CableLabs Summer Conference Showcases Packet Voice Solution From Intel, MetaSwitch and Spirent; Leading Vendors Join Forces to Demonstrate Live Voice Calls Over PacketCable Network.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers CableLabs Summer Conference 2002 ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 15, 2002 MetaSwitch, together with Intel and Spirent, this week demonstrated a complete end-to-end solution (jargon) end-to-end solution - (E2ES) A term that suggests that the supplier of an application program or system will provide all the hardware and/or software components and resouces to meet the customer's requirement and no other supplier need be involved. Compare: turn-key solution. designed for PacketCable(TM) networks. The demonstration at the CableLabs(R) Summer Conference 2002 in Keystone, Colorado, showed how service providers can deliver multiple toll-quality telephone lines over HFC networks. Show attendees made calls to the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. from regular telephone handsets over an Internet Protocol (IP), packet-based cable network. Highlighted in this demonstration were: -- the Intel(R) Media Center Reference Design Embedded Multimedia Terminal Adaptor (E-MTA) -- a DOCSIS-1.1 Cable Modem Termination System (CMTS) -- the MetaSwitch VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch, integrating the Call Management Server (CMS), Media Gateway (MG), and Signaling Gateway (SG) functionality -- a Spirent Abacus Class 4 switch simulator, enabling POTS connectivity. "We are particularly pleased that our collaboration with Intel and Spirent has shown that this technology is real and deployable today," said John Lazar, Vice President of MetaSwitch Sales and Marketing. "Cable vendors can easily deliver reliable, high-quality packet voice services to generate additional revenues from their previously under-utilized cable network, without having to invest in expensive legacy Class 5 switches -- or rely on unproven softswitch implementations." Announced at SuperComm 2002, the MetaSwitch VP3500 is based on the company's proven next generation switching technology. It is the industry's only Next Generation Class 5 Switch capable of simultaneously supporting legacy telecom access protocols, voice over ATM, and voice over IP. In a PacketCable environment, it employs CableLabs' Network-based Call Signaling The call signaling protocol is one layer of the overall PacketCable suite of specifications and relies upon companion protocol specifications to provide complete end-to-end PacketCable functionality (NCS (Network Call Signaling) CableLabs version of MGCP. See MGCP/MEGACO. NCS - Network Computing System: Apollo's RPC system used by DEC and Hewlett-Packard.The protocol has been adopted by OSF. ). About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch develops and manufactures advanced voice switching solutions for service providers - right at the heart of the converged network. MetaSwitch's flagship product, the VP3500, is a Next Generation Class 5 Switch that integrates broadband (VoIP and VoATM) and legacy (POTS) voice access with Class 5 softswitch function and more than fifty subscriber services in a compact, fault-tolerant system. MetaSwitch is a division of Data Connection (DCL (1) (Digital Command Language) Digital's standard command language for the VMS operating system on its VAX series. (2) (Data Compression L ), an established and financially stable communications technology provider with a twenty-year track record of success working with major service providers and equipment vendors. MetaSwitch builds on the powerful foundation created by Data Connection, pulling together its massive ongoing investment in the technology required to build converged network solutions (ATM, SS7, MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. , MGCP/H.248, IP Routing, SIP...) and new revenue-generating services (unified messaging, data/audio/video conferencing, directory services). MetaSwitch and Data Connection have offices in Alameda (California), Dallas (Texas), Reston (Virginia), and Enfield (North London), Chester and Edinburgh in the UK. Visit the MetaSwitch website at: www.metaswitch.com. About Intel Intel, the world's largest chip maker, is also a leading manufacturer of computer, networking and communications products. Additional information about Intel is available at www.intel.com/pressroom About Spirent Communications Spirent Communications is a worldwide provider of integrated performance analysis and service assurance systems for next-generation network technologies. Spirent's solutions accelerate the profitable development and deployment of network equipment and services by emulating real-world conditions in the lab and assuring end-to-end performance of large-scale networks. www.spirentcom.com Spirent Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Spirent plc, an international network technology company. Spirent plc is listed on the London Stock Exchange London Stock Exchange London marketplace for securities. It was formed in 1773 by a group of stockbrokers who had been doing business informally in local coffeehouses. (ticker:SPT (Sectors Per Track) The number of sectors in one track. ). The company is also listed on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. (ticker: SPM SPM - Sequential Parlog Machine ; CUSIP number CUSIP Number An identification number assigned to all stocks and registered bonds. The Committee on Uniform Securities Identification Procedures (CUSIP) oversees the entire CUSIP system. Notes: This system is used in the U.S. and Canada. : 84856M209). www.spirent.com Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright (c) 2002 Data Connection Limited CableLabs is a registered trademark of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. PacketCable is a trademark of CableLabs. |
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