VoIP Gateways

Sangoma, a provider of hardware and software for enhancing IP Communications Systems (News - Alert), has revealed that its new software version 5.0 for the NetBorder SS7 VoIP Gateway, which is capable of significantly improving support for MEGACO and SIGTRAN and enables signaling, protocols and management interfaces to easily facilitate the integration of nearly any VoIP network into an SS7-based carrier network.

NetBorder SS7 to VoIP Gateway (News - Alert) allows telecom service providers to introduce VoIP in their networks in the most cost-effective, flexible way. By blending the software with Sangoma’s T1/E1 and transcoding boards on standard computing servers, a full-fledged SS7 to VoIP gateway, with the flexibility and expandability of software is realized.

With the latest version of the software, network operators have the means to interconnect with a variety of public and private networks by leveraging the software’s extended support for SIGTRAN and Megaco/H.248 signaling. Also included with the latest version is support for H.323 VoIP protocol so that older VoIP networks are also easily integrated.

Nenad Corbic, vice president of software engineering at Sangoma, commented in a statememt, “Sangoma has always supported SIP for VoIP network integration in the NetBorder Gateway line. With the version 5.0 release, support for the additional signaling standards including MEGACO and SIGTRAN will provide greater functionality and flexibility for service providers looking to easily deploy larger and more distributed networks using a single gateway platform”.

A sampling of benefits offered by the NetBorder SS7 Gateway are: a wide range and support of SS7 PSTN protocols and variants; scalable and flexibility of software deployments, meaning that users are not limited to monolithic hardware platforms; low cost installation, leveraging open source and off-the-shelf components; robust implementation with distribution, failover and redundancy, and more.

In related VoIP news, Patton (News - Alert) Electronics’ SmartNode VoIP Solution was honored its eleventh major industry award – the 2012 INTERNET TELEPHONY Excellence Award – which also serves as the third Excellence Award for the renowned solution. The 2012 Excellence Award is honored for the company’s IP-communications solution delivered by the logistics and supply-chain management firm, Norbet Dentrassangle (ND), Italy operations. Patton’s extensive list of SmartNode offerings range from VoIP gateways to gateway-routers to VoIP AID and ipChannelBank products – all which provide converged-IP voice-and-data network that interconnects numerous ND facilities in the Trezzo, Italy region.