Agilent Technologies' Next-Generation OSS Solution Wins Internet Telephony Magazine's Product of the Year Award.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 15, 2002 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) today announced that its NgN Analysis System, the industry's first next-generation IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. monitoring and management system, received Internet Telephony Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. Magazine's Product of the Year Award. This award honors innovative products and services that demonstrate a positive impact on managing the convergence of voice and data networks. "We are pleased to award Agilent this honor in recognition of its contributions to the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. ," said Rich Tehrani, Internet Telephony Magazine's editor-in-chief and president of TMC TMC Technology Marketing Corporation (Norwalk, Connecticut) TMC Texas Medical Center (Houston, TX) TMC Traffic Message Channel TMC The Movie Channel TMC Traffic Management Center . "The Agilent NgN Analysis System is a clear leader in VoP monitoring and in the OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. sector of IP telephony. We're proud to recognize Agilent's hard work and innovation with the Product of the Year Award for 2001." The NgN Analysis System enables complete end-to-end call analysis as well as service and performance analysis, allowing service providers to quickly identify and resolve signaling problems as they test, rollout or manage VoP (voice-over-packet) and Internet offload networks. "We are pleased to receive this award for our innovative IP monitoring and management solution," said Rod Unverrich, manager of Agilent's NgN Operation. "Signaling in IP networks is far more complicated than today's circuit-switched networks. By providing an end-to-end view of the signaling in a hybrid network, the Agilent NgN Analysis System enables service providers to quickly and accurately isolate and resolve call quality and failure issues, thereby enhancing both service quality and revenue return." Agilent Technologies is a leading provider of OSS solutions, services and support. More than 300 customers worldwide use Agilent OSS solutions, which include the acceSS7, accessFIBER, Firehunter, NgN Analysis System and NETeXPERT product lines. More information on Agilent in OSS is available at www.agilent.com/comms/oss. Agilent in Communications Agilent Technologies is a leading provider of components, test, measurement, monitoring and management solutions for the communications industry. Agilent enables designers, manufacturers and service providers to accelerate the delivery of next-generation devices, networks and services. Agilent's broad set of solutions and services includes optical, wireless, Internet and broadband technologies that span the entire communications life cycle. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE:A) is a global technology leader in communications, electronics and life sciences. The company's 41,000 employees serve customers in more than 120 countries. Agilent had net revenue of $8.4 billion in fiscal year 2001. Information about Agilent is available on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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