There’s a reason REDCOM’s (News - Alert) converged communications products are as successful as they are. Company officials recently featured some of the more prominent advantages of their softswitch’s offerings.
Reduce OpEx and increase revenue. REDCOM’s SLICE 2100 softswitch allows service providers to deploy flexible networks that can adapt to increasing end-user demands and competitive industry dynamics at a lower operating cost. The SLICE 2100 is a low-cost entry-level tool that enables you to start out slow with a phased approach to IP when it makes sense for your business, and not as a wholesale replacement.
Protect your infrastructure investments. You’ve made a significant investment in your network and SLICE 2100 helps you maximize your existing assets, as it maintains connectivity with voice mail, GSM, operator services platforms, and satellite networks.
Remote access interoperability. REDCOM’s SLICE 2100 softswitch is interoperable with a wide range of remote access tools including GR-303, V5.2, and Broadband Loop Carrier (BLC). The SLICE 2100 handles one interface group with multiple remotes.
Retain customers with built-in IP compression. SLICE 2100’s capabilities allow you to address your customers’ needs while you counter low-cost competition. Flexible compression methods help you manage low-revenue subscribers by reducing bandwidth usage, while retaining high-end subscribers with high bandwidth and premium services.
Designed with the future in mind. REDCOM’s SLICE 2100 allows service providers to future proof their networks to interoperate today with protocols and interfaces, including IPV4 and IPv6. Offering industry-standard SIP functionality, SLICE 2100 with TRANSip is compatible with standards-based SIP phones, so you don’t have to worry about being trapped by proprietary VoIP phones or protocols.
About a month ago TMC’s (News - Alert) Rajani Baburajan wrote that REDCOM Laboratories announced that Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) installed REDCOM’s next generation network carrier-class softswitch, replacing their legacy Nortel (News - Alert) DMS 10.
AP&T, serving communities located in the interior of Alaska, deep in the Wrangell Mountains, and throughout the islands of southeast Alaska, deployed REDCOM HDX carrier-class platform at its Metlakatla exchange.
“Powered by REDCOM HDX softswitch, we are now able to better serve our voice subscribers in Metlakatla,” said Tom Ervin, V.P. senior GM Telecom Operations and Engineering, AP&T.
David Sims is a contributing editor for TMCnet. To read more of David’s articles, please visit his columnist page. He also blogs for TMCnet here.Edited by Stefanie Mosca