Sawtel Chooses DiVitas Networks to Complete its Unified Communications Strategy

MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIF., July 21, 2008 – DiVitas Networks™, a leader in Mobile Unified Communications (Mobile UC), today announced Sawtel, Inc., a VoIP carrier who sells state-of-the art wireless connectivity solutions to institutions and businesses in emerging markets, is using DiVitas as the mobility component to complete its UC services offering. 

Sawtel – a carrier based in Hartford, Conn. – has a presence in 16 countries, and offers connectivity to businesses through a wireless network that integrates with a high-speed, two-way satellite backbone. The carrier has made a name for itself by providing technologically advanced communications products and services to companies around the world -- especially in developing countries where the number of mobile connections is outpacing landlines due to lack of availability of infrastructure. Similarly, Sawtel’s service is also popular in rural U.S. areas where cell reception can be spotty. The company specializes in infrastructure, telecommunications and VoIP solutions for the enterprise market.  

“Mobile UC is a game-changing technology for our customers,” said Eric Asare, Chief Technology Officer for Sawtel. “It offers new productivity applications and expense-reducing technology – so our customers can work more efficiently and still lower their telecommunications costs.   We are extremely excited to offer this next-generation of communications technology to our customers – especially since we have been looking for the right solution for so long.” 

“We surveyed the market for almost 2 years and tested several less complete products before examining DiVitas Networks solution.  At this point we are totally comfortable that this product set will provide the flexibility and capacity to not only meet our current requirements, but also grow to add new customers and services in the future.  Our initial deployment in a twin 24-story high-rise building in Hartford is just the first step in what will be a global rollout of DiVitas Networks solution,” added Asare. 

DiVitas mobilizes corporate voice and messaging (deskphone, contacts, IM and Presence) for businesses by unifying these applications onto smart phones.  The DiVitas Mobile UC solution can run on either WiFi or cellular networks or both. DiVitas also integrates with Microsoft OCS. 

“Providing Mobile Unified Communications to their emerging market customers allows Sawtel to differentiate themselves quite uniquely from the larger carriers,” said David Yedwab, Partner at Market Strategy and Analytics Partners. “Working with DiVitas provides Sawtel the ability to offer their customers significant value by providing quality voice, IM, Presence and corporate directory on a mobile phone -- via their existing wireless infrastructures.” 

As part of its Unified Communications offering, Sawtel offers Meru, Linksys and Cisco WLAN products, Microsoft OCS integration and the DiVitas Mobile UC solution. DiVitas is agnostic when it comes to WLANs, PBXs, handsets and carriers, allowing the solution to be tailored to customer specific needs and integrate within their existing infrastructure. 

“Cost-control is the biggest reason many of our customers want to deploy this type of solution,” says Asare. “Eighty-percent of our customers’ calls are placed on the cellular network. By installing the DiVitas Mobile UC solution we expect our customers to realize at least a sixty-five-percent savings on all calls made. We see a need for this solution in all the different markets that we sell into including government agencies, education, banking and ministries. Not only will we significantly reduce their cellular costs, we’ll also substantially increase their worker productivity.”

About Sawtel Inc.

Equal access to information is the key to development in the global economy.  Sawtel’s mission is to provide unrivaled satellite bandwidth capacity and state-of-the-art wireless connectivity solutions to institutions and businesses in emerging markets where access to high-speed communications has previously been prohibitively expensive and undependable.  Sawtel has created an unprecedented synthesis of leading-edge telecommunication technologies that offers fast and reliable access to the world at the lowest possible cost. Sawtel empowers emerging markets to bridge the digital divide. To get connected to your world today and for more information on our products, services and solutions visit www.sawtel.com, or call +860-951-0015.

About DiVitas Networks
Founded in 2005, DiVitas Networks has rapidly become the leader in Mobile Unified Communications.  DiVitas offers the first solution to mobilize corporate voice and messaging (deskphone, IM, contacts and presence) for businesses by unifying them onto a smartphone. DiVitas’ “seamless roaming” enables its solution to operate transparently over cellular or WiFi or both. DiVitas provides organizations complete management and control over its mobile solution by providing IT the ability to track usage, customize features and implement policies. Headquartered in Mountain View, California, DiVitas Networks is backed by Clearstone Venture Partners and Menlo Ventures.  More information is available at www.divitas.com.