Comverse Infosys Announces STAR-GATE Enhancement For Monitoring Packet Data Networks.Business Editors WOODBURY, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 14, 2000 STAR-GATE(TM) Product Line Offers Compliance With ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. And 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 Standards Comverse Infosys, Inc. a subsidiary of Comverse Technology, 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 : CMVT CMVT Converse Technology ) and a global leader in multimedia recording and monitoring systems for contact centers, public network providers, CRM and e-commerce, announced today that its STAR-GATE(TM) product has been enhanced to include monitoring of packet data networks in addition to wireline and wireless circuit switched networks. STAR-GATE's packet data feature set enables telecommunications service providers to monitor various call content and call data protocols and deliver the intercepted data to appropriate law enforcement agencies A law enforcement agency (LEA) is a term used to describe any agency which enforces the law. This may be a local or state police, federal agencies such as the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) or the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA). , all under the same STAR-GATE administration tools. STAR-GATE for packet data is specifically designed to accommodate legal monitoring delivery requirements for wireline packet data networks such as ATM and frame relay, and for mobile data networks such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) The first high-speed digital data service provided by cellular carriers that used the GSM technology. GPRS added a packet-switched channel to GSM, which uses dedicated, circuit-switched channels for voice conversations. for GSM, GPRS for TDMA (Time Division Multiple Access) A satellite and cellular phone technology that interleaves multiple digital signals onto a single high-speed channel. For cellular, TDMA triples the capacity of the original analog method (FDMA). , 1XRTT for CDMA, EDGE and UMTS. STAR-GATE integrates with any switch or network element allowing ease of installation and eliminating any product development from the switch manufacturers. "Comverse Infosys has already integrated STAR-GATE for packet data with leading switch vendors in order to offer telecommunications service providers an effortless means of complying with international regulations," states Dan Bodner, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Comverse Infosys. "For the past several years, STAR-GATE has been very successful in monitoring circuit switched networks. Now, we have completed several field trials focusing on GPRS communications over packet data network and this places STAR-GATE at the leading edge of mobile switch technology." The STAR-GATE for packet data product includes two components: the packet data Mediation Device (MD) for the delivery functions of communication surveillance and the Surveillance Administration Subsystem (SAS (1) (SAS Institute Inc., Cary, NC, www.sas.com) A software company that specializes in data warehousing and decision support software based on the SAS System. Founded in 1976, SAS is one of the world's largest privately held software companies. See SAS System. ) for provisioning in both circuit switched and packet data networks. STAR-GATE for packet data complies with all national and international regulations that govern communication monitoring such as ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). ) in Europe and CALEA (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: About Comverse Infosys, Inc. Comverse Infosys, Inc., based in Woodbury, New York Woodbury is the name of some places in the U.S. state of New York:
About Comverse Technology, Inc. Comverse Technology, Inc., headquartered in Woodbury, New York, designs, develops, manufactures and markets computer and telecommunications systems and software for communications and information processing applications. In addition to its Infosys Division, Comverse's operations include: Comverse Network Systems Division, which is the world's leading supplier of systems and software enabling network-based enhanced services; and Ulticom, which is a leading provider of network signaling software for wireless, wireline, and Internet communication services. Comverse Technology is an S&P 500 and NASDAQ-100 Index company. Visit Comverse Technology's web site at http://www.comverse.com. STAR-GATE is a trademark of Comverse Infosys, Inc. All other trademarks and registration marks are the property of their respective companies. |
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