Excel Partners With Leading Australian Telecommunications Distributor to Provide Complete VoIP Solutions to Growing Telecom Market.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 11, 2004 Partnership with Symbio Networks Supplies Australian Service Providers With Reliable, Carrier Grade IP Solutions Excel Switching Corp. (www.xl.com), a leading provider of carrier-class, open services platforms, media gateways, and media servers for communications networks The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. , announced today a partnership agreement with Symbio Networks (www.symbionetworks.com), an Australian-based distributor of VoIP solutions. Symbio will sell Excel's carrier-grade platforms to assist service provider VoIP migrations throughout Australia. 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. a recent report published by IDC Australia, VoIP will continue to be the sweet spot of next-generation networks in Australia, doubling every year over the next four years from $14.3 million in 2003 to $288 million by 2007. Excel's platforms uniquely interact with TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. and IP, allowing Australian carriers to deploy IP in phases. With Excel's best-in-class call control and signaling support, third party developers or self-developing carriers creating IP-based services can guarantee voice quality comparable to that of traditional phone systems. "Carriers are seeking the assurance of voice quality as they ramp up Ramp Up To increase a company's operations in anticipation of increased demand. Notes: A company might 'ramp up' operations if they just signed a contract creating substantially more demand for their product. See also: Demand, Economies of Scale their IP networks," said Rene Sugo, Symbio president. "With its NEBS compliant (Network Equipment Building Systems compliant) Adhering to standards from Telcordia for equipment used in telco central offices (COs). Most equipment must be NEBS certified before it can be integrated into carrier facilities. hardware, fully redundant configurations and five 9's reliability, Excel provides our customers with carrier-grade media gateways and media servers that are essential to successful IP service creation and deployment." Symbio will distribute Excel's Converged Services Platform (CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P ) as an individual network element or as a complete, turn-key, integrated solution. Headquartered in Sydney, Symbio provides a "one-stop" shop of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. for system integration and deployment, design consultancy, project management, and technical support on a 24x7 basis. "Symbio's commitment to design, integrate and deploy carrier-grade VoIP solutions for the Australian telecommunications market will satisfy many needs and expedite IP rollouts in that region," said JC Murphy, Excel president. "With Excel as an underlying network platform to be sold as part of Symbio's solution offerings, we hope to further accelerate a faster time to market, reduced costs, higher reliability and investment protection for service providers throughout Australia. About Symbio Networks Pty Ltd PTY LTD Propriety Limited (company structure in Australia) Symbio Networks provides a complete softswitch-based VoIP solution over broadband for competitive service providers. Based on customers' requirements, Symbio supplies individual network elements or delivers a complete turn-key, integrated solution to enable providers to focus on delivering quality services to its subscribers. Symbio's solutions are carrier grade from the ground up with high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. , scalability and flexibility. While the solution is rich in features and functionalities, service providers can start off with a minimal set of network elements to provide basic VoIP services, and move up the value chain by delivering enhanced applications once they have built up a customer base. Thanks to modularity and 'plug & play" design, the solution is cost effective at its base level with proven business cases. Please visit www.symbionetworks.com for more information or call +61 2 9994 8555. About Excel Switching Corporation Founded in 1988, Excel Switching Corporation is a leading provider of carrier-class, open services platforms deployed as differentiated media gateways, media servers, signaling gateways A network device that converts control signals from one format to another. For example, a SIGTRAN signaling gateway converts SS7 signals of the PSTN to SIGTRAN for transport over IP. Contrast with media gateway. See SIGTRAN. and enhanced service Enhanced service is service offered over commercial carrier transmission facilities used in interstate communications, that employs computer processing applications that act on the format, content, code, protocol, or similar aspects of the subscriber's transmitted information; platforms for original equipment manufacturers, value-added resellers, and self-developing service providers worldwide. As a profitable company with over 125 customers worldwide, Excel provides the Converged Services Platform (CSP), the leading open services platform that addresses carriers' needs for profitable applications by bridging wired, wireless, and IP networks. By working closely with its application partners, Excel provides customers with highly reliable, localized solutions designed to meet their immediate and future needs. For more information, visit www.xl.com. |
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