over 10 operators worldwide.

OnRelay's Unified MBX is the first and only all-software cloud-based Mobile PBX. It is an all-software Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) system delivered by operators as Software as a Service (SaaS), offering fast and economical worldwide deployments. UMBX requires no mobile network integration, works over any cellular network, and requires no hardware expenditure by the operator or end user. Users can replace their desk phones with mobile phones, making the mobile phone the only office phone extension. Importantly, Unified MBX can also support SIP soft phones and desk phones. Unified MBX utilizes the power of the open source community by integrating the feature rich IP PBX – SipXecs – on a Linux core. Unified MBX consists solely of OnRelay proprietary software and open source components, which allows for aggressive volume pricing and flexible deployment options.

Ivar Plahte, OnRelay CEO, comments, "Our Cloud-based Mobile PBX allows operators to combine the best of PBX and Centrex worlds by cost-efficiently offering both hardware savings from operator hosting and customer ownership of dedicated PBX instances." Plahte continues, "With mobiles as primary extensions, expensive VoIP landline connections to customer premises are avoided. So the customer is the real winner, they get twice the productivity and responsiveness at 20% of the cost in 1/3 of the time – all while regaining IT management of mobile."

OnRelay's support of cloud deployment models makes Unified MBX ideal for mid-to-large size customers that want an operator-hosted and 'box-free' Mobile PBX solution, but demand a larger degree of security, control, flexibility, customization and self-management than offered by operator Centrex solutions. Critically for the operator and customers alike, MBX instances can be quickly and cost-efficiently deployed in a 'plug and play' fashion on individual Linux cloud images. Both Xen (Amazon EC2) and VMware based cloud platforms are currently supported by Unified MBX.

With this release, OnRelay further confirms its continued commitment to the SIP Foundry open source organisation by submitting its new High Availability module to the sipXecs open source project. This module allows high availability failover of sipXecs media services. Unified MBX also includes various sipXecs plug-ins that allow seamless mobile integration with all advanced sipXecs call management features such as sequential and simultaneous hunt groups, auto-attendants, operator consoles, IVRs and ACDs. The latest sipXecs release 4.2 is in its own right a substantial leap forward in IP PBX open source technology with the addition of 115 new features and 187 improvements. New sipXecs features include enhanced IM and Presence federation via XMPP, Web Conferencing (DimDim), FreeSwitch based conferencing, and use of IMAP for Unified Messaging.

Press Contact

Robyn Chys-Crowley
OnRelay
+44 207 902 8100
Robyn.Chys@onrelay.com
http://www.onrelay.com

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OnRelay announces increased focus on Middle East and African markets with its Mobile PBX Unified MBX (UMBX) as region shows strong growth and a keeness for innovative technologies.

London, England -- (SBWIRE) -- 08/26/2010 -- OnRelay today announces that it has expanded its marketing and sales team to add focus on the Middle East and African markets (MEA) following success in ASIA PAC and Europe. This continues OnRelay's ever increasing global push into new regions that are showing substantial growth, as well as a keenness to adopt leading edge mobile technologies.

OnRelay's technology is particularly attractive for operators in the Middle East and Africa as it gives them an all-software Mobile PBX solution to offer SME customers, which have, until now, been too small to benefit from the high cost of hardware-based PBX products. OnRelay UMBX opens the MEA enterprise voice market for Operators, allowing their customers to leap-frog traditional PBX hardware and the need for fixed line infrastructure. In this sense, OnRelay UMBX creates a new market that heretofore did not exist.

"MEA is a hotbed of mobile activity right now, as operators strive to offer best of breed corporate mobility solutions, eschewing any need for fixed line PBX infrastructure," notes Marie Wold, President and CFO of OnRelay. "High software margins, rapid deployment, low integration costs and the ability to work seamlessly when end users roam internationally are today's must have requirements for mobile operators."

OnRelay are currently offering cloud-based trials of its latest version of its Mobile PBX software UMBX 4.1, to qualifying operators in the Middle East and Africa, giving them the opportunity to evaluate the software with a minimum of set up time or impact on current systems.

OnRelay's all software Unified MBX (UMBX) is the first Cloud based Mobile PBX. It is a revolutionary all-software Mobile PBX that is delivered by operators as Software as a Service (SaaS), offering fast and economical worldwide deployments. UMBX requires no network integration, works over any cellular network and requires no hardware expenditure. Users can replace their desk phones with mobile phones, making the mobile phone the only office phone extension. As OnRelay's UMBX utilises the power of the open source community by integrating the feature rich IP PBX - SipXecs - OnRelay eliminates any third party licensing costs.

Contact
Robyn Chys - Marketing Coordinator
robyn.chys@onrelay.com
http://www.onrelay.com

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OnRelay Featured in List of Hottest UK Technology Companies Published in Association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Kemp Little and Microsoft

London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 09/09/2009 -- OnRelay, the leading Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) provider, today announced its inclusion in the 2009 Tech Media Invest Top 100 List published by The Guardian in association with PricewaterhouseCoopers, Microsoft and Kemp Little.

The Tech Media Invest Top 100 is a comprehensive list of the hottest companies in the UK's technology and media industries, compiled by high-tech investment network Europe-Unlimited. It showcases entrepreneurial companies that are developing new ways to serve business and consumers, and have the potential to radically change the shape of the technology industry.

"OnRelay is delighted to be the only FMC provider recognised by The Tech Media Invest Top 100 List" comments Ivar Plahte, OnRelay's CEO. "I consider this to be an acknowledgement of the significant year that OnRelay has had so far. Strong product launches and partnership agreements with BT and Sony Ericsson have further established our clear lead in the FMC market."

About OnRelay
OnRelay is a privately held Unified Communications software company specialising in Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). Founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, the company lists Tier 1 operators and Fortune 500 companies as customers and partners.

OnRelay's Mobile PBX software (MBX) eliminates the need for businesses to purchase and support proprietary telephony hardware. MBX is the first Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence solution able to completely replace desk phones with mobile phones. OnRelay's patented Telephony Internetworking Protocol (TINP) works over any mobile network, worldwide. By integrating MBX with the leading open source PBX, sipXecs, OnRelay offers businesses a complete fixed and mobile telephony system.

Operators can host MBX as Software as a Service (SaaS), bringing significant cost savings to their customers. Multinational companies can deploy MBX within their legacy infrastructure, capitalising existing investments and bringing mobile under corporate control.

http://www.onrelay.com





About Europe-Unlimited
Founded in 1998, privately-owned Europe Unlimited supplies critical business intelligence to innovative technology entrepreneurs, corporations, investors and researchers throughout Europe. Our online community provides a platform to exchange knowledge and to facilitate networking at our pan-European venture events. Over the past decade, our activities have helped thousands of start-ups in finding partners and raising capital. Next to the UK Tech Media 100, we compile the Nordic Venture 50 and the Benelux Venture 50 rankings for the most promising start-ups in these regions, and identify Europe's leading startups through the Eurecan European Venture Contest, now in its fifth year.
Europe Unlimited coordinated the selection of the UK Tech Media 100 and will organise the forthcoming Tech Media Invest 2009 taking place on October 1st at the Emirates Stadium.
www.e-unlimited.com


Press contact
Jane Johnston, OnRelay
+44 207 902 8100
Jane.Johnston@onrelay.com

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Unified MBX Combines Cellular FMC Software with Open Source Telephony for Low-Cost, Hardware-Free Mobile Unified Communications

London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/26/2009 -- OnRelay, the leading Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) provider, today announced the General Availability of its complete Mobile PBX solution, Unified MBX. The announcement follows successful trials in Europe, Asia Pacific and the Middle East.

Unified MBX is a software-only IP business communication system built for mobile phones. By pre-integrating OnRelay's Cellular FMC software with a feature-rich open source IP PBX, Unified MBX provides Unified Communications (UC) without the expense of proprietary telephony hardware or IP PBX licenses.

Unified MBX can be deployed on-premises, or hosted in the cloud to provide mobile business communications as Software as a Service (SaaS). Both offer the ease of deployment of pure software, as evidenced by the Unified MBX trials: customers across ten countries self-installed with only remote OnRelay support.

"Unified MBX is the perfect convergent application. It helps us, a typical technology-oriented SME, to live the UC-ideal in a smart and cost-effectve way," comments Martin Fortmueller, CEO of Eltax, converged service provider and Mobilkom Austria partner.

"Unified MBX combines the strengths of Cellular FMC with the cost benefits of open source telephony," comments Salem Bin-Furaih, Telecoms Consultant, Saudi Business Machines, the representative of IBM in Saudi Arabia. "Our customers benefit from IP telephony without the burden of IP PBX licensing or the costly deployment of IP desk phones. They are understandably enthusiastic about this innovation in enterprise telephony."

At Unified MBX's core is OnRelay's Telephony Internetworking Protocol (TINP). TINP uses voice and data signalling to bring full IP PBX functionality to the mobile phone, over any cellular network - 3G/GSM, EVDO and Low Power GSM.

BT Global Service's Allan Scott, Head of FMC Product Marketing, comments, "OnRelay's FMC technology connects business users across multiple networks and when roaming internationally. BT Global Services recognises the strength of this proposition for multinational enterprise and today's mobile businesses."

"OnRelay have truly brought the functionality of the office phone to the mobile device," adds Roy McCullough, Product Manager for BGN, communications provider for world events, including the Formula 1 Grand Prix.

By choosing sipXecs, a SIP-compliant open source IP PBX, Unified MBX provides a highly scalable IP telephony system at a small business price point. "The sipXecs IP PBX brings scalability, resiliency and an extensive feature set including voicemail, presence, remote worker support with SIP trunking, and Microsoft exchange integration," notes Martin Steinmann, member of the board of SIPfoundary, the sipXecs open source community. "SIPfoundry supports the use of sipXecs IP PBX in leading-edge products like Unified MBX."

"We look forward to working with OnRelay as the perfect partner for these innovative times." concludes Fortmueller.

About OnRelay
OnRelay is a privately held Unified Communications software company specialising in Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). Founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, the company lists Tier 1 operators and Fortune 500 companies as customers and partners.

OnRelay's Mobile PBX software (MBX) eliminates the need for businesses to purchase and support proprietary telephony hardware. MBX is the first Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence solution able to completely replace desk phones with mobile phones. OnRelay's patented Telephony Internetworking Protocol (TINP) works over any mobile network, worldwide. By integrating MBX with the leading open source PBX, sipXecs, OnRelay offers businesses a complete fixed and mobile telephony system.

Operators can host MBX as Software as a Service (SaaS), bringing significant cost savings to their customers. Multinational companies can deploy MBX within their legacy infrastructure, capitalising existing investments and bringing mobile under corporate control.

http://www.onrelay.com

About SIPfoundry
SIPfoundry is the community behind the largest open source effort to build an IP PBX for unified communications using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP). The solution, sipXecs IP PBX, is the only open source PBX able to scale to large corporate deployments with several branch offices. sipXecs is focused on ease of use, and is never released without testing. The effort began with involvement with the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF), the standards body that governs the Internet. Telecommunications was always something entirely different from data networking, until the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) was invented. Like the invention of Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTP), the SIP protocol holds the potential to change our lives.

SIPfoundry is a fully independent not-for-profit open source organization. The sipXecs IP PBX is free and can be downloaded by anyone. Many thousand deployments of the sipXecs IP PBX around the world demonstrate that SIPfoundry's vision of open enterprise communications is becoming a reality. sipXecs has evolved into a serious competitor when companies evaluate a new phone system. And sipXecs does not just compete on price. The main metric is features and stability. With its load-sharing redundancy sipXecs IP PBX has convinced many large companies that a standards based, open source solution is simply the better choice.

http://www.sipfoundry.org

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Collaboration Announced at The Volvo Ocean Race in Stockholm

London, UK -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/24/2009 -- OnRelay, the leading Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) provider, today announced its collaboration with Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, to offer OnRelay's Mobile PBX software on the Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 device.

Details of the OnRelay collaboration will be released to a number of Sony Ericsson's largest enterprise and operator customers at the Sony Ericsson Volvo Ocean Race VIP Event, hosted in Stockholm on 23rd -25th June. 

"Sony Ericsson is committed to supporting the best enterprise solutions for X1 to meet the business needs of our users," notes Alan Giles, Head of Enterprise for Sony Ericsson in Western Europe.  "We are excited by the proposition of OnRelay's Mobile PBX software.  The level of FMC it achieves can for the first time allow multinational customers to replace desk phones with Sony Ericsson XPERIA X1 mobile phones."

"OnRelay recognises Sony Ericsson's continuing lead in mobile innovation, and we are delighted work with Sony Ericsson to support the FMC needs of enterprise customers," comments OnRelay President, Marie Wold.  "The XPERIA X1 excels in offering enterprise users an impressive feature set within compelling form factor and design.  The usability of OnRelay's MBX client is complimented by the strength of the X1's sheer processing power.  Together we provide business users with a world-leading enterprise mobility offering."    

About OnRelay
OnRelay is a privately held Unified Communications software company specialising in Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC). Founded in 2000 and headquartered in London, the company lists Tier 1 operators and Fortune 500 companies as customers and partners.

OnRelay's Mobile PBX software (MBX) eliminates the need for businesses to purchase and support proprietary telephony hardware.  MBX is the first Cellular Fixed Mobile Convergence solution able to completely replace desk phones with mobile phones.  OnRelay's patented Telephony Internetworking Protocol (TINP) works over any mobile network, worldwide.  By integrating MBX with the leading open source PBX, sipXecs, OnRelay offers businesses a complete fixed and mobile telephony system. 

Operators can host MBX as Software as a Service (SaaS), bringing significant cost savings to their customers.   Multinational companies can deploy MBX within their legacy infrastructure, capitalising existing investments and bringing mobile under corporate control.

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