VoIP Gateways

Softswitches have transformed the telecom industry due to their interoperability and compatibility with voice, fax and video. Controlling connections between packet-switched and circuit-switched networks, they play a key role in maintaining a high quality of communication services.

There are many softswitches available in the market, but one that has caught Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) operators’ attention these days is Ukraine-based telecommunication company IXC.UA’s IXC Softswitch. It’s an affordable tool that can function both as a softswitch and as a billing system.

According to IXC, its IXC Softswitch is a high-performance scalable Class 4 VoIP solution featuring a user-friendly GUI Web interface that enables secure large VoIP traffic flow over various IP networks.

Replacing the traditional call-switching methods and serving as a virtual call agent, the IXC Softswitch can act as a voice-calling device while capable of handling both fax and video calls along with the general voice calls. It can also control calls to landlines as well.??

Apart from interconnecting multiple VoIP networks, the IXC Softswitch hides client and operator network topology, while supporting interworking and transparent translation of SIP and H.323 protocols with further normalization, as well as all types of media codecs.

Easily integrating radius authentication with any existing VoIP billing system, the IXC Softswitch can support thousands of concurrent calls in both signaling and full proxy mode. This allows carriers to choose necessary proxy mode for VoIP gateways and/or destinations.

Built on single-server architecture, the IXC Softswitch acts as an all-in-one solution when used in conjunction with the IXC media converter, thereby making it an efficient, fast and user-friendly softswitch and a billing system at the same time. Users without advanced telecom knowledge can easily understand the logic and mechanics of it, says IXC.UA.

In addition, it can be bought and installed into the client's server or can be used as a rented, hosted softswitch.

One of the key features incorporated into the IXC Softswitch is the Failover Cluster (high availability) and protocol carrier smoothing.

To date, IXC.UA has installed nearly 300 systems worldwide.