ADC and Technology Control Services, Inc. (TCS) Sign OEM Contract for ADC's New Offering NewNet SGLite.Business Editors MINNEAPOLIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 28, 2000 TCS (Transportation Control System) A widely used integrated information system for railroad transportation developed by the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was later implemented by Union Pacific when the companies merged. Selects ADC's NewNet SGLite(TM) Signaling Gateway A network device that converts control signals from one format to another. For example, a SIGTRAN signaling gateway converts SS7 signals of the PSTN to SIGTRAN for transport over IP. Contrast with media gateway. See SIGTRAN. Platform to Develop and Offer Innovative IP-based Enhanced Services Applications for Next Generation Carriers ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. (Nasdaq: ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ; www.adc.com) announced today that it has signed an agreement with Technology Control Services (TCS), Inc. to provide its NewNet SGLite(TM), signaling gateway platform to TCS on an OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and basis. Under the terms of the agreement, ADC's NewNet SGLite platform and TCS's LiteSwitch Intelligent Services Architecture will be integrated through an ISUP (ISDN User Part) See SS7. (ISDN user part The ISDN User Part or ISUP is part of the Signaling System #7 which is used to set up telephone calls in Public Switched Telephone Networks. It is specified by the ITU-T as part of the Q.76x series, ANSI (T1.113-YEAR) and Telcordia former Bellcore GR-246 series. ) over IP (IoIP) interface to provide innovative IP-based enhanced services applications for next generation carriers. More information on the NewNet SGLite platform will be available at the ADC booth at the Spring 2000 Voice on the Net (VON) Tradeshow (Booth No.526/528) in San Jose, California San Jose (IPA: /ˌsænhoʊˈzeɪ/) is the third-largest city in California, and the tenth-largest in the United States. It is the county seat of Santa Clara County. , March 28-30. The combined solution of ADC's NewNet SGLite and TCS's LiteSwitch offers service providers a powerful and reliable platform for call control/services deployment in next generation, convergent networks. The scalability and high performance of the total solution is designed to allow service providers the ability to enter new markets and launch new revenue generating services more cost effectively and with better interconnect options in the network. TCS will be deploying 12 NewNet SGLite platforms for its existing service provider customers throughout the next six months. About ADC's NewNet SGLite The NewNet SGLite platform is built on ADC's ten plus years expertise in developing and deploying industry leading SS7 solutions which include the host-based NewNet AccessMANAGER(TM); the host-independent NewNet Connect7(TM); and its latest offering the clustered multi-host NewNet Distributed7(TM). NewNet SGLite comprises of two full NewNet SS7 stacks embedded on industry standard PCIbus architectures, software redundancy module, and the SGLite Client Interface. It is an open-system, carrier class, and scalable platform for development of standards based enhanced services applications for next generation networks. The product acts as a front-end, redundant SS7 server for enhanced services applications and integrates with the next generation network elements via the IoIP interface, mapping ISUP Circuit Identification Codes (CICs) to IP addresses. NewNet SGLite is available on the latest NEBS-compliant Sun Microsystems Sun Microsystems, Inc. (NASDAQ: JAVA[3]) is an American vendor of computers, computer components, computer software, and information-technology services, founded on 24 February 1982. (TM) Netra-t servers. NewNet SGLite is a high capacity solution handling 100,000 ISUP CICs and 48 links under one signaling gateway. The platform supports up to 256 ISUP Destination Point Codes (DPCs) with run time configurable country variants and co-existing hybrid stacks, i.e. ANSI (American National Standards Institute, New York, www.ansi.org) A membership organization founded in 1918 that coordinates the development of U.S. voluntary national standards in both the private and public sectors. It is the U.S. member body to ISO and IEC. over ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union . Through redundancy synchronization, the platform enables up to 300 ISUP calls per second. Through its redundant software architecture, NewNet SGLite provides high reliability. It allows front-end servers to synchronize to preserve active calls in case of hardware or software failures and supports live software upgrades without service interruption. With the addition of another pair of SS7 cards, the system's capacity can easily be scaled to double from four originating Point Codes (OPCs), 48 Links, 1 million Busy Hour Call Attempts In telecommunications, Busy Hour Call Attempts (BHCA) is a teletraffic engineering measurement used to evaluate and plan capacity for telephone networks. BHCA is the number of telephone calls attempted at the busiest hour of the day (peak hour), and the higher the BHCA, the (BHCAs), 256 Destination Point Codes, and 100,000 ISUP CICs. About TCS' LiteSwitch The TCS LiteSwitch Intelligent Services Architecture is an open, robust and proven 'softswitch' product that allows service providers to rapidly deploy basic/enhanced services and call control functionality on a variety of circuit-switched and IP-based network devices. The LiteSwitch product supports open APIs to manage multiple network devices and to support TCS and third-party developed applications. TCS' LiteSwitch and applications, including Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. , Voice Messaging, Pre-Paid Services, Class 4 tandem feature set, and ISP (1) See in-system programmable. (2) (Internet Service Provider) An organization that provides access to the Internet. Connection to the user is provided via dial-up, ISDN, cable, DSL and T1/T3 lines. Dial-Off Load are deployed by service providers on four continents today. "Our agreement with ADC and our utilization of their NewNet SGLite product, reaffirms our commitment to offer our customers with state of the art, reliable, and scalable IP-based enhanced services applications," said Ben Holzemer, chief executive officer of TCS. "With the underlying NewNet SGLite, our LiteSwitch will have the high capacity and performance required to support the increasing demands on next generation enhanced services." "Our agreement with TCS reflects our goal to expand our global leadership in providing our customers with powerful platforms to develop and differentiate their next generation service offering," said Grant Wakelin, president of ADC's NewNet division. "With the integration of our NewNet SGLite and the TCS LiteSwitch, we will be able to offer our combined customers with a carrier class platform that will allow them to rapidly develop and deploy IP-based enhanced services applications." ADC's NewNet division is a leading supplier of global telecommunications software for the convergence of voice and data communications in wireless, wireline and next generation networks. The NewNet product line consists of SS7 platforms commercially deployed in over 45 countries, as well as, short messaging and over-the-air service provisioning solutions, SS7-IP gateways and Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279). In its own words, the purpose of CALEA is: CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act ) solutions. About TCS TCS, Inc., based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida Fort Lauderdale, known as the "Venice of America" due to its expansive and intricate canal system, is a city in Broward County, Florida, United States. The city's population is described as metropolitan, where diverse culture is commonplace. According to 2006 U.S. , enables Call Control and Services on converging networks with its LiteSwitch Intelligent Services Architecture. The LiteSwitch Master Gateway Controller, Signaling Gateway and Media Service Node products have open APIs that enable TCS and third-party applications to provide services transparently across multi-vendor gateways. Uncommon to most software product companies, TCS has vast experience as a Service Operator specifically through constructing an international network of switching service nodes to manage outsourced enhanced services for major carriers worldwide. TCS was founded in 1994 and employs approximately 100 people in Ft. Lauderdale, Florida and London, England. About ADC ADC Telecommunications, Inc. is a leading global supplier of network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks that deliver data, video and voice communications over telephone, cable television, Internet, broadcast, wireless and enterprise networks. ADC's broadband, multiservice network solutions enable local access, high-speed transmission and software management of communications services from service providers to consumers and businesses over fiber-optic, copper, coaxial and wireless media. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, ADC has approximately 14,400 employees around the world and annual sales of $2.1 billion. ADC's stock is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq-100 Index. For additional information, visit our Web site at www.adc.com. All brand names and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. |
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