Centillium's New Entropia III Software Suite Heralds Seamless Convergence of Fixed and Mobile Networks; Adapts IMS Architecture to Safeguard Future Network Deployments and Accelerate Delivery of Real-Time, Interactive Multimedia Services.FREMONT, Calif. -- Centillium Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :CTLM CTLM Imaging Computed tomography laser mammography A diagnostic technique using lasers to produce a 3-D cross-sectional image of the breast without x-rays. See Mammography. ), a leading innovator of broadband access solutions, today announced 3G-NGN, an advanced software suite for the company's pioneering Entropia III system-on-a-chip (SoC) processor. Entropia's advanced VoIP processor software adapts the IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) architecture, which is sponsored by the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU) and European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). (ETSI) to support multimedia convergence services aimed at wireline and wireless next generation networks (NGN (Next Generation Networks) An umbrella term for mixed voice and data networks running over the IP protocol. See IP Multimedia Subsystem. ). With Entropia's new software capabilities, Centillium is once again demonstrating its leadership and key role in making this long awaited convergence a reality. The addition of the Entropia 3G-NGN software suite reflects Centillium's long standing belief in the explosive potential that the IMS architecture and open IP-based service infrastructure bring to the telecommunications industry. The IMS architecture offers service providers the flexibility to create a plethora of rich multimedia applications using a single platform, and allows them to seamlessly offer enhanced services tailored to consumer demands. "Highlighting Centillium's innovation and engineering vision, our Entropia III solution -- which was introduced over two years ago -- was designed from the ground up to fit the stringent media gateway architecture that IMS requires," said Didier Boivin, Centillium's vice president of Marketing. "The addition of the 3G-NGN software suite takes Entropia III to the next level, offers clear convergence advantages over general purpose DSPs and other solutions, and creates a more flexible environment for our customers to bring new applications to market faster and more cost efficiently." "Wireline and cellular service providers are looking to offer fixed and mobile services based on VoIP to complement their existing voice offering," said Joseph Byrne, senior analyst, The Linley Group. "To be effective, VoIP and cellular services need to be seamlessly integrated to deliver customers trouble-free mobility among networks and to facilitate management by the service providers. The lynchpin to such integration is the media gateway. Centillium is innovating technology that is aiding the media gateway's evolution from just transcoding and basic connectivity to performing more sophisticated interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. between the dissimilar IP and cellular voice networks." With the release of the 3G-NGN software suite, Entropia can now support IMS Media Gateway Functions (MGF MGF In currencies, this is the abbreviation for the Malagasy Franc. Notes: The currency market, also known as the Foreign Exchange market, is the largest financial market in the world, with a daily average volume of over US $1 trillion. ) for CDMA/3GPP2 or GSM/3GPP applications, along with all wireline requirements. In addition, Entropia supports IMS Media Resource Function Processors (MRFP), delivering such features as tones, unlimited announcements, conferencing and gaming. The Entropia III solution integrates six powerful, patented SigmaPlus DSPs with unprecedented horsepower, plus four RISC RISC in full Reduced Instruction Set Computing Computer architecture that uses a limited number of instructions. RISC became popular in microprocessors in the 1980s. network processors, and other advanced hardware blocks in a highly optimized, flexible and innovative architecture tuned specifically for voice convergence processing. With 1,008 full feature VoIP channel density, Entropia is the industry's most powerful voice processor -- roughly three times higher than the competitions' offerings. Flexible system level TDM/IP/ATM network interworking with and without transcoding, lawful interception, and advanced wireless and voice services are all part of the Entropia software solution. This powerful feature set allows application control over every voice channel parameter, and enables flexible cross connects with transcoding and network interworking. Availability The Entropia III and 3G-NGN software suite are available. About Centillium Communications Centillium Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:CTLM) is a leading innovator of high performance, cost-effective semiconductor solutions that give consumers, enterprises and service providers the winning edge in broadband access. The company's complete, end-to-end system-on-chip solutions accelerate development time-to-market for "last mile" products with Digital Subscriber Line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (DSL), Fiber-to-the-Premises (FTTP) and Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) technologies. Centillium products include digital and mixed-signal integrated circuits and related software for DSL and FTTP central office and customer premises equipment See CPE. and VoIP solutions for carrier- and enterprise-class gateways and consumer telephony. Centillium is a global company with headquarters in Fremont, CA. Additional information is available at www.centillium.com. Centillium Communications, Entropia and Centillium's logo are all trademarks of Centillium Communications, Inc. |
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