Alcatel Welcomes Telcordia Technologies, Inc. to Expanded Alliance Program.Business Editors DALLAS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 8, 2001 Industry Leaders Unite to Bring Innovative SIP-Based Broadband Applications to Service Providers Alcatel (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : ALA) today announced communications software (communications, software) communications software - Application programs, operating system components, and probably firmware, forming part of a communication system. These different software components might be classified according to the functions within the Open Systems and solutions provider Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies, formerly Bell Communications Research, Inc. or Bellcore, is a telecommunications research and development (R&D) company based in the United States and created on January 1 1984 as part of the 1982 Modification of Final Judgment that broke up , Inc. has joined an expanded Alcatel Alliance Program focused on offering domestic communication service providers revenue-generating solutions needed to compete in today's marketplace. The Alliance Program unites Alcatel's leading edge access network solutions with solutions from select technology partners. Telcordia will provide systems integration services for Alcatel's market-leading access network solutions that will allow broadband service providers to offer Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP)-based services 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. , gaming applications, real-time communication, and home networking services. "Collaborations such as these allow service providers to significantly speed the introduction of valuable new revenue generating offerings to their customers," said Claire A. Lewis-Martin, vice president, Marketing, Alcatel USA. "With Alcatel's support, providers can try new service offerings before rolling them out to their customers, and our co-marketing program is available to assist with the introduction of these new services." The innovative, industry-leading products at the heart of the alliance work hand-in-hand to deliver leading-edge session-based solutions. The collaboration allows network operators to enhance broadband services with multimedia sessions using Alcatel's popular broadband access solutions. Alcatel's broadband access portfolio includes the world's most widely deployed digital subscriber line access multiplexer A Digital Subscriber Line Access Multiplexer (DSLAM) allows telephone lines to make faster connections to the Internet. It is a network device, located near the customer's location, that connects multiple customer Digital Subscriber Lines (DSLs) to a high-speed Internet , the Alcatel Advanced Services Access Manager (ASAM ASAM American Society of Addiction Medicine ASAM Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile ASAM Advanced Services Access Manager ASAM ATM Subscriber Access Multiplexer (Alcatel) ASAM Association for Solidarity with Asylum Seekers and Migrants ) and Litespan next-generation digital loop carrier In telephone communications, a technology that increases the number of channels in the local loop by converting analog signals to digital and multiplexing them back to the end office. systems. Telcordia will bring its expertise in designing, planning and building advanced communications networks, its systems integration acumen, and its DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary experience to collaborate with Alcatel in offering SIP-based solutions that work seamlessly with carriers' voice and data networks. "Alcatel's DSL products and their ability to gracefully evolve new applications and capabilities are at the foundation of this alliance," said David Burns, president of the Professional Services business of Telcordia. "Our goal is to collaborate with Alcatel to develop advanced DSL-based solutions to generate new revenue opportunities for our common customers. " Since 1999, Alcatel and Telcordia have maintained a strategic alliance offering complete, integrated, multi-domain solutions to carriers globally. The complementary strengths of the two companies, offer solutions that support sophisticated multi-domain telecommunications networks. For more information about the alliance: www.usa.alcatel.com/partners/alliance.htm About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc., an SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. company, is one of the world's largest providers of operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such , network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. A leader in the development of Next Generation Network technologies, Telcordia employs approximately 7,000 professionals, and has revenues of more than $1.6 billion. Telcordia (www.telcordia.com) is headquartered in Morristown, N.J., with offices throughout the United States, Canada, Europe, Central and South America and Asia Pacific. About Alcatel Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 110,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, see http://www.usa.alcatel.com |
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