November 12, 2007

Veraz And Alvarion To Deliver IMS Core Solution For Multimedia Services

By Tim Gray, TMCnet Web Editor

Veraz Networks, a leading global provider of IP softswitch and media gateway solutions, and Alvarion (News - Alert)  plan to team in order to deliver an IMS core solution for multimedia services with end-to-end QoS over WiMAX (News - Alert) networks.

Alvarion, a  leading provider of WiMAX and wireless broadband solutions, along with Veraz, will now enable carriers to rapidly deploy reliable value-added multimedia services and high bandwidth transport and broadband access networks without the cost of laying additional wires.

“As carriers look to leverage WiMAX and IMS to offer advanced multimedia-centric services across fixed-nomadic environments, ensuring quality of service is critical,” Rudy Leser, corporate vice president of Strategy & Marketing at Alvarion, said. “By certifying the interoperability and end-to-end QoS of our platforms, Alvarion and Veraz enable carriers to penetrate regions without wireline access to reliably expand their IMS services portfolio.”

Because Veraz and Alvarion have completed comprehensive interoperability testing between Alvarion’s BreezeMAX WiMAX platform and Veraz’s ControlSwitch User Services Core, ControlSwitch Interconnect, and its I-Gate family of media gateways, the pair is moving forward with an integrated launch.

Alvarion is now certified as a “Deployment-ready” member of the Veraz Open Solutions Alliance (VOSA) and solutions are currently in trials around the globe.

Bill Rohrbach, vice president of Strategy and Business Development at Veraz Networks (News - Alert), said as “worldwide WiMAX leader” his company is excited to be working in delivering the “full potential of these two cutting edge technologies.”

“WiMAX is a powerful and exciting technology with the ability to provide reliable, cost effective, high speed, broadband to both the fixed and mobile networks. IMS provides the platform for delivering new value added services rapidly and enables seamless communication between fixed and mobile networks and devices with carrier grade QoS,” said Rohrbach.

Tim Gray is a Web Editor for TMCnet, covering news in the IP communications, call center and customer relationship management industries. To see more of his articles, please visit Tim Gray’s columnist page.

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