Italtel (News - Alert) has just launched NetMatch, a multi-functional family of products that addresses the challenges associated with networks interconnection and boasts multiple capabilities including powering voice, data and video traffic similar to an IP media server.

NetMatch guarantees Quality of Service (QoS) Network Interconnection between traditional TDM, IP and 3G/4G networks, ensures seamless migration from legacy TDM to all-IP networks and IMS architecture and supports HD voice and video.

According to a press release, Italtel NetMatch meets the increasing demand for quality monetization on the side of service providers, while for the enterprise and public administration industries the product family addresses the growing need to evolve from a basic voice communication method to a new communication channel that allows video to be used more in a collaborative and social networking approach.

The NetMatch family consists of the NetMatch-M Media Gateway (News - Alert) which manages voice, data and video traffic passing from PSTN legacy networks to IP networks; NetMatch-B, a Border Gateway for multimedia traffic, voice and video; NetMatch-S, a Session Border Controller that allows an interconnection at guaranteed quality between networks exchanging data flows; and NetMatch-D, a Diameter Routing Server that responds to the needs of mobile operators during 3G/LTE (News - Alert) evolution.

The new family of products is characterized by high performance and easy scalability. The portfolio was designed to manage the complexity involved in the interconnection between networks and the related exchange of information, which is associated with specific measurements and defined policies.

"NetMatch is positioned in a highly topical area, as evidenced by the recent decision of the Italian Regulation Authority (AGCOM) on all-IP interconnection and interoperability of VoIP services," said  Stefano Pileri, Italtel CEO, in a statement. “The decision is a milestone not only at Italtel but also at International level, since it states that VoIP traffic with guaranteed quality has an economic value and must comply with accurate interconnection and coding rules.”

Pileri foresees 2012 will be marked by general move to VoIP and possibly even of regulation of Video over IP. “The growth of video services and of Machine to Machine and their application on vertical segments where performance is critical, such as Smart Grids and e-Health, is expected to make interconnections between networks with guaranteed performance and quality more and more relevant,” Pileri added.

NetMatch-S recently passed interoperability tests and has been certified for IP interconnection by a leading Italian testing lab. Beginning in 2012, NetMatch products will start to be included for both trial periods and operation in the networks of several Italian telco operators, company officials revealed.