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, name = Metropark Communications, Inc.
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Private
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, foundation = 1993
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St. Louis, Missouri
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Telecommunications
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, key_people = Glenn Conley, Pres. & CEO.
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, homepage www.metropark.com
Metropark Communications is the name of a telecommunications based corporation in the
United States
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. Its popularity with
small and medium enterprise
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started with consolidating multiple vendors into one
communication
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package for subscribing companies. To achieve a complete and total communication offering, in 1999, Metropark started providing local service, long distance service, internet bandwidth,
cellular
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service,
telephony
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systems,
networking
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Mathematics
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systems,
computer
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systems, and support services to subscribing companies. The Metropark business model became known as the Vendor Consolidation Program in 2001.
In 2003, using computer telephony integration technology, Metropark started developing high-end software applications for its subscribing companies and to the software dealer community. These applications provided additional productivity enhancing elements to
small and medium enterprise
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companies.
In 1999,
3Com
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Corporation partnered with Metropark to develop a
VoIP
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strategy, which included; sales, installation, helpdesk, training, and ongoing support for its popular NBX product line.