Ameritech Installs HP acceSS7 System to Ensure Smooth Deployment of Intelligent Network Services.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)--Oct. 12, 1998-- Surveillance, Usage-measurement Applications Expected to Boost Manageability, Quality of Service Hewlett-Packard Company today announces that Ameritech Corporation has selected the HP acceSS7 system to centralize 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. network operations, expedite ex·pe·dite tr.v. ex·pe·dit·ed, ex·pe·dit·ing, ex·pe·dites 1. To speed up the progress of; accelerate. 2. network maintenance and management, and improve service quality. Specifically, Ameritech will use the HP acceSS7 system to perform network surveillance and SS7 usage measurements for billing purposes, and to help ensure the smooth deployment of Intelligent Network (IN) services to customers nationwide. "The HP acceSS7 system's ability to trouble-shoot and resolve complex IN problems -- as well as its features, functionality, performance and price -- met Ameritech's requirements," said Andy Belcher, general manager of HP's Telecom Systems Division. "For companies such as Ameritech, deregulation Deregulation The reduction or elimination of government power in a particular industry, usually enacted to create more competition within the industry. Notes: Traditional areas that have been deregulated are the telephone and airline industries. promises significant opportunities to diversify their services and expand their reach. The efficiency and stability offered by the HP acceSS7 system will allow Ameritech to add IN services to its network with confidence." Supports IN Services Deployment, Billing of Other Providers The HP acceSS7 surveillance application's real-time monitoring capability provides Ameritech with insight and control over its network. The system offers both broad and focused views, allowing engineers to correct problems quickly so that service quality remains high. As Ameritech deploys new IN services, the system's surveillance applications will help Ameritech pinpoint potential problems before network outages A network outage is an interruption in availability of a system due to the communication failure of the network. Network outages cost money directly to the organisation (for example Banks, Airlines, Online Transaction companies); or cost money indirectly to customers ISP, occur. This will help to maintain a high quality of service to Ameritech's customers. Ameritech also is replacing its legacy SS7 usage-measurement system with the HP acceSS7 system's AMAT AMAT Applied Materials (stock symbol) AMAT Average Memory Access Time AMAT Automatic Message Accounting Transmitter AMAT Anti-Materiel (bomb or mine) AMAT Ageing Management Assessment Team 7 usage-measurement application, which will enable the company to bill other service providers for using its SS7 network and services. World's Leading Monitoring System The HP acceSS7 system monitors more SS7 links than any other SS7 monitoring system. The system is deployed by many of the world's leading wireline and wireless operators. About Ameritech Ameritech (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : AIT) serves millions of customers in 50 states and 40 countries. Ameritech provides a full range of communications services, including local and long distance telephone, cellular, paging, security services Security services are state institutions for the provision of intelligence, primarily of a strategic nature, but also including protective security intelligence. Examples include the Security Service (MI5) and the Secret Intelligence Service (MI6) in the United Kingdom, and the , cable TV, Internet services and more. One of the world's 100 largest companies, Ameritech (www.ameritech.com) has 72,000 employees, 1 million shareowners and more than $29 billion in assets. About HP Hewlett-Packard Company is a leading global provider of computing computing - computer , Internet and Intranet solutions, services, communications products and measurement solutions, all of which are recognized for excellence in quality and support. HP has 127,200 employees and had revenue of $42.9 billion in its 1997 fiscal year. Information about HP's test and measurement products can be found on the World Wide Web at http://www.hp.com/go/tmdir. AMAT7 is a product of ILLUMINET. |
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