CopperCom Announces Industry's First Packet-Based Host-Remote Switching Solution for the Independent Market.BOCA RATON Boca Raton (bō`kə rətōn`), city (1990 pop. 61,492), Palm Beach co., SE Fla., on the Atlantic; inc. 1925. Boca Raton is a popular resort and retirement community that experienced significant industrial development in the 1970s and 80s. , Fla. -- CopperCom, the company with "The strength to build the future and the know-how to do it right," today announced the industry's first packet-based host-remote switching solution for the Independent Operating Company operating company A business that engages in transactions with outsiders. (IOC IOC abbr. International Olympic Committee IOC n abbr (= International Olympic Committee) → COI m IOC n abbr (= ) Market. While a number of next generation switching suppliers have trained their focus on the IOC Market, CopperCom is the first with a solution for a configuration historically known as "host-remote," which represents the majority of switches in the legacy installed base. Of approximately 10,000 switching elements, 75% are in a host-remote relationship in the IOC market. In this configuration, a centralized 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. "host" switch in a main town has a number of subtended smaller "remote" switches serving townships miles away. The function of the host is to provide service for the subscribers connected to it as well as providing centralized functions for the remotes such as consolidated management, billing, voicemail and signaling functions for the entire network. One of the key capabilities of a host-remote configuration is the ability of the remote switch to go into "emergency standalone" mode and continue to offer access to E911, community calling, local emergency services emergency services Emergency care '…services …necessary to prevent death or serious impairment of health and, because of the danger to life or health, require the use of the most accessible hospital available and equipped to furnish those services' and calling features if a network problem has stranded it from the host. CopperCom's host-remote complex has the network management capability to have the network of switches appear and be operated as a single entity. In addition, the solution provides the ability to run the entire complex of switches in packet mode or circuit mode (or a combination of both) thereby providing the carrier with a tremendous set of options. The options include the ability to take advantage of low-cost packet trunking between host and remote serving territories, the ability to offer packet-based services in areas only served by circuit services today and the ability to replace much larger network complexes should a carrier decide to consolidate disparate legacy switches into a more efficient serving arrangement. "Host-Remote packet-based hierarchical switch deployment is the goal of local incumbent carriers See ILEC. ," said Tom Nolle, chief executive officer, CIMI CIMI Certified Infant Massage Instructor CIMI Catalina Island Marine Institute CIMI Consortium for Interchange of Museum Information CIMI Canadian Institute for Market Intelligence CIMI Committee on Integrity and Management Improvement (US EPA) Corporation. "CopperCom's packet-based host-remote offering not only brings IOC switching up to the highest strategic level, but also demonstrates CopperCom's understanding of the needs of the IOC market and the customers these independent carriers serve." "Our host-remote architecture is another major step forward for our product line," said Bob Kersey kersey coarse, narrow cloth used for leg bandages in horses. , vice president of marketing and product management for CopperCom. "The CSX CSX Chessie Seaboard Multiplier (railroad transportation company) CSX Cayman Islands Stock Exchange CSX Changsha, China (Airport Code) CSX Cardiac-Specific Homeobox CSX Seaboard Coastline Railroad Next Generation Switch with IP, Circuit, a broadband line frame and now a fully supported packet-based host-remote solution, is evidence of our focus on providing what our customers need in order to replace their legacy Class 5 switching networks." CopperCom is currently working with customers on deployment scenarios and will be shipping the host-remote solution in the first half of 2005. About CopperCom CopperCom, the company with, "The strength to build the future and the know-how to do it right," offers an innovative suite of telecommunications solutions for the local exchange. CopperCom enables incumbent and competitive carriers to offer a revolutionary way of delivering local telephone service to subscribers over circuit or packet-based broadband connections See broadband and wireless broadband. . In the telecom switching business since 1982, CopperCom is a subsidiary of The Heico Companies and is headquartered in Boca Raton, Fla. For additional information, CopperCom can be reached directly at (561) 322-4000, or via the Internet at http://www.coppercom.com. CopperCom and CSX are trademarks of CopperCom, Inc. Forward-looking Statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. This press release contains statements that are forward-looking. Investors are cautioned that any such forward-looking statements are not guarantees of future performance and that actual results could differ materially as a result of known and unknown risks and uncertainties. |
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