September 1999
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MCI WorldCom Reaches Over 1,000 POPs
MCI WorldCom has reached more than 1,000 Points of Presence (POPs) in its digital
subscriber line (DSL) deployment, boosting the company's DSL coverage to 850 cities in 22
metropolitan areas across the United States. The deployment, made available through UUNET,
MCI WorldCom's Internet Division, provides wide reach within each top-tier metropolitan
area and allows more businesses to access affordable broadband service from a nearby
location. The company will continue its deployment efforts and plans to bring the number
of POPs to 1,500 by year-end, and to 2,000 by the end of next year.
No. 500, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Call Sciences Intros Personal Assistant 7.2
Call Sciences has announced release 7.2 of its Personal Assistant and unified
messaging system. The current set of SNMP-based alarms have been expanded so that network
operators and service providers can configure alarm text and severity levels, as well as
trend network management alarms. Operations personnel will have greater visibility into
the performance of the hardware, applications, and network interfaces. In addition, faster
configuration back-up tools are provided that will enable systems administrators to more
effectively support backup and restore procedures, either on-site, or remotely.
No. 501, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Black Ice Upgrades Fax Server
Black Ice Software has released Impact Fax Server 3.01 with new e-mail to fax
and fax to e-mail capability. An incoming fax will be forwarded directly to a designated
e-mail address. Outgoing faxes can be sent to the server with either the fax or e-mail
clients. This new version also includes the option to use a Web browser as the client, so
that messages can be remotely accessed from any computer connected to a browser. Impact
Fax Server integrates with Microsoft Exchange or Outlook to provide a universal mailbox
for fax and e-mail messages.
No. 502, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Inter-Tel InterPrise Released Into Controlled Introduction
Inter-Tel released the InterTel InterPrise 3200N voice and data router into
controlled product introduction. Deployed in conjunction with an Inter-Tel AXXESS PBX
system, the Inter-Tel InterPrise 3200N enables transparent PBX networking over frame relay
or IP networks for long-distance savings, reduces wide-area networking management costs,
and improves employee communication across multiple offices. Using Inter-Tel's proprietary
PBX networking technology, the Inter-Tel InterPrise 3200N delivers the PBX networking
capabilities of Inter-Tel's AXXESS PBX over data networks, rather than point-to-point T1
lines.
No. 503, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
New Feature Set For Cabletron's SmartSwitch 6500
Cabletron Systems has announced the availability of a new feature set for the
company's SmartSwitch 6500 ATM solution. This new feature set delivers added fault
tolerance and features to improve reliability, increase efficiency, and add voice services
to ATM based networks. The new feature set protects network availability by providing
enhanced fabric redundancy, processor redundancy, and system file monitoring. In addition,
it adds resilience to ATM networks by offering an industry standard LANE
Network-to-Network Interface (LNNI) 2.0, a redundant ATM addressing system
No. 504, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
TEK DigiTel Launches Internet Telephony Portal
Using IP telephony technology, TEK DigiTel has created a specialized Internet
portal that lets services providers quickly launch voice over IP (VoIP) services while
controlling support costs and investment in telecom infrastructure. Coupled with TEK
DigiTel's V-Server family of integrated IP access devices, the new VoiceServer.net
capability lets providers offer free and premium voice services to small business
customers on the same platform used for Internet access and IP routing. VoiceServer.net is
similar to conventional Internet portals like Yahoo! and Lycos, but it also allows users
of Internet voice technology to find and connect to other VoIP resources.
No. 505, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Catapult Intros Testing For Toll-Free Service Apps
Catapult Communications has announced support for Intelligent Call Processing
(ICP) testing. ICP specifications support cooperative call processing features between the
network and a customer-specified private database. Using ICP, a toll-free call can be
sorted and routed according to customer specifications. Catapult's new ICP Protocol Module
allows telecom manufacturers and service providers to validate the performance of their
ICP products and rapidly implement this new generation technology.
No. 506, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Acuity Extends WebCenter Suite
Acuity announced significant enhancements to its WebCenter suite, including
new e-mail response management and computer-telephony integration (CTI) modules,
multi-tenancy functionality, and enhanced Web-based collaboration features. The WebCenter
Enterprise 2.3 suite provides a system for Internet-initiated customer interaction that
integrates with e-commerce and call center service and support operations. Also available
are flexible packaging options to allow customers to implement WebCenter software on a
modular basis, providing an entry point into Web-based customer service with a flexible
growth path to meet a variety of future Web-based sales, support, and service needs.
No. 507, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
EMS Intros itelfacs
Enterprise Messaging Services (EMS) has announced its itelfacs family of
Internet-enabled fax products and services that make it possible for businesses and
organizations to reduce fax-related expenses by managing fax activity. itelfacs routes
faxes over the Internet or corporate intranet rather than over telephone lines whenever
possible. Using the itelfacs family of products, organizations can reduce long-distance
costs, improve document security, send and receive fax documents to and from an individual
employee's personal computer, and remotely retrieve faxes from anywhere in the world.
No. 508, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
PIKA Announces VoIP Solution
PIKA Technologies announces voice over IP (VoIP) support as part of its PIKA
AllOnBoard functionality available on its computer telephony hardware platforms. PIKA's
AllOnBoard suite of DSP applications allows developers to mix and match DSP modules such
as full conferencing, VoIP, caller ID, pulse recognition, text-to-speech conversion, and
automatic speech recognition. PIKA's AllOnBoard DSP technology allows a developer to add
the needed functionality such as VoIP, though a simple licensing process. In addition, the
VoIP functionality can be used as a dynamically shared resource.
No. 509, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Siemens Makes ISDN Phone Plug-And-Play
Siemens Information and Communication Networks has made its Optiset NI-1200
ISDN Desktop Terminal a true plug-and-play solution by enabling the terminal to initialize
and configure itself without end-user programming. With the upgrade to CPE (Customer
Premise Equipment) Parameter Download Version 2.1, the feature keys on the Optiset
terminal are completely configured based on key words supplied by the download
information. This enables the Optiset phone to work with any vendor's switch.
No. 510, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Analogic TAP DSP Boards Deliver MiBridge Software
Analogic will team its next generation of TAP family DSP resource boards, the
TAP-810 and TAP-806, with MiBridge ComToPCM software for advanced computer-telephony
integration (CTI) applications such as voice over IP (VoIP). Analogic's TAP-810 is a hot
swap compliant, CompactPCI-based, carrier grade Telephony Application Processor supporting
a quad T1/E1 interface and a 100 Mb Ethernet port. The TAP-810 is specified for 120
channels of G.723.1 G.729a, SX9600P, and T.38 Fax, as well.
No. 511, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
TelAthena Announces S4V4
TelAthena Systems announced the latest release of the TelAthena Human
Interaction Software System, S4V4. In addition to improvements in the TelAthena system,
including Windows Agent and Scriptwriter, the new release includes expanded inbound
reporting, new interfaces to the RightFax system and Equifax credit services. It also
incorporates enhancements to the external database server and the application printing
process. The TelAthena Human Interaction System is fully ODBC and QL compliant, and
includes its intelligent scripting tool, database management, list management, and
extensive reporting features with every installation.
No. 512, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
MasterMind Releases MasterVox 3.0
MasterMind Technologies has announced the release of MasterVox Version 3.0,
their premier telephony development platform, now featuring integrated voice over IP
(VoIP) support. The MasterVox platform extends its comprehensive CTI functionality to the
IP network, utilizing the powerful line of Fusion IP telephony products from Natural
MicroSystems. MasterVox Version 3.0 has the capability to combine switching, IVR, fax, IP
functionality, text-to-speech, conferencing, and many more applications in a single,
stable platform.
No. 513, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
iFace.com Intros "Telco-In-A-Box"
iFace.com announced the availability of Version 2.0 of its
platform-independent application suite, USS-I switching software,
"Telco-in-a-Box," which is a packaged, high-density switching system with voice
over IP (VoIP) and Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) capabilities, Post Call Taxing, and
support for the Oracle DBMS. These additions enhance the current iFace.com applications
suite, which includes static and dynamic LCR, multiple rate table and reseller support,
pre- and post-paid calling cards, tandem switching, ICB, 1+, and click-to-call.
No. 514, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Nuance Powers General Magic's myTalk
Nuance Communications announced that its speech technology is being used in
the new myTalk e-mail service from General Magic. Nuance's speech software works with
General Magic's magicTalk voice user interface to allow myTalk users to easily work with
information using just their voices. Nuance's natural language understanding technology
allows myTalk members to speak to the myTalk service to access and manage e-mail messages.
The service responds to the user in a pleasant, conversational manner. Nuance's barge-in
capabilities allow a member to speak at any time to request the service to take action.
No. 515, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Infinite Technologies Enhances MailAndNews.com
Infinite Technologies announced the addition of toll-free and
advertisement-free telephone access to any Internet accessible e-mail account through its
electronic mail service. With the addition of toll-free telephone access, MailAndNews.com
provides users with a functional and practical way to access their e-mail and voice mail
messages when they are travelling or out of the office and need to stay connected, without
a laptop computer. Toll-free telephone access to e-mail expands the feature rich free
services of MailAndNews.com, which include newsgroup access, user access to e-mail from
any Web browser, support for POP3 and IMAP4 messaging protocols, and wireless e-mail
support via a variety of smart phones and wireless devices.
No. 516, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Intel Enters Broadband Market
Intel announced plans to deliver broadband connectivity devices aimed at
providing residential and small business users faster Internet access. Intel's entrance
into the emerging broadband marketplace marks its intent to make high-speed access -
typically 25 times faster than the fastest analog modems - more affordable and widely
available to end users. As part of Intel's broadband strategy, Intel's Broadband Access
Operation has entered into a technology agreement with Cisco Systems to develop,
manufacture, and market a line of PC-based ADSL modems compatible with Cisco's Central
Office DSL equipment.
No. 517, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Olicom Announces Support For Linux
Olicom has announced that it will roll out broad support for the free Linux
operating system across its entire line of Token Ring, Ethernet, and ATM network interface
cards. Olicom now offers Linux driver support for its RapidFire 3139, 3140, 3540, 3137,
and 3118 Token Ring adapters; driver support for Olicom's entire line of NICs is underway.
Olicom's Linux drivers support the newest versions of the Linux kernel, including 2.0.35,
2.0.36, and 2.2.x. The drivers will be available at no charge from authorized Olicom
resellers, or from the Olicom Web site.
No. 518, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
SOYO Announces New Motherboard
SOYO has announced a new motherboard for Super 7 CPUs that is loaded with six
ISA bus expansion slots to lower the cost of building systems or servers for
telecommunications applications. SOYO's new AT footprint, SY-5SSB motherboard - with six
ISA slots - solves a number of design problems and costs associated with building
telephony network servers, voice mail systems, and Internet/router servers for switched
local servers for switched local and private networks.
No. 519, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Octave's Port Capacity Conferencing System Now Available
Octave Communications announced the general availability of its OCI 1000
teleconferencing platform. The OCI 1000 constitutes the first in a series of collaborative
application solutions based upon Octave Communications' telephony platform. The OCI 1000
offers service providers and enterprise users the transparent execution of mixed media
telecommunications utilizing the Internet and public switched networks. Offering a high
port capacity and small footprint, the OCI 1000 accommodates audio and data conferencing.
No. 520, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
SBS Announces Palomar II
SBS Embedded Computers has announced the availability of Palomar II, a PMC
module featuring the PowerPC 750 processor. The new PowerPC 750 processor offers lower
core voltages, keeping the Palomar II within standard PMC power and dimension standards.
In addition, Palomar II is configured with a 1 MB L2 cache, 64 MB SDRAM (ECC), 4.5 MB of
Flash Memory, two serial ports, and a JTAG port. Combined with a real-time operating
system like VxWorks, Palomar II brings the processing power and memory of a 6U card to the
PMC form factor. Palomar II can be customized in eight weeks with no NRE.
No. 521, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Davox Introduces Inbound Call Director
Davox announced the release of its new call blending solution, Inbound Call
Director. Supported under version 4.0 of Davox's call management system, Unison, Inbound
Call Director enables contacts centers that do not have PBX/ACDs or that have non
CTI-enabled PBX/ACDs to effectively handle inbound calls. Unison Inbound Call Director is
a call-by-call blending option that moves inbound calls directly into the Unison Digital
Communications Server (DCS), eliminating the need for a CTI-enabled PBX/ACD. With Inbound
Call Director, all inbound calls are expeditiously and intelligently managed throughout
the contact center. Inbound Call Director can be configured to operate in stand-alone or
overflow mode.
No. 522, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
NetCentric Announces FaxStorm 3.0
NetCentric announced the availability of Version 3.0 of its FaxStorm Internet
fax system. FaxStorm 3.0's new capabilities include e-mail-to-fax services, an enhanced
desktop client, internetwork peering, and advanced rating and billing functions. High
systems reliability is provided through a new high-availability platform configuration.
FaxStorm 3.0 is built on a modular architecture, allowing the separation of the telephony
gateway function from the servers that handle tasks such as job management, fax routing,
and broadcast expansion. Open provisioning provides NetCentric customers with enhanced
capabilities for easily provisioning a large number of accounts. In addition, FaxStorm 3.0
is backward compatible with previous versions of FaxStorm and is fully Y2K compliant.
No. 523, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Sun Announces ChorusOS 4.0 Software
Sun Microsystems introduced an embedded telecom platform based on ChorusOS
4.0 software and the Solaris operating environment. The platform will leverage a host of
Sun hardware and software products to provide a scalable, reliable, carrier-grade
solution. The range of products will provide network equipment providers and service
providers with a highly integrated, ready-to-use platform on which to build and deploy new
products and value-added services rapidly and cost-effectively. The platform will provide
a combination of products to develop a scalable, reliable, and distributed IP network
architecture integrating Solaris and the embedded real-time ChorusOS 4.0 operating system.
The embedded telecom platform will also include common APIs and telecom services such as
high availability, manageability, and an integrated Java technology-enabled solution for
the dynamic delivery of IP services.
No. 524, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Blue Pumpkin Announces PrimeTime 2.0
Blue Pumpkin Software announced the availability of PrimeTime 2.0, which
includes the PrimeTime Skills technology. The latest addition to the PrimeTime product
line, PrimeTime 2.0 is designed to solve challenges for customer contact centers with
cross-skilled agents, multiple products and services, multiple languages and agents shared
across different groups of ACD queues, all within the PrimeTime environment. PrimeTime
Enterprise, the workforce management solution for enterprise centers released in March,
also features skill-based management capabilities. PrimeTime also allows forecasts to be
quickly updated to meet needs across agent skill types and queues to ensure service goals
for each type of call are met.
No. 525, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Telrad Announces New PC Attendant Console
Telrad Telecommunications has announced the release of its new PC-based
attendant console, the latest in a series of advanced computer-telephony integration (CTI)
solutions from Telrad. The tight CTI in Telrad's PC Console eliminates the need for a
station instrument at the attendant position. The attendant's PC becomes a part of the
system manipulating data associated with incoming calls and tracking call history. PC
Console is a Windows-based application that runs behind any existing office application
and features DSS/BLF capabilities. The application includes tabbed folders that can be
sorted and customized to the user's specific needs. PC console also offers the user the
ability to associate a .WAV file with a photo or caller-ID information.
No. 526, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
AVT Intros New Unified Messaging Product Suite
AVT has announced that it has created a new unified messaging suite call
CallXpress. A CallXpress suite delivers access to voice, fax, and e-mail messages from any
phone, PC, or Web browser. By providing unified messaging as a bundled package, AVT is
able to offer its customers a more cost-effective, straightforward means of implementing
unified messaging throughout the organization. The CallXpress unified messaging suite
provides a 25-30 percent savings when compared to purchasing the application modules
separately. The suite includes voice messaging ports, RightFAX fax server channels,
text-to-speech resources, and the maximum number of desktop client licenses. The suite
supports full integration with Microsoft Exchange/Outlook and Lotus Notes. It is available
immediately through the AVT channel of distribution.
No. 527, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
White Pine Announces MeetingPoint Version 4.0
White Pine Software has announced its MeetingPoint server version 4.0 for
enhanced IP-based video conferencing and group collaboration. MeetingPoint 4.0 includes
add-on components for specialized functions, which include continuous presence, the
ability to view multiple video windows simultaneously, and streaming media integration.
The continuous presence option for MeetingPoint enables the server to combine four streams
of video into one split-screen image that is delivered to participating client endpoints.
Standard H.323 endpoints, such as Microsoft NetMeeting and Intel Proshare, which have
previously been limited to showing a single incoming video window, can now show multiple
video windows. Version 4.0 of MeetingPoint also includes full integration of the Labram
T.120 technology that White Pine purchased last year. This integration improves the
performance and scalability for data collaboration across networks.
No. 528, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Lucent's elemedia Offers H.323 Version 2 Gatekeeper Platform
Lucent Technologies' multimedia software venture elemedia announced that it
will offer its H.323 Version 2 gatekeeper platform to industry developers and OEM vendors
free of charge. elemedia's gatekeeper platform incorporates the award-winning elemedia
H.323 protocol stack and is based on the International Telecommunication Union (ITU) H.323
Version 2 standard for audio and video exchange over IP networks. elemedia's gatekeeper
software supports all of the mandatory and optional H.323 Version 2 features, while also
providing a flexible and scalable architecture that is needed for carrier class
applications. elemedia's gatekeeper platform expands the interoperability, reliability,
and functionality of a range of voice, data, and visual communications over the Internet,
intranets, and local area networks. elemedia will also make the binary code of its GK2000S
Release 1.4XX software available at no cost.
No. 529, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Cisco Delivers Enhanced Capabilities On Catalyst 8500 Series
Cisco Systems announced enhanced frame relay and ATM capabilities on its
Catalyst 8500 series multiservice switch router (MSR). These new capabilities help
customers integrate frame relay and ATM networks seamlessly over scalable campus,
metropolitan area network (MAN), and wide area network (WAN) environments while lowering
network cost of ownership. New features include a channelized DS3 interface and a 16-port
multi-mode OC3 module. Now available on the Lightstream 1010 and Catalyst 8500 platforms,
the new single-port channelized DS3 port adapter module supports channelized frame relay
services with 28 individual T1-equivalent circuits multiplexed together in a single,
low-cost physical interface.
No. 530, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Nokia Announces High-Speed Data Terminal For Wireless Networks
Nokia has introduced a product that targets fast wireless data
communications. The Nokia Card Phone 2.0 is a PC card with a build-in GSM phone supporting
High Speed Circuit Switched Data (HSCSD) and enabling data transmission of up to 43.2 Kbps
without data compression. The Nokia Card Phone 2.0 is also a dual band high-speed data
terminal, operating both in GSM 900 and 1800 networks. The second generation Nokia Card
Phone 2.0 is a type II PC card that weighs 58 grams, and is 5mm thick. Using the Nokia
Card Phone 2.0 with HSCDS puts GSM wireless data at par with existing land-line modem
speeds, enabling data transmission rates which are four times higher compared with the
current standard speed of 9.6 Kbps.
No. 532, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Elan Adds To TTS Product Line
Elan Informtique has recently launched two new products. Dagmar, its new
German text-to-speech (TTS) female voice, was created in connection with EteX, the
company's partner and distributor in Germany. EteX worked closely with Elan to develop
Dagmar, bringing the local expertise necessary to achieve a natural sounding language
version. Elan's new Brazilian Portuguese TTS, when combined with the company's Spanish
version, gives the user access to all the countries of Latin America. It will be made
available on Speech Cube, a multi-lingual, multi-channel software TTS componant for
telecom applications used for multiple user applications running a high volume text
treatment, and on a speech engine - a TTS software engine for desktop and multimedia
applications.
No. 533, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Blue Wave Announces Plug-Ins Based On TI's New Open Platform
Blue Wave Systems announced plug-in modules for Texas Instruments' new Code
Composer Studio that will provide its customers with an improved software development
environment, make DSP applications easier to develop, and speed up time to market. The
three plug-in modules include a Code Composer Studio intelligent set up for Blue Wave's
range of CompactPCI and PCI C6000 boards, a processor diagnostics module, and a NVRAM
programmer module, which further enhances the development environment of Blue Wave's
PCI/C6600 and PCI/C6202-EVM boards. Code Composer Studio provides full support throughout
the development process by combining program build, real-time analysis, program debug,
resource configuration, and a simulator and target server in one environment.
No. 534, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Brooktrout Technology Extends The Boundaries Of Remote Access
Brooktrout Technology has extended the boundaries of open remote access with
the introduction of its TR-IRAS Series. The TR-IRAS is a platform that enables software
developers, system developers, and service providers to combine remote access with
intelligent fax or voice applications in a single server sharing a single T1/E1 line.
Combining these applications allows companies to save costs on telephone line charges,
server costs, and floor space, while enabling productivity gains for system manager and
end users alike. In addition to the functions of the basic IRAS series, the TR-IRAS adds
an industry standard Multi-Vendor Integration Protocol (MVIP) interface for dynamic
connection to other Brooktrout Technology TR Series boards, such as the TR 114 Series
intelligent fax boards, the TR1000 Series voice/fax unified messaging platform, and the
TR2001 IP telephony platform.
No. 535, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
SoloPoint's New Architecture Lets ISPs Deliver Advanced
Communications
SoloPoint announced a new Telephony Appliance Network architecture that will
enable Internet Service Providers (ISPs), Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs), and
Local Exchange Carriers (LECs) to offer residential subscribers access to e-mail, voice
mail, and Internet information from anywhere in their home or office using Telephony
Appliances. Called Teleputing, the Telephony Appliance Network connects a home PC to a
residential phone line, and in turn to the SoloPoint Telephony Appliances, referred to as
Teleporters. PC resources are then made available to the Teleporters across the existing
residential telephone wiring. E-mail "envelope" information is displayed on the
Teleporter and traditional text messages can be listened to and verbally replied to. In
addition, a synchronized telephone directory can be access from any Teleporter in the home
and numbers can then be dialed either from the display or by issuing voice commands.
No. 536, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Genesys Announces Genesys Internet Suite
Genesys Telecommunication Laboratories has announced the general availability
of its Internet-based customer interaction management solution, Genesys Internet Suite.
The Genesys Internet Suite allows businesses to serve customers who choose the Web and
e-mail to communicate customer service issues, seek company information, and buy new
products. Genesys Internet Suite includes new versions of Genesys E-Mail and Genesys Web
Call Back, and introduces Genesys Chat, Genesys Call Through, and Genesys Web
Collaboration. An open, scalable solution, Genesys Internet Suite products can be
installed as stand-alone solutions, or blended to combine Web communications with
phone-based call centers.
No. 537, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Best Data Line Offers BDL Fax
Best Data Line, also known as BDL Telecom, has announced that it is offering
a range of solutions for protected fax routing over the Internet, called BDL Fax. This
service targets North American companies that circulate a high volume of international
faxes. When a fax message is sent, it is rerouted to the closes BDL telecommunications
system, which sends the fax over the Internet using a private BDL protocol. Via the
SMTP/POP3 gateway on a PC, BDL Fax offers an e-mail to fax interface without any add-ons
or plug-ins. In this way, there is the potential for businesses to reduce fax costs by
30-70 percent when compared to standard telephone network chargers. BDL Fax is compatible
with all messaging software, such as Lotus Notes and Microsoft Outlook/Exchange.
No. 538, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Ziatech, MontaVista Provide Linux-Ready CompactPCI Systems
Ziatech and MontaVista Software announced an agreement to provide an embedded
version of the Linux operating system on Ziatech's CompactPCI development systems and
single-board computers. MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux will initially be available on
Ziatech's ZT 5082 Development System, a completely configured, rackmount, CompactPCI
platform designed to speed application development. Hard Hat Linux combines the
cost-effectiveness, openness, and flexibility of Linux with the reliability and
responsiveness required for embedded and applied computing applications in
telecommunications, Internet, and industry control. MontaVista will supplement the
operating system's enhancements with comprehensive technical support, porting, and
customization services.
No. 539, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
LMC Offers Three New CompactPCI T1+E1 WAN Adapters
LAN Media Corporation (LMC) has announced a new family of CompactPCI
Multi-Port and Single-Port Channelized T1+E1 WAN Adapters with onboard CSU/DSU
functionality and the ability to operate in T1 and E1 mode. These new adapters feature
advanced implementation of Hot Swap as specified by the PCI Industrial Computers
Manufacturing Group (PICMG). Three new models are available, based on the number of ports
desired. The LMC1504C provide two and four ports respectively. LMC's new CompactPCI T1+E1
WAN Adapters provide direct high-speed access for connecting networks together over leased
lines or to the Internet. The adapters are software configurable to operate at speeds of
either 1.544 Mbps or 2.048 Mbps. Each model fully integrates the T1/E1 framer and
transceiver, and includes on-board CSU/DSU functionality for a direct network connection.
No. 540, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Telrad, NSC Launch Voice Activated Dialing Application
Telrad Communication and NSC (Natural Speech Communication) have joined
forces to launch a voice activated dialing application for Telrad's TX1. The alpha site
stage that has been successfully completed includes the option of entering several dozens
of names into a voice-activated personal directory. Each name can be entered with either
an extension number or an outside phone number. Telrad has developed a dedicated PCMCIA
card with powerful DSP for NSC's speech recognition algorithms and embedded the system in
an application platform in the TX1 switch. The VAD is located in the far-end system and is
deployed in the switchboard. It serves as a central speech recognition resource that can
be activated from any phone.
No. 541, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Lucent Delivers VoIP, ATM, Data Networking For Definity Servers
Lucent Technologies announced that it is delivering voice over IP (VoIP),
ATM, and other data networking capabilities for its family of DEFINITY business
communications servers, evolving the telephony switches into "triple-network"
servers that can use IP, ATM, or circuit-switched networks for voice and fax calls, and
call center, wireless, and messaging applications. The new software, Release 7.1, supports
Lucent's previously announced IP Trunk interface, which allows businesses to reduce
communication services costs by sending voice and fax directly to the Internet or over
corporate intranets. With the addition of this trunk card, enterprises can also create
virtual private networks among multi-vendor telephony servers, sending voice and
fax-over-IP networks to other Definity servers with the IP Trunk interface, or to other
vendors' PBXs equipped with Lucent's Internet Telephony Server for Enterprises.
No. 542, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Harris & Jeffries Announce Availability Of VoIP Software
Harris & Jeffries announced the immediate availability of a new
high-performance software product line called ProtoQuick Signaling System 7 (SS7). The new
products are a key ingredient for equipment manufacturers developing the next generation
of voice, data, and multimedia products that will work over the Internet and Internet
Protocol (IP) based networks. ProtoQuick SS7 is compliant with Bellcore standards, as well
as European ITU-T standards. Applications include next-generation IP voice and data
switches, IP voice gateways, and cellular and wireless networking products. The software
products are provided as ANSI C source code that is operating system, processor, and
target system independent so that these software products can be used in virtually any SS7
application for fast time to market.
No. 543, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
ADC Intros New Range Of IP Telephony Software
ADC Telecommunications has announced the launch of a new range of NewNet
SS7-IP gateway products to help operator solve the problems of switch and trunk congestion
brought about by the increased demand for IP-based applications and services Also
announced is the availability of the performance management tool Metrica/NPR for
large-scale IP networks. The NewNet SS7-IP Gateway products work with any remote access
server or remote access concentrator device that terminates primary rate ISDN. ADC is also
expanding its Metrica/NPR product to provide carriers with an IP-performance monitoring
solution that will allow them to measure the usage of application servers, modem access,
and router traffic on an internal communications network. With its new Metrica/SLA
product, ADC is offering carriers the capability to report on conformance to service level
agreements for any service, including IP-based services, given data availability.
No. 544, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Telcordia Intros Sapphyre Loop Qualification Service
Telcordia Technologies announced the availability of Sapphyre Loop
Qualification Service, a solution designed for carriers and Internet Service Providers
(ISPs) seeking entry to the emerging market for DSL services. With Sapphyre, service
providers can obtain qualification results for integral broadband technologies such as
Universal DSL, ADSL, SDSL, VDSL, and HDSL. Sapphyre Loop Qualification also acts as a tool
for service providers to gauge market potential for DSL services, so the provider can
eliminate the guesswork of pre-qualifying looping for customers who may or may not request
DSL in the future. Sapphyre uses a Telcordia-developed technology to enable service
providers to test the DSL capability of a customer's loop based on a modem call placed by
the customer to a Sapphyre service site.
No. 545, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Mariposa Intros New Voice Signaling, Data Networking Services
Mariposa Technology has announced a new version of their COS (Convergent
Operating System) featuring enhanced signaling and voice switching software for the
company's ATX 100. The company also announced new services, including support for
ATM/Frame Relay interworking and IP routing. The new data module support supports Frame
Relay or HDLC data service at N x 64 Kbps rates up to 2.048 Mbps, with both network and
service interworking to ATM. This module allows customers to interconnect their existing
Frame Relay routers over an ATM backbone. A new four-port, FXS analog voice module (AVM)
has all the same compression and signaling features as Mariposa's existing T1/E1 digital
voice module (DVM), but is suited to smaller sites with fewer voice channels.
No. 546, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Cabletron Delivers Application-Aware Remote Access Solution
Cabletron Systems announced the availability of its next-generation, dial-up
remote access concentrators. The SmartSwitch Access (SSA) 700 family is a remote access
solution designed to recognize IP Layer 4 application flows across dial-up PPP
connections, thereby enabling advanced security policies and accounting in support of
business communications across intranets, extranets, and the Internet. The SSA 700
products enable enterprises to provide telecommuters, mobile office workers, and intranet
business patterns with high-speed remote access to critical business information residing
on their networks. Service providers can cost-effectively scale their regional access
nodes to deliver any combination of analog and digital dial services.
No. 547, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Interactive Intelligence Releases Unified Messaging For Lotus
Notes
Interactive Intelligence announced the availability of Lotus Notes support
for its Windows NT-based "all-in-one" communications server. Enterprise
Interaction Center (EIC) version 1.3 will include support for unified messaging using
Lotus Notes e-mail services. EIC can be used in conjunction with an existing PBX for voice
mail and fax services integrated with Lotus Notes. EIC also adds optical character
recognition support that automatically converts incoming faxes into documents of various
types. In addition to basic unified messaging services, EIC includes a graphical
application generator that allows call centers and other organizations to customize the
processing of incoming faxes, e-mails, and voice mail messages. Customers can also create
rules for automatic e-mail response systems.
No. 548, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Inverness Systems Announces NetSIM
Inverness Systems announces the introduction and release of NetSIM, a
communications development tool that provides comprehensive network simulation and
analysis. NetSIM users can test their advanced communications products within complex
network topologies including ATM Switch Networks, Routed Networks, Bridged Networks, or
any combination thereof. By using their existing desktop PCs to run NetSIM, companies can
achieve parallel development of the hardware and software components. NetSim provides the
utilities to create multiple network topologies and to implement automated test routines
to ensure rapid testing in numerous network interoperability scenarios, which helps speed
time to market.
No. 549, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Comverse Announces Cell Broadcast Services For Wireless Networks
Comverse Network Systems announced its CellCaster Cell Broadcast system,
which enables wireless operators to differentiate their service and increase airtime, by
providing customized messages and information to subscribers either across the network, or
to specified groups within the network. The CellCaster system enables wireless operators
to broadcast a variety of value-added information services, including location-specific
information, emergency information, or advertisements, to any cell, group of cells, or all
cells. Subscribers with Cell Broadcast-enabled handsets, who choose to receive cell
broadcast messages, can receive weather information, traffic reports, public service
announcements, or news headlines. Through a menu on the handset's screen, subscribers may
either choose or ignore a specific message, or filter the types of messages they wish to
receive.
No. 550, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Technoland Intros TL-Rack 410
Technoland has announced the release of TL-Rack 410, a 4U, fault resilient,
14-slot, 19-inch rackmount computer chassis. Users can configure TL-Rack 410 by choosing
beige or black color, AT/ATX motherboard or 14-slot ISA/PCI backplane, regular or
redundant power supply, and the temperature/fan alarm module as an intelligent rackmount
computer system. The ruggedized TL-Rack 410 accommodates five drive bays, which includes
open 5.25-inch x 3, 3.5-inch x 1, and internal 3.5-inch x 1 (optional). The selections of
power supply are PS/2 type 250W/300W AT, ATX, or 250W ATX hot-swap redundant power supply.
There is also an option to build a dual-computer system by choosing a split backplane.
No. 551, www.ctimag.com/freeinfo
Crystal Group Intros GX Embedded CPU Card
Crystal Group has introduced the GX embedded CPU card. The GX card includes
the 180 MHz Cyrix GXi processor, integrated video, PCI Controller, two IDE channels, two
compact flash sockets with up to 256 MB of on-board storage, up to 128 MB of RAM, and
10/100 Ethernet. This CPU card can be installed so that it occupies only one slot over its
entire length, making higher density telephony solutions easier. It is also designed to be
a lower cost alternative to similar class telephony cards.
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