AP Engines Brings Billing Mediation Capabilities to ipVerse and the Open Softswitch Alliance.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 26, 2000 ipVerse announced today AP Engines has joined its Open Softswitch Alliance (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ) to speed deployment of next generation services through seamless billing mediation technology. ipVerse will work with AP Engines to provide incumbent and competitive carriers with a comprehensive billing mediation solution for advanced voice and data services, without disruption to their existing billing and customer care infrastructures. Under the terms of the agreement, ipVerse and AP Engines will ensure that AP Engines Record Keeping Server (RKS RKS Rochester Kink Society RKS Record Keeping Server RKS Record Keeping System RKS Roskilde Katedralskole (Denmark school) RKS Rich Kid Syndrome RKS Rock Springs, WY, USA - Rock Springs Sweetwater County Airport ) billing mediation software Software that gathers and consolidates users' transmission usage from the network. It converts that data into a billing format for accounting and creates usage and marketing reports. interoperates transparently with the ipVerse ControlSwitch -- an open multi-protocol softswitch. "Next generation networks will support a wide range of integrated services In computer networking, IntServ or integrated services is an architecture that specifies the elements to guarantee quality of service (QoS) on networks. IntServ can for example be used to allow video and sound to reach the receiver without interruption. , so it's essential for service providers to remain flexible and quickly accommodate multiple pricing models, thus maximizing profitability," stated Art Klein Art Klein (16 March 1889 Cleveland, Ohio – 6 June 1955 Los Angeles, California) was an American racecar driver. Indy 500 results Year Car Start Qual Rank Finish Laps Led Retired 1914 15 8 86.870 26 20 87 0 Valve 1915 9 8 90. , president and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , ipVerse Inc. "AP Engines compliments ipVerse ControlSwitch's standard billing records by giving service providers a financial-grade billing mediation solution -- future-proofing the billing infrastructure for the deployment of new, advanced services." The ipVerse ControlSwitch gives service providers the ability to seamlessly migrate from their existing voice networks to next generation networks. AP Engines RKS will collect and correlate event messages from the ControlSwitch and serve as the centralized cen·tral·ize v. cen·tral·ized, cen·tral·iz·ing, cen·tral·iz·es v.tr. 1. To draw into or toward a center; consolidate. 2. collection point for all billing data on a network. This financial-grade mediation solution will sit directly between the ControlSwitch and the existing billing system. It will collect event messages, correlate the data into a single Call Detail Record, and format the information specifically for carriers' established billing systems and other downstream applications. Records will then be delivered to the billing company for rating and invoicing. AP Engines solutions support AMADNS AMADNS Automatic Message Accounting Data Networking System AMADNS Ama Data Networking System billing formats and are compatible with a number of leading billing systems, including Portal Software Portal Software was founded in 1985 as Portal Information Network, one of the first ISPs in the San Francisco Bay Area. It was founded by John Little. The company offered its own interface through modem access that featured Internet email. , CSG CSG - constructive solid geometry Systems, DST (1) (DeSTination) Contrast with SRC, which is an abbreviation of "source." (2) (Digital Signal Trust Company, Salt Lake City, UT, www.digsigtrust.com) An organization that sets up and manages PKI systems for companies and industry groups. Innovis. "AP Engines strongly supports interoperability initiatives that accelerate next generation migration," stated Jon Sieg, president and CEO, AP Engines. "Our efforts will enable the accelerated deployment of profitable IP services over packet-based networks." The OSA is ipVerse's initiative to accelerate migration to next generation network infrastructures, thus enabling incumbent and competitive carriers to deliver integrated communications services to their customers. AP Engines will work with ipVerse to demonstrate interoperability, to engage in joint marketing and sales calls, to simplify the vendor decision-making process for service providers, and guarantee them complete, working solutions. Member companies, in addition to AP Engines, include: Tellabs, AccessLan, BroadSoft, Cognitronics, Copper Mountain Networks, TollBridge Technologies, Convergent Networks, General Bandwidth, Integral Access, Iperia, Shoreline Communications, Trillium, VocalData, Vertical Networks. About ipVerse ipVerse is a supplier of next gen software-based switches that empower service providers to rapidly deploy new, revenue-generating services. By providing a smooth migration path between existing voice networks and next-generation data networks, the ipVerse ControlSwitch accelerates the convergence of voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. while preserving carrier-class quality and performance. The ipVerse ControlSwitch gives service providers the freedom to choose best-of-breed products by offering complete interoperability between new and existing protocols, protecting carriers' investments in their existing infrastructures. ipVerse is headquartered in Sunnyvale and is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. For more information, please visit www.ipverse.com. About AP Engines, Inc. AP Engines is a leading provider of carrier-class service creation and financial-grade billing mediation software solutions that accelerate the profitability of next generation services. The company enables telephony carriers and cable MSOs to deliver and bill for advanced services without disrupting their existing billing and customer care applications. For additional information on AP Engines, please visit www.apengines.com or call 978/461-5000. Media contact: Roger Lauze, Communications Manager, AP Engines, Inc., 978/461-4742, rlauze@apengines.com Note to Editors: AP Engines and the AP Engines Record Keeping Server are trademarks of AP Engines, Inc. ipVerse, ipVerse ControlSwitch and the Open SoftSwitch Alliance are trademarks of ipVerse, Inc. All other trademarks named herein are the property of their respective companies. |
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