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25 Percent Of Internet Users Will Regularly Make Phone
Calls From Their PCs
Ovum, the independent analyst and consulting company, predicts that by
January 2006, 166 million Internet users worldwide will be regular users of
PC-to-phone IP telephony. This study represents almost 25 percent of
Internet users, growing from only 5 percent today. Free PC-to-phone calling
eliminates geographic boundaries, and is now available to around 30
countries worldwide, and at very low prices to many more. www.ovum.com
Natural MicroSystems Introduces PowerAccess
The PowerAccess architecture is capable of supporting over 10,000 ports in a
single CompactPCI chassis, which reduces the cost to produce broadband
access switches and access gateways to an unprecedented $30 per port cost.
Three NMS platforms will take advantage of PowerAccess: The PA HYPER-T3
DS-3/STS-1 broadband access adapter, the PA-16 T-1/E-1 broadband access
adapter, and the new PA200 voice over broadband ATM platform. www.nmss.com
RT-104 xDSL/Cable Modem Router From PUREDATA
The RT-104 is a full featured IP sharing and basic firewall router that
supports all the required features to serve as a company�s primary
Internet access device, including NATS, DNS, DHCP services, and static IP
filtering. Additional features, such as an integrated four port 10/100
base-TX Switch Ethernet, and an auto-sensing switch providing full duplex
connectivity and LAN connection speeds up to 200 Mbps, make this an
excellent choice for your broadband access needs. www.puredata.com
ITXC Taps Key Component Of ADC�s Singularit.e
Product Suite
ADC announced that ITXC Corporation has deployed ADC�s Singl.eView billing
platform, enabling it to bill carriers for calls between phones all over the
world. Singl.eView allows ITXC to quickly enter new markets and offer new
products that enable integrated communications providers to deliver local
and international voice on the Internet services to their business
customers. www.adc.com / www.itxc.com
Amanda Launches Smart Indavo
Amanda Smart Indavo offers reliable, high-quality voice communication at an
affordable price. All calls cost 3.9 cents per-minute and equipment costs
are less than half of standard phone systems. Among the cost-cutting
features are a no-charge telephone switch and a built-in voice mail system,
all on a dedicated VoIP telephony network over the Internet, with a
single-rate for all calls in the domestic United States. www.taa.com
Avici Systems Announces OC-192c/STM-64 Support For The
TSR
This new line card handles 10 gigabits/sec of traffic or more than 500,000
simultaneous VoIP calls over a single fiber, and builds on Avici�s
currently shipping channelized OC-192 product, which supports four
multiplexed 2.5 gigabit channels on a single 10 gigabit link. www.avici.com
ClearPhone 1.0 For Windows Video Conferencing
Free video conferencing is available to all Windows users from ICT.
ClearPhone 1.0, which allows one-to-one video calls over the Internet, is
the free version of ClearPhone Pro, which allows buddy lists, IP to IP
calls, and the ability to send files, URLs, and e-mail to other users in the
call. ClearPhone for the Mac platform has been available since 1996, and has
already earned its reputation as high-quality software, with over 200,000
downloads. www.clearphone.com
Trillium Expands SIGTRAN Software Solution For Easing
Convergence
Trillium has expanded the SIGTRAN software to enable telecommunications
providers to more easily implement existing PSTN services over IP-based
networks. SCTP, a protocol component used in IP-based networks, transports
signaling messages between signaling gateways (SG), which bridge IP and PSTN
networks, and media gateway controllers (MGC), which provide call control
and handling and PSTN-IP protocol interworking. SIGTRAN can be integrated
into these products to accelerate development of converged voice and data
solutions. www.trillium.com
Anatel Communications Offers Out-Of-The-Box Gateway
Solution
The Media Bearer ITG, a pre-configured H.323 Internet telephony gateway that
provides a quick solution to OEMs, integrators, resellers, distributors, and
next-gen service providers for their VoIP, call-center, enterprise, and
Internet telephone service applications. The Media Bearer can work totally
from its internal configuration and databases, and does not require an
external server or gatekeeper. www.anatel.net
Telica Offers New Capabilities For Plexus 9000
The Plexus 9000 sheds new light on multiservice edge switching by offering
the flexibility of either and integrated or distributed architecture for
call control, switching, signaling, service intelligence, and
circuit/session aggregation. This carrier-grade switching system features a
fault-tolerant architecture designed to exceed the availability of current
central office switches in highly-compact, NEBS Level 3 certified central
office package. www.telica.com
ISPhone Introduces PC-To-Phone Service
�Through our partnership with Vocalscape, one of the leaders in VoIP
software, we are able to provide a superior PC-to-Phone service,� said
Victor von Schlegell, ISPhone�s president. �Our Mypcphone product meets
the growing need in the market for an easy to use, low-cost service. And it
gives service providers a way to offer their customers a new, popular, and
profitable product.� www.isphone.com
SOC In A Box! Treats Inside!
BOPS� VoIP System on a Chip (SOC) in a Box is a full pre-packaged
application solution that includes complete sample hardware and software
design along with implementation services for a carrier-class VoIP gateway.
The SOC design offered by BOPS in collaboration with HelloSoft, who provide
the system software for carrier-class gateway applications.
Customer-specific implementations of this design are available through
Tality. www.bops.com / www.tality.com
/ www.hellosoft.com
Spike Continuum For Endless Wireless Broadband
Services
With Spike Continuum products, service providers will find greater
profitability by using a highly scalable technology platform for meeting the
increased capacity requirements of high-growth fixed-wireless broadband
markets. www.spikebroadband.com
NexTone Communications Announces Presence Server
The Presence Server is the latest element of NexTone�s strategy to deliver
application infrastructure for the next-generation service provider and
provide a foundation for new breakthrough applications based on presence and
availability management. www.nextone.com
Linksys Integrates Net2Phone Technology Into
Broadband Router
Linksys will apply Net2Phone�s VoIP technology into their popular
cable/DSL router, the Etherfast Cable/DSL Router Powered By Net2Phone. This
router will give users the added benefits of voice on top of their existing
broadband Internet connections. The new router includes Net2Phone Broadband
Voice voice calling services as well as a four-port switch, firewall
security, IPSec pass thru, filtering, forwarding, DMZ hosting, logging, DHCP
server, speed dialing, and �always-on� dial tone. www.net2phone.com
/ www.linksys.com
Bustronic�s New H.110 CTEL Backplane
A CompactPCI CT industry standard product, the 104 CTEL line meets PICMG 2.5
Rev 1.0 specifications as a hot swappable, backplane-based TDM bus and the
H.110 CT bus. The 104 CTEL features a 12-layer stripline design, and
provides customers with lower prices, significantly decreased implementation
times, and reduced time to market. www.bustronic.com
Polycom Announces A Third-Generation Addition To
Their Family
The 7000 family�s first new products, the NetEngine 7316 and 7216, provide
scalable Voice over DSL solutions to small and medium-sized businesses. �Our
NetEngine 7000 series will give small and medium sized businesses another
level of choice for VoDSL solutions,� said Hans Schwarz of Polycom�s
Network Access Products division. �With the new 16-port IADs and the
upcoming 24-port products, Polycom continues to scale the NetEngine family,
enabling significant cost savings for business customers.� www.polycom.com
Nortel�s New DSLAM Portfolio Supports ITU�s
G.shdsl Standard
Nortel is incorporating into its Universal Edge IMAS portfolio support for
G.shdsl, the ITU standard designed to offer improved DSL speed, reach, and
performance, as well as a DS1 interface, which allows service providers to
increase flexibility and lower entry-level investment. Nortel Networks�
integrated DSL portfolio includes the Universal Edge IMAS, Universal Edge
9000, Passport 1500, and Shasta 5000 BSN. www.nortelnetworks.com
Information Security Corporation Provides Secure
Telephony Software
SecurePhone, a secure telephony software offering (for Windows 98/NT/2000)
from Information Security Corporation, allows a person to use their PC as a
secure telephone by encrypting voice conversations held over the Internet or
over ordinary telephone lines using modems. It also provides strong
authentication of the party at the opposite end of the connection. www.infoseccorp.com
545 Series CompactPCI Enclosure � 12 Slots� In
THERE?
The versatile, yet small, 545 CompactPCI enclosure from Carlo Gavazzi/Mupac
is designed for industrial, datacom, telecom, and prototype applications.
The 545 Series offers five to eight usable 6U by 160mm front accessible
slots and 6U x 80mm rear-accessible transition slots, all in a package only
7" to 10.5" x 17" x 12". The chassis is designed to
support hot-swap, and N+1 and is provided with a 175-watt, front-pluggable
power supply with either AC (90 to 264 volts) or DC (40 to 72 volts) input. www.carlogavazzi.com
Mockingbird Networks And e-tel Demonstrate
Interoperability
During an interoperability test, calls were placed from e-tel�s Free-
Ride VoIP phone to the PSTN through Mockingbird�s Nuvo 200 voice
application switch, and calls placed from the PSTN were routed through the
Nuvo 200 to the FreeRide phone. �The combined products provide flexibility
and high QoS on the network,� said Matt Lukens, e-tel President and CEO. www.mockingbirdnetworks.com
/ www.etelcorp.com
High Port Density From Mapletree Networks
Mapletree Networks introduces the MTN4000 Series of PMC cards for access and
gateway systems-technology offering a high port density for a PMC solution.
The first module of the family, the MTN4096 features voice-quality
technology for jitter buffer management and echo-cancellation, and provides
superior voice quality while requiring less processing power. The resulting
density offers and economic advantage to access and gateway vendors by
reducing price-per-port. www.mapletree.com
WebDialogs Announces WebIntertalk
WebIntertalk voice-enables Web sites to increase online sales, improve
customer service and satisfaction by including text-to-speech technology
options in a call-back solution for Web sites. With WebIntertalk,
e-businesses can empower Web customers to click and connect live, via phone
or the Internet, with customer service representatives in order to ask
questions, address concerns, or complete transactions in real-time. www.webdialogs.com
iMagic Announces Availability Of pcVu
The pcVu is now available from iMagicTV to deliver video streams to the PC
via a service provider�s secure, managed broadband network. Not streaming
media, but a replication of the same TV services that would be broadcast to
a television in the home, pcVu enables broadcasters to bring together the
best of the Internet and traditional TV in order to create an endless array
of personal channels that will enhance profits through targeted programming
and advertising. www.imagictv.com
RealNames Keywords Offered To VoiceStream Users
RealNames Wireless Keywords, which allows users to go directly to certain
Web sites, are now available on Internet-enabled mobile phones using
VoiceStream�s service. The 2.6 million-plus subscribers of VoiceStream
will no longer be required to use long and complicated URLs to easily access
content on the Web. www.voicestream.com
Dialogic Extends Voice-Based E-Solutions
Dialogic announces the immediate availability of CT Connect version 5.0
featuring an H.323 gatekeeper. Combined with Dialogic�s IPLink Gateway and
the Intel Internet Phone SDK, version 5.0 enables the quick and easy
development of comprehensive VoIP solutions for both enterprise and service
providers. CT Connect V5.0 and the patented CSTA Gatekeeper, a
standards-based software building block, allow application providers to
manage and control calls with VoIP H.323 calling environments. Key business
applications can be integrated using these tools. www.dialogic.com
V-Span Announces OnNet IP Conferencing Services
V-Span OnNet IP Conferencing Solutions connect multiple endpoints via
multipoint bridging devices with features that allow participants to view
all sites simultaneously. The OnNet gateway services allow organizations to
easily communicate with IP and legacy circuit-switched networks, in turn
allowing interoperability with any conferencing solution. www.vspan.com
FACT Unleashed By Blue Wave Systems
FACT is an integrated subsystem development tool and management environment
that provides a comprehensive software environment for managing DSP
resources, enabling developers of network-based equipment to focus on
differentiating their service and application offerings and not on low-level
software development. As an open-systems platform, developers can use Blue
Wave�s FACT-RDK Resource Development Kit to easily add proprietary
resources or algorithms that have been developed in-house or sourced from
the network of third parties offering algorithms compatible with TMS320 DSP
Algorithm standard. www.bluews.com
ADLINK�s NuPAK Series Gets You Up And Running
An off-the-shelf solution, the NuPAK Series combines common PCI/ISA 19"
rackmount chassis with a flexible SBC, power supplies, and backplane.
Systems will initially be available with ADLINK�s range of Intel-powered
NuPRO SBCs. Buyers need only to select SDRAM or DRAM memory along with the
Pentium III or Celeron processors ranging from 300 MHz to 700 MHz, hard-disk
drives and CD-Roms. The NuPAK comes already built as rack-mountable or
standalone with all I/O, CFM fans, air filters, power supplies, and bus
connections. www.adlink.com
Get Primal On Your Network
Primal Technologies, Inc., has launched its latest software operations tool,
called Primal Skylight, that allows telecom service providers to monitor
real-time status and revenues on the Primal Service Node (PSN). Primal
Skylight connects to the PSN via a virtual private network and provides data
on usage, customer balance, revenue generation, and system status on a
continuous, hourly, or daily basis. www.primaltech.com
CPC8610 � Embedded Pentium III SBC
Diversified Technologies has come out swinging with the CPC8610, a single
board computer designed to fit into a single cPCI system slot. Based on
Intel�s 440BX chipset, this SBC has dual Ethernet controllers, a standard
144-pin SODIMM socket and can support up to 256MB of system memory. Support
is provided for full duplex operation, allowing effective data rates to
reach 20 Mbps and 200 Mbps, respectively. www.dtims.com
Jetstream Conforms To GR-303
Jetstream announces that is has completed testing with Telcordia
Technologies, Inc. to prove conformance to the GR-303 Telcordia Requirements
document. GR-303 specifies Integrated Digital Loop Carriers (IDLC) criteria
for creation of an integrated access system. These criteria support access
on a single access platform to the PSTN using multiple distribution
technologies and architectures such as xDSL, cable, fiber-to-the-curb,
fiber-to-the-loop, and also support a wide range of narrowband and broadband
services. www.jetstream.com / www.telcordia.com
Aura Networks Introduces Radiance Optical Ethernet
System
The Radience Optical Ethernet System is designed to provide complete fiber
connectivity, which can be provisioned in Mbps increments up to a Gigabit,
from the customer premise to the central office. Stealth IP, a key feature
of the Radience system, uses an interframe coding technique to enable a
variety of features, including loopback testing, power, and bit error rate
monitoring, which is crucial for successful service deployments. www.auranetinc.com
Eyeball Chat Now With Text Chat
Eyeball.com, an interactive video communication technology and service
provider, announces the availability of its new video chat service, which
enables users to quickly and easily connect face-to-face with other users
through tighter integration between the software client and the User
Services on the Web site. www.eyeball.com
Avaya Introduces IP Convergence Kit
The Enterprise Class Convergence Kit brings the power of IP-based voice and
data to enterprises or offices with 12 or more users, and features a
complete suite of hardware and software from Avaya�s ECLIPS portfolio. The
IP600 IP Communications Server is at the heart of the total-solution system,
and offers the functionality of Avaya Call Processing software, built-in
voice mail, fax messaging, Avaya Message Manager, and Avaya Site
Adminstration software. www.avaya.com
Cisco Powering New Customers
Cable and Wireless, Energis, and Global Crossing have all been designated
with the new Cisco Powered Network Contact Center Services designation for
eCRM service providers. ASPs and Outsourcers can now differentiate their
value-added hosted customer contact service offerings delivered on
end-to-end Cisco software and hardware infrastructure. www.cisco.com
Lucent SpringTide 7000
Lucent Technologies has expanded its IP service switch family with the
SpringTide 7000. Lucent�s Service Intelligent IP strategy includes an
edge-to-edge service infrastructure; dynamic signaling in and between the
network layers; unified network management for provisioning, monitoring, and
fault recovery; and full lifecycle professional services from planning to
operations. www.lucent.com
MIC-385: CompactPCI SBC From Advantech
The new 6U 64-bit CompactPCI SBC, with integrated VGA, dual 10/100 Ethernet,
serial, and USB ports, accepts the latest Intel 840 chipset and Dual Intel
Pentium III 866 MHz Processors. With a data transfer rate of 1.6 GB per
second, and a 256 KB built-in L2 cache delivering rapid data access to
complex applications, the MIC-3385 supports the latest RDRAM technology, and
a RAM speed of 800 MHz, with a peak data transfer rate of 1.6 GB per second.
www.advantech.com
White Pajama Rises And Shines
Offering a sophisticated and streamlined solution for your customer service
needs, White Pajama offers the Integrated Contact Center Network that gives
companies the ability to communicate seamlessly with customers via the media
they prefer without having to invest in customer premise equipment,
extensive IT and professional services, or lengthy training. Get your call
center centered through the Web with White Pajama. www.whitepajama.com
Meet JAIN, A New Face In SIP
The JAIN SIP API Specification, developed by Dynamicsoft and other industry
experts as part of the Java Community Process Program, will promote platform
independence in SIP-compliant communications services. Final public release
is expected later in the year, but the draft reference implementation is now
available at: www.dynamicsoft.com.
MetraTech To Seriously Rock Your World
MetraTech�s unique XML-based Web services billing solution gives service
providers the agility to accelerate profitability, manage business
complexity, and differentiate themselves from the competition. Businesses
can also rapidly introduce and bill for value-added services in order to
drive profitability. Their new relationship with eYak serves as proof of the
quality of service MetraTech offers. www.metratech.com
Wireless Is Taking Over
According to Cahner�s In-Stat Group, wireless Internet access devices
including PDAs, wireless modems, and two-way pagers will boom in popularity
over the next few years and eventually displace the PC as the preferred
Internet access method. Sales of wireless phones alone will reach 1 billion
annually by 2004, and by the end of 2002, virtually all wireless phones will
be preloaded with Web browsers and will be Internet enabled. Cut your wires
to the past. www.instat.com
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