Convedia (www.convedia.com) had
just introduced their CMS-1000 Media Server, a low cost entry-level media
server that promises to reduce capital outlay as well operational expenses
by consolidating media processing into a multi-service device. Only one
"U" in height, the CMS-1000 scales up to 300 ports and includes
MGCP and SIP protocol support enabling smooth integration with solutions
from various softswitch and application server partners. The CMS-1000 will
be available inQ3/2002.
CommWorks (www.commworks.com) and
VegaStream (www.vegastream.com)
announced that the two companies' products are now interoperable. A recently
completed series of product compatibility tests comprising CommWorks' Total
Control 1000 Media Gateway, elements of the CommWorks Softswitch, which
provided the IP telephony infrastructure and network connectivity, and
VegaStream's Vega 50, which served as an integrated access device (IAD). The
test included completing end-to-end on-net calls between SIP endpoints as
well as on-net to off-net calls.
LongBoard (www.longboard.com)
announced Realtime Developer, a suite of service creation software
development kits (SDKs) designed to enable service providers and systems
integrators to increase their margins by rapidly developing and delivering
sought after value added applications such as call center, voice portals,
and prepaid calling services. These and other services, which require access
to SIP signaling, can be implemented using an industry-standard SIP Servlet
interface. In addition, provisioning, management, and billing SDKs are
included to link applications to new or existing back-office facilities.
NMS Communications (www.nmss.com)
announced a partnership agreement with Oracle and Sun Microsystems to
deliver wireless voice-enabled applications for the recently introduced NMS
HearSay -- an open voice-enabled services solution for wireless service
providers and enterprises worldwide. NMS HearSay is designed to provide a
comprehensive ready-to-deploy system for wireless operators worldwide
seeking to rapidly and cost-effectively deliver innovative customized
voice-driven services such as voice-activated dialing, personal information
management (calendar, e-mail, address book), personalized voice portals,
short message services, unified messaging, chat and conferencing. NMS also
announced the acquisition of Boston-based MessageMachines, Inc., a wireless
infrastructure software developer of cross-device message switching
technology.
Spectrum Signal Processing Inc. (www.spectrumsignal.com)
announced its aXs 740 subsystem for 2.5G and 3G wireless infrastructure. The
aXs.740 subsystem is designed to enable carrier-class equipment to deliver
packet-voice wireless telephony services with very high call densities. The
aXs.740 incorporates Broadcom's CALISTO technology and features a compact,
high-density design The product also supports the Open-aXs scalable software
architecture to deliver complete voice services. The aXs.740 is available in
optimized configurations that can deliver up to multiple DS3s (672 channels)
of packet-voice processing capacity in a single slot. The aXs.740 is
available for shipment immediately.
Acme Packet (www.acmepacket.com)
unveiled its Net-Net family of Session Aware Networking products for service
providers delivering interactive communications across multiple IP networks.
Session Aware Networking is being promoted as the industry's first
architecture to tightly integrate session routing and media control to
satisfy critical security, SLA assurance, revenue and profit protection, and
law enforcement requirements for voice, video, and multimedia
communications. The Net-Net family includes three high-performance,
carrier-class, compact (1U) appliances: Net-Net Session Router; Net-Net
Media Manager; and Net-Net Session Director. Beta testing began in April,
and general availability is scheduled for the third quarter of this year.
Global IP Sound (www.globalipsound.com)
launched GIPS Professional Services, a consulting and development tools
package that makes GIPS' knowledge in packetized voice systems available to
systems companies and application developers. The services group is a direct
result of the company's experience in the implementation of commercially
available VoIP systems for its customers. GIPS engineering teams work
together with customer design teams to build QoS into network edge devices.
The program is designed to speed the development of solutions for new VoIP
implementations. GIPS also unveiled Gatelinx as a customer, with GIPS'
SoundWare voice processing software suite to be integrated into the Gatelinx
family of customer service portals and call center solutions.
Hughes Software Systems (www.hssworld.com)
announced the launch of its SIP Server Framework. Targeted at carrier, 3G,
and enterprise networks, the HSS SIP Server is a "ready to run"
proxy, registrar, redirect, and lookup server. Hughes representatives
believe this framework is an ideal fit for core routers, 3G Call Servers,
and other SIP-based network elements. It offers a rich set of reusable
components, which can be combined in a plug and play fashion to implement
new and exciting SIP based Application Servers including services based on
back to back user agent models, presence, and more.
RADCOM (www.radcom-inc.com)
unveiled the MegaSIP Simulator -- the latest addition to its VoIP Performer
suite. MegaSIP is a carrier-grade solution that generates high-volume
SIP-based traffic for VoIP system testing. Generating hundreds of thousands
of simultaneous SIP-based calls, millions of SIP-based calls per busy hour
and thousands of media-based calls using RTP, it allows customers to
evaluate the performance and scalability of equipment used to deliver voice
and data over IP networks. Two important features are MegaStress and
MediaStress. MegaStress generates peak load conditions, reaching 500,000
simultaneous calls and three million sessions per busy hour, at a setup rate
of 2,000 calls per second. MediaStress generates 2000 outgoing RTP channels
in various codecs for SIP calls created by SIP signaling.
Sonus Networks (www.sonusnet.com)
announced that SnowShore Networks (www.snowshore.com),
a member of its Open Services Partner Alliance, has recently attained the
"Powered" partner designation for proven interoperability with
Sonus products. A beta version of SnowShore Networks' N20 Media Server
successfully completed interoperability tests with Sonus' Insignus
Softswitch, including the ASX Access Server, at the company's OSPA
Interoperability Lab. SnowShore, in turn, announced the induction of
BayPackets (www.baypackets.com),
LongBoard (www.longboard.com), and
Ubiquity (www.ubiquity.net) into its
Black Diamond Partner Program, expanding SnowShore's initiative to drive
carrier deployment of new media-rich applications.
AudioCodes (www.audiocodes.com)
introduced the Mediant Media Gateway platforms to enable VoP solutions for
the new voice infrastructure. AudioCodes' media gateway platforms are
designed to benefit network equipment providers and OEMs by accelerating and
enhancing packet-based network solutions in broadband access, trunking
gateway, wireless and IP Centrex markets around the globe. The Mediant
family comprises three platforms that scale from a single T1 or E1 to 240
T1s or E1s of compressed or G.711 VoIP channels per shelf. Additional PSTN
interfaces will be released in the coming months. The Mediant product family
for wireline applications builds on AudioCodes' previous launch in 2001of
the Stretto for wireless applications.
Spirent Communications (www.spirentcom.com)
announced new SIP call generation and feature testing capabilities on their
high-density testing platform, Abacus2. Abacus2 SIP is the first release of
Abacus2 VoIP, offering SIP load and feature testing for enterprise VoIP
systems under extreme loads of more than 8,000 simultaneous calls. Abacus2
provides a choice of two industry standards (PSQM and PESQ) for voice
quality measurements and enables voice quality metrics concurrently on every
channel for full-coverage voice testing. Abacus2 SIP is also the first test
tool to offer full-specification protocol analysis and decode for both PSTN
and SIP signaling, enabling customers to locate the points of equipment
failure so that errors can be corrected at the early stages of product
development.
Stockholm, Sweden-based Ingate Systems (www.ingate.com)
announced a deal with Telia (www.telia.com),
in which the latter has agreed to purchase Ingate's SIParator, an add-on
that enables existing network firewalls to allow SIP communications,
bringing interoperable real time communications to the enterprise. The order
is the start of an internal Telia evaluation project for SIP-based IP
telephony, primarily aiming to investigate the feasibility of using IP
telephony on a wide scale within Telia. Ingate's SIParator SIP-enables
existing firewalls, allowing the transmission of SIP-based communications.
Ingate SIParators are compatible with all existing firewalls and operating
systems.
Jasomi Networks (www.jasomi.com)
unveiled its line of SIP-to-SIP gateways designed to enable call handoffs
between carriers and service providers that use IP to link their networks
instead of the PSTN. The PeerPoint SIP to SIP gateway product line enables
the demarcation of a call at the edge of one carrier's network before it is
passed on to another carrier. PeerPoint employs a back-to-back user agent
and fast media proxy to demarc calls by terminating and then regenerating
each arriving and departing call stream. Call demarcation is important
because without it, the many data streams that constitute each VoIP call
cannot be correlated and controlled in a way that allows billing and
security to be maintained. In a separate announcement, Jasomi Networks
unveiled its CALEA legal intercept technology platform, which enables the
varying IP streams that make up each VoIP call to be collected and forwarded
to law enforcement agencies.
BroadSoft (www.broadsoft.com)
announced an enhancement to the company's flagship product, BroadWorks,
specifically a system-level geographical redundancy solution that addresses
the reliability challenges facing service providers in the event of major
hardware and network outages. BroadWorks' system redundancy leverages its
distributed client-server architecture, which separates intelligent network
functions from applications. By deploying servers in a geographically
redundant network configuration, BroadWorks provides redundancy and prevents
service failure. If one server fails, BroadWorks switches over to the
secondary server on a user-by-user basis with no perceptible loss of
service.
VocalTec (www.vocaltec.com)
announced new partnerships with VegaStream (www.vegastream.com),
IPeria (www.iperia.com), and Alvarion (www.alvarion.com)
within the framework of the VocalTec Softswitch Architecture Alliance
Program. The three new partners offer complementary technologies to
VocalTec's packet telephony solutions and the partnership is designed to
further enhance VocalTec's softswitch offerings. VegaStream is a developer
of high-quality, high-performance VoIP gateways that enable voice services
to be transmitted over data networks such as the Internet. IPeria provides
voice mail, auto-attendant, unified communications, and other subscriber
services to service providers. Alvarion is a provider of solutions based on
point-to-multipoint broadband wireless access, used by telecom carriers,
service providers, and enterprises worldwide.
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