CopperCom Unveils Service Management Platform for Voice over DSL; CopperCommander Delivers the Most Comprehensive Provisioning and Management Solution in the Market.SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 8, 1999-- CopperCom, a Silicon Valley company that is Giving Voice to DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary (TM), today announced a comprehensive service management platform for CopperComplete DSL(TM), the industry-leading Voice over DSL solution that includes the CopperCom Gateway and the CopperCom MXR MXR Mixer MXR Munxar (postal locality, Malta) MXR Mail Exchange Record . CopperCommander(TM) is the most comprehensive provisioning and management platform for Voice over DSL in the market today and enables Service Convergence, Creation, Assurance, Auditing, and Integration. "In order to effectively compete in the service provider arena, carriers must move to new technologies such as Voice over DSL because it offers dramatic efficiencies in operations, thus enabling enormous cost savings," said Thomas Flake flake an epidermal scale. flake Cocaine, see there , executive vice president of business development for Picus Communications, which is using CopperComplete DSL to deploy multiple voice lines, plus high-speed data, in more than 160 East Coast cities. "CopperCommander is the next step along the efficiency continuum for Voice over DSL because it improves the economies of deployment and operations, and extends the edge of the network to the customer premises to allow active participation by users." The CopperCommander Service Management Platform (SMP (Symmetric MultiProcessing) A multiprocessing architecture in which multiple CPUs, residing in one cabinet, share the same memory. SMP systems provide scalability. As business increases, additional CPUs can be added to absorb the increased transaction volume. ) enables Service Convergence by integrating the management of disparate networks. Its Service Creation capabilities streamline service turn-up while the Service Assurance of CoppperCommander guarantees Service Level Agreements (SLAs) are met. Service Auditing automates billing reconciliation, and Service Integration accelerates deployment with existing Operations Support Systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ). "Now that Voice over DSL is beginning to be deployed, ease of provisioning, robust quality of service guarantees, and management of converged voice and data services are key," said Brett Sheppard, consultant at TeleChoice, Inc. "CopperCom understands these market needs and is offering a service management platform designed to take into account the different complexities that exist in both voice and data networks." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Jennifer Stagnaro, CopperCom's vice president of marketing, "CopperCommander bridges the disparate worlds of voice network management systems and data network management systems, enabling seamless provisioning and management of Voice over DSL end to end. Working closely with our customers, we've designed CopperCommander from the ground up to streamline setup See BIOS setup and install program. and establish highly effective network management processes." CopperCommander Service Management Platform The CopperCommander SMP is a network management software application that resides on a UNIX server A medium to large-scale computer system in a network that runs under Unix. Unix servers are widely used as application servers and database servers and are available from a variety of vendors, including Sun, IBM, HP and others. and has agents in both the CopperCom Gateway and MXR. -0-
-- Service Convergence is the inevitable migration of voice and data
network services to a common network technology and OSS.
CopperCommander integrates with today's voice and data network
management platforms while providing an architecture that adapts
to the coming changes in management being brought about by the
convergence of voice and data services. CopperCommander extends
beyond the capabilities of a traditional Element Management
System (EMS) and provides the carrier with extended Northbound
and Southbound capabilities to ease the migration towards truly
integrated voice and data offerings and management.
-- Service Creation is the initial key to success for rolling out
Voice over DSL. Carriers need to be able to turn up large numbers
of voice and data circuits to meet the coming demand enabled by
this revolutionary technology. CopperCommander's VoDSL EOC
enables integrated flow-through provisioning for complete
automated management of Customer Premises Equipment (CPE)
connected to the Gateway in GR-303 or TR-008 networks. End users
can simply plug CopperComplete DSL compatible CPE into an active
DSL line; all provisioning information is learned automatically
by communicating with the Gateway. The VoDSL EOC expands the
reach of the Class 5 switch and the Gateway with a
standards-based AAL2 management channel between the Gateway and
the CPE.
-- Service Assurance gives the network operator the ability to
monitor network resources such as SLAs and to trend network
performance over time. Deployed through a collection of smart
agents in the Gateway and CPE devices, CopperCommander alerts the
operator to important events through extensive reporting as well
as email, fax, and pager notifications. Threshold crossing alarms
for facilities utilization can be set to notify operators just in
time, so that network upgrades keep step with service rollout,
minimizing on-hand stock requirements.
-- Service Auditing allows carriers to reconcile billing information
between the Class 5 switch and the CopperCom Gateway. Service
auditing is important for Voice over DSL deployments where the
Gateway and the Class 5 switch are operated by two different
carriers.
-- Service Integration facilitates deployment of CopperComplete DSL
and CopperCommander into legacy and new networks alike. New
carriers can leverage CopperCommander's enhanced capabilities as
an all in one OSS/EMS platform for Voice over DSL. Established
carriers can plug CopperCommander into the existing network
seamlessly for rapid Voice over DSL service deployment.
CopperCommander is OSS ready for today's network, featuring an
open mediation layer consisting of APIs and a wide range of
Northbound protocol support including TL1, CORBA, SNMP, and CMIP.
Proprietary interfaces can be supported for specific carrier
needs.
-0- About CopperCom CopperCom is a privately held Silicon Valley company that is Giving Voice to DSL. The company was founded to address a worldwide market that is at the crossroads of voice and data convergence, and is paving the way for the next generation of high-bandwidth applications. CopperCom is leading the market in delivering carrier-class Voice over DSL equipment, both voice gateways and integrated access devices An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). , to incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers. To accelerate market development, the company has taken a leadership role in both market education and standards efforts for Voice over DSL. CopperCom has built a strong management team with expertise across both the data and voice networking industries, international depth in European, Asian and North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. markets, and management experience in start-ups as well as large multinationals. The company has attracted engineering talent from AT&T, Ericsson, Nortel, Fujitsu, Ipsilon, Fore, Advanced Micro Devices, AFCI AFCI Association of Film Commissioners International AFCI Arc Fault Circuit Interrupter AFCI Advanced Fibre Communications, Inc AFCI Acupuncture Foundation of Canada Institute (Institut de la Fondation d'Acupuncture du Canada) , DSC (1) (Digital Signal Controller) A microcontroller and DSP combined on the same chip. It adds the interrupt-driven capabilities normally associated with a microcontroller to a DSP, which typically functions as a continuous process. See microcontroller and DSP. , Network Equipment Technologies, Juniper juniper, any tree or shrub of the genus Juniperus, aromatic evergreens of the family Cupressaceae (cypress family), widely distributed over the north temperate zone. Many are valuable as a source of lumber and oil. and Madge Networks Madge Networks NV. founded by Robert Madge and best known for its work with Token Ring, was a global leader and pioneer of high speed networking solutions in the mid 1990s, and also made significant contributions to technologies such as Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM) and Ethernet. . CopperCom can be contacted via telephone at 408/567-9277, fax at 408/567-9558, and the Internet at www.coppercom.com. Note to Editors: CopperCom, CopperComplete DSL, CopperCommander, Giving Voice to DSL, The Many Voices of DSL and True Telephony Meaning "sound over distance," it refers to electronically transmitting the human voice. In the beginning, telephony dealt only with analog signals in the circuit-switched networks of the telephone companies. are trademarks of CopperCom Inc. |
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