CounterPath and Acme Packet Join the MobileIGNITE Program; Program Expands VoIP Expertise for Delivering MobileVoIP Solutions.BOSTON -- BridgePort Networks, the leader in MobileVoIP convergence, today announced that CounterPath (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :CTPS CTPS Carteira de Trabalho e Previdência Social (Brazil) CTPS Central Transportation Planning Staff (Massachusetts) CTPS Combat Trauma Patient Simulation (system) ) and Acme Packet -- all leaders in service provider Voice over IP (VoIP) solutions, have become members of the MobileIGNITE Program. Established in early 2005, the MobileIGNITE Program was created to bring together leading MobileVoIP companies to speed time to market of MobileVoIP convergence solutions. The members of the MobileIGNITE Program are committed to providing end-to-end solutions for service providers that are based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced , interoperability and provide a path to 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. . Each new member of the MobileIGNITE Program brings a specific expertise to the ecosystem: --Acme Packet is the leading session border control vendor enabling interactive voice, video and multimedia services for over 130 service providers worldwide. Acme Packet's Net-Net family of session border controllers A Session Border Controller is a device used in some VoIP networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down calls. (SBCs) satisfy new requirements at IP-IP network borders in the areas of security, service reach maximization, SLA (1) (StereoLithography Apparatus) See 3D printing. (2) (Service Level Agreement) A contract between the provider and the user that specifies the level of service expected during its term. assurance, revenue & profit protection and regulatory compliance. As part of the MobileIGNITE Program BridgePort Networks NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway interoperates with the Acme Packet SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. , to take advantage of Acme Packet's highly scalable services for NAT/FW traversal, QoS packet marking/mapping, QoS reporting for media flows and lawful intercept. --CounterPath, the leading provider of Voice, messaging, and video over IP soft phones, has enhanced their softphone products to support MobileVoIP convergence services. The CounterPath eyeBeam softphone is part of a dual-device service offering in which a standard mobile phone and the softphone work together to provide seamless services to subscribers. CounterPath's eyeBeam soft phone has completed interoperability testing with BridgePort Networks' NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway, and is also being enhanced to support MobileVoIP presence control features for seamless PC VoIP to mobile phone service transitions. "We believe the MobileIGNITE Program brings together vendors who take seriously the role of SIP (Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. ) and other open standards in making IMS a reality," said Andy Ory, 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 Acme Packet. "Our session border controllers address the requirements at service provider network boundaries where they connect to their subscribers or other provider networks in the delivery of secure real-time, interactive communications using layer 5 IP session signaling protocols. The efforts of the MobileIGNITE Program will propel multi-provider, multi-network convergence." "Our interest in the MobileIGNITE Program is centered on the group's collective mandate to promote the SIP open standard as the means to reach convergence and IMS more quickly," said Mark Bruk, Chairman and CEO of CounterPath. "CounterPath's application software for VoIP service providers, harnesses the interoperability of SIP to allow users to use their mobile services and phone number identity on the eyebeam PC soft phone anywhere they have Internet access See how to access the Internet. . We look forward to working with the MobileIGNITE Program members to address the communications needs of enterprises and consumers." "Members of the MobileIGNITE Program are bringing together all of the pieces necessary to make MobileVoIP possible," said Mike Mulica, CEO of BridgePort Networks. "MobileVoIP bridges across industries -- where complex and proprietary systems could serve as insurmountable roadblocks. The MobileIGNITE Program members are working together on service provider solutions that are immediately deployable and migrate smoothly to an IMS environment, and collaborate on interoperability and market development." BridgePort Networks is the first vendor to offer a platform for MobileVoIP convergence that bridges cellular roaming technology compatible with today's mobile networks and VoIP based on the open SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) standards. The company has developed MobileVoIP solutions for service providers that enable seamless roaming, network presence detection and the ability to cost effectively deliver mobile services over VoIP networks and VoIP calls to mobile phones. About BridgePort Networks BridgePort Networks is the leader in MobileVoIP convergence -- combining the personalization and mobility of mobile phone services with the flexibility, innovation and outstanding cost economics of the rapidly growing VoIP sector. The core product, the NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway (NCG NCG New College Graduate NCG Network Convergence Gateway (Nomadicone) NCG National Commissioning Group (England health services procurement) NCG Noncondensible Gas ), uses roaming technology to extend single identity phone number services over multiple access networks, including: mobile, cable, 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 and Wi-Fi. The NomadicONE NCG is a key component of an open standards partner ecosystem, the MobileIGNITE Program that comprises end-to-end solutions that improve the quality, coverage and cost of mobile service delivery and the mobility of VoIP services. BridgePort Networks is a global company, headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. To learn more about BridgePort Networks visit: www.bridgeport-networks.com. BridgePort Networks logo, NomadicONE, MobileFIND, and MobileIGNITE are trademarks of BridgePort Networks Inc. All other trademarks are properties of their respective owners. About Acme Packet Acme Packet, the leader in session border control, enables service providers to deliver premium, interactive communications -- voice, video and multimedia sessions -- across IP network borders. Our Net-Net family has been selected by 13 of the top 14, and 18 of the top 25 service providers in the world to satisfy critical security, service assurance and regulatory requirements in wireline, cable and wireless networks. These deployments support all applications -- from trunking to hosted enterprise and residential services; all protocols -- SIP, H.323, MGCP/NCS and H.248; and all border points -- interconnect, access network and data center. For more information, contact us at 781-328-4400, or visit www.acmepacket.com. About CounterPath CounterPath Solutions, Inc. (formerly Xten Networks, Inc.) is a developer of award-winning, high-quality, carrier-grade VoIP (Voice over IP) and Video over IP SIP softphones for service providers, cable operators, Internet telephony service providers (communications) Internet Telephony Service Providers - (ITSP) Companies providing IP Telephony. , IP PBX (Internet Protocol Private Branch eXchange) A telephone switch that supports voice over IP (VoIP). IP PBXs convert IP phone calls into traditional circuit-switched TDM connections for the PSTN. manufacturers and OEMs. CounterPath's SIP softphones are available either pre-configured or as a software development kit (SDK (Software Developer's Kit) See developer's toolkit and Windows SDK. SDK - Software Developers Kit (or "Software Development Kit"). ), and provide VoIP (Voice over IP), Video over IP, IM (Instant Messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or ), and Presence functionality. eyeBeam -- CounterPath's feature-rich SIP Video over IP softphone with IM and Presence -- recently received both Communications Solutions(R) Magazine's and INTERNET TELEPHONY Another term for IP telephony and VoIP. In the late 1990s, some people made a distinction between Internet Telephony and VoIP: Internet telephony referred to voice over the public Internet, while VoIP referred to voice over private IP networks. (R) Magazine's "Product of the Year" Award for 2004. CounterPath's Pocket PC SIP Softphone was recently named a 2005 Innovation Award winner from INTERNET TELEPHONY(R) magazine. With over 120 customers in more than 30 countries, CounterPath technology is deployed in more than 5,400,000 IP endpoints worldwide. For more information please visit www.counterpath.com. |
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