Fort Washington, PA, Dec. 16, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The ISS Group today announced the purchase of the retail account base of Starview Solutions of Texas. With this transaction, IIS Group, LLC furthers its leadership in the next generation communications field by increasing its retail customer base substantially and widening its geographic reach to one that now includes 44 states. For Starview Solutions, this transaction will enable the company to turn all its focus to supporting the service provider community.
As part of the transaction, Starview will become IIS’s primary provider of origination and termination services. Additionally, both parties have planned for a seamless transition:
- Starview’s retail customers will continue to receive the same communications services as they have from Starview, with ongoing professional support from the IIS team.
- Customers can now take advantage of a wide array of new Broadsoft products and services, offered by IIS.
- StarView’s agents and resellers will continue to be awarded generous commissions and profits through IIS Group’s Partner pricing program.
Anthony Jett, President of IIS Group, stated, "We are not just gaining a customer base with this acquisition we are gaining a strong partner in Starview. This transaction enhances opportunities for customers, partners, IIS and Starview." Jett continues," IIS concentrates its efforts on delivering unparalled VOIP solutions to its retail customer base, while Starview continues to expand its sets of innovative offerings for service providers nationwide -- this is sure to be a winning combination. We are looking forward to a long standing partnership with the Starview team."
David Walsh, President of Starview Solutions added,"As Starview continues to grow, we are focusing our efforts on expanding out Shango services management software, along with our wholesale services as we strive to become the turnkey solution for service providers nationwide. In the best interests of our retail customers and our own business we have chosen to partner with and pass on control of our retail business to IIS." Walsh adds, "IIS shares our vision and dedication to customer and partner support. We will continue to support our customers through a strong partnership with IIS."
About IIS Group, LLC
The service offerings at IIS encompass data and voice networking and virtual network infrastructure, designed with one goal: to reduce costs and increase overall productivity for its users. IIS provides a range of hosted software and network applications, making those solutions available to the employees of its clients from their office desktop as well as cellular locations. IIS Group traditionally offers a complete suite of voice services, including SIP Trunking, Hosted VoIP and IPPBX. IIS Group’s VoIP services allow for provisioning and hosted communication packages that reduce a client’s need for prohibitive capital expenditure by offering essential solutions on a hosted basis.
About Starview Solutions
StarView Solutions is a leading provider of high-scale, low-cost wholesale telecommunications services and applications. Along with its powerful Shango cloud-based service activation and management solution, StarView delivers an extensive array of advanced and innovative IP-based business solutions including hosted and cloud-based services. StarView's customers include hosted VoIP providers, CLECs and cable operators who deploy a variety of product offerings using StarView services and applications. StarView Solutions is located in Austin, Texas.