[March 18, 2003]

Tekelec Unveils GenuOne Next-Gen Telephony Platform

Tekelec announced the introduction of GenuOne, the company's next-gen solutions platform. GenuOne delivers call control, signaling, applications, media processing, and operations management for TDM, ATM, and IP including H.323 and SIP networks. The platform, which will be generally available in May, supports next-generation softswitch and advanced web-based applications as well as legacy, intelligent network (IN) services. Open application interfaces enable providers to quickly develop and deliver multimedia, revenue-generating services. GenuOne, with its industry-standard, multiprotocol support, interworks with a variety of integrated or free-standing network devices, including media gateways, integrated access devices, gatekeepers, and IP phones. The platform interfaces to back-office management systems, including billing, voice mail, monitoring, fraud, and operations support.

"With GenuOne, we've created an extremely flexible and reliable platform that enables us to craft solutions for our customers tailored to match their unique network requirements," commented Paul Miller, vice president, Packet Telephony, Tekelec. "GenuOne's modular architecture makes increasing capacity, adding new functionality, or delivering new applications as simple as adding new blades to the switch. The product eliminates the need for wholesale network changes. Because the GenuOne platform supports TDM as well as packet-based networks, carriers can continue to maximize their existing resources as they introduce new technology and applications."

The GenuOne switching platform scales from 100,000 to more than nine million busy-hour call attempts (BHCAs) and supports a variety of applications, including business and residential voice services, packet tandem/transit, Internet call diversion, and mobile switching center (MSC) gateway. GenuOne's components - signaling gateway, softswitch, media gateway, application server, and element management system - may be integrated into a single element or decomposed to create a distributed architecture, depending on the network requirements.

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