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BroadSoft Intros Service Delivery And Creation Product
Suite
BroadSoft has announced a complete service delivery and creation system
designed to enable integrated communications providers (ICPs) to offer their
customers a rich set of user-friendly enhanced telephony services.
BroadWorks can interoperate with both the legacy circuit-switched PSTN, as
well as packet-based networks including IP and ATM. BroadWorks service
delivery system includes a rich set of business options such as call
waiting, voice mail, conferencing, auto-attendant, and follow-me services
that can allow service providers to quickly enter new markets. Its service
creation system is an open, standards-based service creation platform that
enables the development of custom services which can be created by BroadSoft,
the service provider, or even third-party developers.
No. 501, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Analogic Delivers Linux SDKs For VoIP Apps
Analogic has announced Linux versions of its TAP-800 Software Developer's
Kit (SDK) for use with its TAP-800 family of DSP resource cards, which are
integrated into high-performance VoIP applications worldwide. The new Linux
SDK works with the PCI-based TAP-804 and -806 and the CompactPCI-based
TAP-810 cards. "Linux is a great choice for so many reasons. The
system's flexibility and performance create an ideal fit with the high
performance VoIP boards we design and manufacture. And the
cost-effectiveness of Linux, with its complete development environment,
affords our customers the opportunity to quickly develop VoIP applications
and bring those projects to completion at record speed," said Chappell
Cory, VP and GM of Analogic's computer design and applications division.
No. 502, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
AudioCodes Launches Media Gateway PMC Modules
AudioCodes has announced that the "AudioCoded" Media
Gateway Modules that enable VoDSL, Softswitch, and Mediation markets. The
high density and mult-protocol Module Product Family is targeted for
integration into proprietary OEM designed platforms. The "AudioCoded"
Module and product family consists of high-density and integrated media
gateways. These modules connect as PMC (PCI Mezzanine Card) size daughter
cards onto proprietary OEM designed carrier boards. The "AudioCoded"
modules convert PCM into low bit rate packetized voice over IP or VTOA
(Voice Trunking Over ATM). The modules also performs gateway functions such
as packetization, streaming, protocol processing, and control functions.
No. 503, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Inter-Tel's IP Telephony Enters Full Production
Inter-Tel has announced that its IP key telephone, known as IP
Phone+, along with the IP single-line adapter and axxess IP keyset card have
entered full production. These three products when deployed in conjunction
with Inter-Tel's award-winning AXXESS PBX, transform the AXXESS system into
an IP-PBX that works over IP data networks such as a company's LAN, WAN, or
the Internet. An IP-PBX permits phones on a PBX system to connect to a data
network along with a company's personal computers. By running your telephone
network over your data network, the need for a separate telephony network is
eliminated, reducing wiring requirements to the desktop and associated
administrative costs of maintaining two networks.
No. 504, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
NTT-ME Selects iBasis As Internet Telephony Carrier
iBasis has announced that NTT-ME (Nippon Telephone and Telegraph -
Multimedia and Engineering) has selected iBasis as its first Internet
telephony service provider. Under the terms of the agreement, NTT-ME will be
able to route international voice and fax traffic from its 29 million
customers over iBasis' global IP network and provide termination services
for iBasis traffic into Japan. This service agreement with iBasis enables
NTT-ME to more efficiently route its international traffic and extend its
global footprint. The agreement will enhance iBasis' termination footprint
in the major metropolitan centers of Japan and increase traffic over the
iBasis network.
No. 505, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Blue Wave Announces ComStruct Modules
Blue Wave Systems announced the latest member of the ComStruct family of
building blocks for communications processing - the PMC/C5421, which is set
to have an impact on vendors looking to add open-standards based
voice/data/fax over IP capability to existing and new equipment designs. The
new module will provide processing power to handle up to 192 channels of
voice/fax over packet processing.PCI mezzanine cards (PMC) are designed for
developers seeking to provide technology insertions to existing or custom
equipment, taking advantage of the PMC capability to allow system evolution
within a proprietary form factor. The PMC/C5421 is a single-slot PMC module
that can be used to bringa DSP-based voice and data processing resource to a
system with PMC expansion capability.
No. 506, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Equant Launches Worldwide Voice And Data Over IP
Equant has launched a global, fully-integrated voice and data over
IP that enables them to make phone calls, fax, transfer files, stream live
or stored video, and performa data conferencing - all simultaneously over
the same network connection. The new 50-country service, which uses modular
multi-service routers and VoIP technology from Cisco Systems, is part of
Equant's portfolio of integrated voice and data products. "Equant and
Cisco have designed and tested a service that efficiently prioritizes and
allocates bandwidth for voice and data at a level of reliability, quality,
and security that cannot be duplicated on a legacy network," said
Didier Delepine, Equant's president and CEO.
No. 507, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Ziatech Releases High Performance CompactPCI
Ziatech has released a high performance, cost-effective single board
computer solution for customer system application developers. The ZT 5550
Redundant System Slot Single Board Computer for fault tolerant applications
offers leading-edge performance to designers for carrier-grade environments.
Standard configuration includes a 500 MHz Intel Pentium III processor and up
to 256 MB of ECC SDRAM and dual CompactPCI buses, combined with an extensive
set of embedded features and software choices. This single board computer is
designed for mission-critical applications where dual redundancy is required
for fault-tolerant system availability and scalability. Switchover time from
active master to the standby master CPU is less than 20 milliseconds,
providing OEM system developers with a cost-effective, off-the-shelf CPU
source for applications requiring five-nines availability.
No. 508, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Unisphere Solutions Teams With HP
Unisphere Solutions has announced that it has formed an alliance
with Hewlett-Packard. HP Smart Internet Usage (SIU) will be combined with
the Unisphere Management Center's service creation, delivery, and assurance
tools to give service providers the flexibility to deploy and mill for
converged services. The addition of HP SIU and UMC is a key component of
Unisphere's strategy to give service providers the solutions they need to
build out next-gen services. Unisphere will offer flexible mediation
capabilities of HP SIU custoemrs as an optional powerful metering tool to
collect usage information from multi-vendor network elements.
No. 509, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Santera Systems Announces SuperClass Concept
Santera Systems has announced its SuperClass concept for the future of
public network switching products and said it would brink to market a fully
functional SuperClass product in the summer of 2000. Santera is targeting
the enhanced Class 5 market with a hyper-dense, data-centric switch
architecture that will offer many benefits over existing products. As the
market demand for high-speed Internet and data services continues to rise
dramatically, service providers are increasingly seeing network switching
equipment that allows them to efficiently deliver integrated services to
their customers and be competitive in a constantly changing network
environment.
No. 510, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
IntelliNet Announces SS7oIP Gateway
IntelliNet Technologies has released a fully developed, tested, and deployed
SS7oIP Gateway. The introduction of this significant application for
transmitting TCAP, SCCP, and ISUP messages over an IP Network promises to
legitimize the Wireless Office environment. While the primary functionality
of the SS7oIP Gateway is to provide message routing between the SS7 and IP
network, other benefits include: reduced costs, network isolation, transport
flexibility, and data security. "SS7 connectivity to Wireless Office
nodes can be prohibitively expensive," said IntelliNet's president,
Anjan Ghosal. "Our SS7oIP Gateway helps reduce these associated costs
by allowing TCAP messages to be transmitted from multiple Wireless Office
facilities via a low cost IP transport to an SS7oIP Gateway for routing to
the macro cellular network.
No. 511, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Motorola Computer Group Launches Linux Offering
Motorola Computer Group (MCG) has announced its advanced
high-availability Linux (HA Linux) offering. MCG's HA Linux - with hot swap
capability and support for both Intel and PowerPC-based system platforms -
offers carrier-grade networking, wireless, and Internet applications that
require 99.999 percent (five-nines) availability. According to John Hughes,
vice president and director, Telecommunications Business Unit, MCG, "HA
Linux is proof that Linux is ready for deployment in applications needing
99.999 percent reliability in the telecom infrastructure. This advance,
high-availability Linux solution, coupled witho ur CPX8000's HA arctecture,
will help network operators achieve the reliability, performance, and
scalability they require to compete in the new telecommunications
market."
No. 512, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Crystal Group Intros RIA
Crystal Group has announced the addition of the RIA Rackmount Integrated
Applications computer, a development platform for high-density Internet and
telephony applications. RIA has the compact size, power, and flexibility to
meet many development needs. For appliance-based needs, RIA can be
pre-loaded with Linux, Apache, SendMail, and Crystal's exclusive Web
Utility, which allows browser control of systems settings, management of
users and virtual sites, as well as programming the faceplate LCD. The RIA
computer allows up to 52 individual units to be placed in a standard
7'0" rack, which equates to .87 U of rack space being occupied per
computer. RIA features a three-slot ISA or ISA/PCI passive backplane with
options such as Intel's latest processors, two expansion slots, non-volatile
and drive storage, a programmable LCD, and a USB front port.
No. 513, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Spring Tide Earns NEBS Level 3 For IP Service Switch
Spring Tide Networks announced its IP Service Switch 5000 has passed the
Level 3 requirements of the Network Equipment Building System specifications
known as NEBS. The testing certifies the IP Service Switch 5000 is ready for
deployment into any service providers' network. NEBS certification verifies
that the Spring Tide IP Service Switch 5000 is optically, electrically, and
physcially compatible wiath new and existing network environments, and can
operate as intended under electrical and physical stresses without posing a
thread to services or personnel. NEBS testing also ensures that Spring
Tide's equipment meets industry standards for high and low temperature
thresholds, fire resistance, earthquake and office vibrations,
transportation and handling, acousitic noise and illumination, electrical
protection, and grounding.
No. 514, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Lucent Launches Next Gen Carrier Class Access Switch
Lucent has announced the new APX 8000 Multiservice Access Switch helps ISPs
and other carriers capitalize on fast-growing markets for dial acess, voice
or fax over the Internet and VPNs. The APX 8000 also makes it easy for ISPs
to resell or lease ports to other ISPs. New NavisAccess 5.0 network
management software, also recently introduced, gives network operators a
business-level view of their networks, helping them manage the services they
provide to their customers, not just the devices in the network.
No. 515, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
TI, Blue Wave Systems Selected by Avtec To Supply
VoIP-Based Dispatch Platform
Texas Instruments and Blue Wave Systems announced that the ComStruct VoIP
solution has been selected for Avtec's next-gen communications dispatch
systems, DSPatchNET. Avtex is a leading supplier of advanced digital voice
processing systems for time critical dispatch operations. Avtec's new
DSPatchNet advanced digital switching system integrated IP networking,
telephone, and radio resources into a single user-friendly workstation.
Designed to support from 32 to 2,048 ports, DSPatchNET's distributed
architecture ensures real-time system responses - a key element in the
time-critical dispatch operations of public safety, utility, airline, and
other transporations service organizations.
No. 516, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Sun Announces High Availability Program
Sun Microsystems has introduced the CP2000 High Availability (HA) program
that will enable communication equipment providers to build highly availble,
carrier-grade systems for public networks. This program - based on Sun's
board-level products - offers a standards-based approach for those equipment
providers to rapidly develop scalable platforms that help carriers keep pace
with traffic generated over the Internet. This comprehensive, collaborative
program gives customers the technology, products, and services to build HA
systems.
No. 517, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
NMS Unveils PacketMedia Strategic Solutions
Natural MicroSystems has announced PacketMedia, a standards-based,
carrier-class IP media server solution. PacketMedia offers support for
enhanced services applications with real-time media streaming with
simultaneous play and record for carrier-grade sound quality and
functionality. PacketMedia enables communications equipment providers to
rapidly deliver to new carriers new hardware/software platforms capable of
supporting a wide range of next-gen IP-based applications and enhanced
services. PacketMedia is designed to support media streaming on existing and
future NMS platforms.
No. 540, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Intel To Acquire VTG
Intel has announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to
acquire Voice Technologies Group in a cash transaction. The acquisition
provides Intel and its Dialogic subsidiary with leading edge capabilities
and feature to enable most leading PBX systems sold worldwide to work with
Dialogic's computer telephony server systems and IP gateways (equipment used
to link to the Internet). In addition, VTG will help expand Dialogic's
current portfolio of PBX products. The VTG acquisition will further
Dialogic's objective of helping to enable the integration of sophisticated
applications - such as IP telephony, unified messaging, speech-based auto
attendant and call center applications - with PBX systems. Intel and
Dialogic will gain access to VTG product lines, intellectual property,
technology, expert engineers, and facilities in order to enable new products
that accelerate the convergence of PBX and Internet technologies.
No. 541, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Toshiba Announces Integrated VoIP Card
Toshiba America Information Systems Telecommunications Systems Division (TAIS
TSD) has announced its new VoIP card for the Strat DK424 and DK40i business
telephony systems. The VoIP Card is an IP solution that offers seamless
integrated voice and fax Internet transmission from a Toshiba Strata DK424
or DK40i business telephone system. "The new VoIP card allows users of
Toshiba's Strata DK424 and DK40i systems to seamlessly bridge their voice
and fax communications over any digital TCP/IP network, maximizing
communication capabilities, without incurring large cash outlays," said
Dave Mandeville, vice president marketing at Toshiba Telecommunication
Systems Division.
No. 542, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Dialogic Intros New DS3 Offering
Intel and its Dialogic Subsidiary announced its availability of the DS3
high-end network interface card used by developers for building robust
public network applications. The DS3 joins a complete family of Dialogic
CompactPCI products and solutions for the public network, including QuadSpan
voice processing products, SS7, ATM, and IP telephony products. The
combination of CompactPCI and DS3 gives developers high density, allowing
them to cut costs by building smaller-footprint solutions.
No. 543, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
TalkVISUAL Uses Solectek's MP1100 Bridges
Solectek and TalkVISUAL are working together to develop services that
deliver high-speed wireless video over IP solutions linking TalkVISUAL
locations into a Virtual Private Internet Network. Moreover, Solectek and
TalkVISUAL plan to take this relationship further in a joint effort to
continue the development of video over IP wireless WAN services. Both
companies feel that their combined expertise, products, and service
offerings blend well to further develop this solution.
No. 544, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
PhoneFree.com Launches New Site And Software
PhoneFree.com has announced the launch of its new Web site and introduction
of Version 6.1 of the company's software package. PhoneFree.com has
introduced several improvements, including a new site design and Internet
phone, expanded features, and a more user-friendly navigation. "At
PhoneFree.com, we are letting freedom ring by providing consumers and
companies with a new standard in worldwide multimedia communications which
harnesses the power and the technology of the Internet to allow people to
break free from the costs and hassles of traditional phone service.
No. 545, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Broadmedia Announces freeTone-Global
Broadmedia has announced the availability of freeTone-Global, a
phone-to-phone Internet-based long distance service that enables businesses
to call any worldwide destination at low rates. This service is designed for
single-site corporations, SOHOs, and other business environments where a
direct site-to-site Internet telephony connection (such as basic freeTone)
isn't possible. With freeTone-Global service, customers do not need to
purchase any new network or computer equipment. Broadmedia provides the
Internet gateway hardware either on or off the customer premises as part of
the freeTone-Global service.
No. 546, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
RangeStar Expands Wireless Capabilities With Bluetooth
RangeStar Wireless has unveiled a Total Bluetooth Solution that will enable
the simplification of interaction between people, as well as wireless
devices. Leading industry manufacturers have attempted to speed the
development of Bluetooth devices and applications. RangeStar's latest
solution offers companies of all sizes and industries the ability to reduce
development time, lower cost and integrate cutting-edge embedded (internal)
antenna technology into Bluetooth applications.
No. 547, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
ITXC Has Record 2 Million Minute Peak Day
On March 5, ITXC carried more than 2 million minutes of wholesale Internet
telephony traffic on ITXC.net, ITXC's global infrastructure providing
consistently high quality for real-time voice and voice-enabled e-commerce
over the Internet. Increased volume came both from ITXC webtalkNOW! Service,
and the company's core phone-to-phone service, WWeXchange Service. To
facilitate ITXC's network expansion and new enhanced service products, ITXC
opened its third Super PoP located in Jersey City, NJ. This and all other
ITXC-owned Super PoPs feature SS7 capability to meet the requirements of the
company's tier one customers.
No. 548, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Geoworks Extends Mobile Customer Service
Geoworks has launched Mobile ASP, Geoworks' mobile communications solution
for enterprise clients. Mobile ASP is designed to provide companies with the
technology and services necessary to extend their operations,
communications, and customer service initiatives to the mobile medium and to
achieve enhanced immediate business-to-consumer communications. "With
Mobile ASP, Geoworks is scaling its patented server technology and mobile
media expertise to make it easier for a wide variety of companies to meet
the needs of their mobile customers," said Dave Grannan, CEO and
president of Geoworks.
No. 549, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
ipx Announces T-Portal
ipx has announced the creation of T-Portal (Telecommunications Portal), a
group of international telecommunications companies dedicated to advancing
new technologies. T-Portal is a business and technological vehicle for
creating and marketing advanced telecom applications. T-Portal is an
industry-wide collaboration of hardware manufacturers, software providers,
service providers, access providers, and applications providers into a
unified effort to radically change the way Internet-related communication
services are deployed around the world.
No. 550, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
RealNetworks, Net2Phone Join Forces
RealNetworks and Net2Phone have agreed to utilize the distribution
capabilities of the RealPlayer, providing more than 95 million unique
registered RealPlayer users access to Net2Phone's PC-based Internet
telephony software and services. Under the agreement, Net2Phone will gain
valuable access to the vast RealPlayer user base, and the Net2Phone service
will be promoted across the Real.com network of Web sites. RealPlayer users
in the United States who download and register for Net2Phone will also
receive 100 free minutes of domestic usage and a complimentary headset.
No. 551, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
MIND-iPhonEX To Include Convergent IP Services Billing
MIND has announced that MIND-iPhonEX has been enhanced to support IP
services billing. MIND-iPhonEX gives ISPs the key technological element
required in supporting even the most ambitious business strategy. The new
product developments furnish ISPs, ITSPs, and telcos with a convergent,
real-time solution for billing diverse IP services. MIND-iPhonEX provides
the means for rapid deployment of new services. The current billing and
customer care solution from MIND provides real time, carrier grade IP
telephony billing for major telcos and ITSPs worldwide.
No. 552, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
XACCT and TeleKnowledge Offer Billing, Customer Care
XACCT Technologies and TeleKnowledge have entered into an agreement under
which the companies will integrate the XACCTusage platform with
TeleKnowledge's Total-e value-based billing solution, allowing broadband
service and content providers to deliver advanced billing and customer care
solutions. As value-added services such as VPN, IP fax, IP telephony, and
streaming multimedia emerge on the Internet, broadband providers are
realizing that they must go beyond a flat-rate pricing model to design and
execute innovative pricing models for services based on any combination of
consumer-driven value metrics. The integration of XACCT usage and
TeleKnowledge's Total-e solution enables customers to create flexible,
usage- and value-based billing models for IP-based voice, video, and data
services.
No. 553, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
iCall Announces Multi-Partner Consumer Service
iCall has announced a global, multi-partner consumer service, which delivers
inexpensive, easy-to-use real time connection without the hassles of call
backs, pre-registration, advanced purchase, or pre-approvals. This service
is possible through the development and deployment of iCall's patent-pending
VoIP platform. iCall combines proprietary patent-pending technology and
solutions from IP telephony industry leaders to enable foreign and domestic
telcos to offer low-cost international collect calling for their customers.
No. 554, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
Natural MicroSystems Delivers NaturalConference
Natural MicroSystems has announced NaturalConference, a software solution
that provides real-time, multi-party conferencing capabilities on the
company's Alliance Generation family of IP telephony hardware.
NaturalConference is designed for conferencing service provides who deliver
highly-integrated, multi-feature conferencing systems to companies who are
not equipped to deploy and maintain their own service. By utilizing DSP
processing power and a standard telephony interface available on NMS's AG
platform, NaturalConference is a highly integrated software solution that
provides rapid conferencing service development and deployment.
No. 555, www.itmag.com/freeinfo
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