Cedar Point to Demonstrate Web-Based Subscriber Self-Provisioning, Unified Messaging, CALEA Support at NCTA.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers The National Show 2003 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 9, 2003 Cedar Point Cedar Point is a 364 acre (1.5 km²) amusement park located in Sandusky, Ohio, U.S. on a narrow peninsula jutting into Lake Erie. It is one of the world's largest amusement parks (by ride count) with 69 rides and currently holds the world record for most roller coasters with 17, one Communications, Inc., a leader in packet-based voice switching technologies for the cable industry, will demonstrate additional capabilities of its SAFARI C(Cubed)(TM) Media Switching System during the National Cable Telecommunications Association (NCTA NCTA National Cable & Telecommunications Association (fka National Cable Television Association) NCTA National Cable Television Association (now the National Cable & Telecommunications Association) ) National Show June 8-11 at McCormick Center. Cedar Point will show SAFARI C(Cubed)'s support of end-user self-provisioning tools powered by Lemur Networks' i-Fabric suite, enabling subscribers to effect service changes in real time using a Web-based Graphic User Interface See GUI. . The exhibit also will show the ability to incorporate IP Unity's 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. 2.0 application, which allows users to retrieve voicemail messages through one user-friendly interface from multiple mailboxes. In addition, Cedar Point will again demonstrate how SAFARI C(Cubed) is the only packet-based telephony switch to support CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act functions for legal wiretaps through a secure central point in the same manner as today's Class 5 circuit switches. Cedar Point also will host informational sessions explaining the challenges cable system operators and vendors must overcome to comply with the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act The Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) is a United States wiretapping law passed in 1994 (Pub. L. No. 103-414, 108 Stat. 4279). In its own words, the purpose of CALEA is: SAFARI C(Cubed) installations will be at the following booth locations during the show: -- Cedar Point Communications (#2219) - Demonstrations of subscriber self-management, unified messaging and CALEA support, as well as Cedar Point's QuickStart total service solution. -- Motorola (#119) - Live demonstrations of interoperability between SAFARI C(Cubed) and Broadband Services Router (BSR BSR Business for Social Responsibility BSR Baltic Sea Region BSR British Society for Rheumatology BSR Bootstrap Router (networking) BSR Bonsoir (French) BSR Bottom-Simulating Reflector ) family of cable modem termination systems (CMTS (Cable Modem Termination System) A computerized device that enables cable modems to send and receive packets over the Internet. It inserts IP packets from the Internet into MPEG frames and transmits them to the cable modems via an RF signal. ) and its SBV SBV State Bank of Vietnam SBV Sistema Bibliotecario del Vimercatese (Itay) SBV Schweizerischer Baumeisterverband (German) SBV Swift Boat Vets SBV Smithsonian Business Ventures SBV Space-Based Visible 4200 series Communications Gateway CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment . SAFARI C(Cubed) utilizes a unique set of PacketClass(TM) technologies to bring the high quality and reliability of today's Class 5 voice switches to a packet environment. Based on CableLabs(R) PacketCable(TM) specifications, SAFARI C(Cubed) provides superior performance and reliability, significantly reducing capital expenditures, system integration and operations costs for cable operators offering telephony services while increasing network integrity, security and privacy. About Cedar Point Communications Cedar Point Communications has created and commercialized SAFARI C(Cubed)(TM) Media Switching System, an entirely new category of voice switching equipment tailored exclusively to the broadband cable operator's telephony and broadband media needs. Based on CableLabs(R) PacketCable(TM) specifications, SAFARI C(Cubed)'s totally integrated Carrier Class Cable (C "Cubed") telephony solution is a cost-efficient, less complex alternative to current circuit switched and distributed soft-switching cable telephony options, and provides an elegant migration path from legacy circuit voice deployments. Founded by telephony and data veterans, Cedar Point has assembled a management team and an advisory board that also include cable operations, broadband communications and manufacturing experts. Cedar Point has received funding from a high-level group of investors that includes STAR Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Battery Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital and Ascent Venture Partners. The company is based in Derry, N.H., with additional offices in Denver, CO. For more information, please visit www.cedarpointcom.com. CableLabs(R) and PacketCable(TM) are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. |
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