Excel Unveils Corporate Direction for Personalizing and Localizing Telecom Services in Both Fixed and Mobile Markets.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 7, 2004 -- Company Introduces "AnyGen" Platforms For Signaling, Media Server and Media Gateway Capabilities To Expedite Network Convergence and Rapid Service Deployment -- Excel Switching Corp. today unveiled a strategic technology vision that enables both fixed and mobile carriers to expand and personalize their global service offerings while lowering capital and operational expenditures. Excel's vision is driven by the desire of service providers to quickly and cost-effectively roll-out personalized and localized services that bridge legacy and next generation IP network architectures. 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. Danny Klein, senior analyst at the Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. , over 75 percent of service providers in Europe have confirmed they are migrating to a packet-based infrastructure. "The need to offer new, revenue-generating services has been the main driver in the network upgrades," said Klein. Carriers are particularly interested in those services that offer personalization of services for the end user, like, Personalized Ring Back Tones (PRBT PRBT Personalized Ring-Back Tone PRBT Potential Record Breaking Thread (humor) ), multimodal Two or more modes of operation. The term is used to refer to a myriad of functions and conditions in which two or more different methods, processes or forms of delivery are used. On the Web, it refers to asking for something one way and receiving the answer another; for example requesting messaging, Find me/Follow me Telephone services that provide advanced call forwarding. Initially developed for the circuit-switched Intelligent Network (IN), voice over IP (VoIP) also provides such services. "Find me" forwards calls either in sequence or at the same time to a list of numbers. and IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). . In response, Excel has evolved and extended its family of "AnyGen" open service platforms. For 15 years, Excel has provided application developers, OEMs and service providers with an environment to quickly and cost-effectively deploy applications that bridge legacy 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 networks and address the divergent needs of service providers worldwide. The newest member of the AnyGen family, the Excel 1010, leverages those successes into a more scalable set of platforms that include media and signaling capabilities for both distributed and centralized architectures. The platforms dramatically reduce start-up costs associated with new services yet provide cost-effective scaling. "The 1010 platform addresses wireless provider concerns regarding how new services can be quickly and cost-effectively deployed across 2G and 3G networks," said Raymond Cheung, chairman 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 ITHL ITHL Institute for the Translation of Hebrew Literature , a leading Hong Kong Hong Kong (hŏng kŏng), Mandarin Xianggang, special administrative region of China, formerly a British crown colony (2005 est. pop. 6,899,000), land area 422 sq mi (1,092 sq km), adjacent to Guangdong prov. telecommunication solutions provider for enterprises and carriers. "Its ability to support multiple functions has the potential to simplify the evolution of network technologies while providing customers with investment protection." Accelerating Service Creation and Deployment Excel's vision focuses on speeding time to market for new services. With Excel's multi-purpose 1010 platform, applications developers can bring new solutions to market faster and more cost effectively than piecing together single-function boxes, blades and stacks from multiple vendors. To further speed time to market and reduce the effort required to develop a new application, Excel is adding support for industry standard APIs such as JAIN, Parlay and VoiceXML. In addition, Excel's partner program embraces local channel partners and application developers, enabling service providers to get customized and localized solutions backed by local support and market presence. "Excel's partner-focused business model differentiates the company from its competition," said Klein. "By providing a modular platform, Excel's partners can quickly create applications that can be sold to service providers or distributed through Excel's growing channel partners, expediting a service's time to market." Excel's New AnyGen Platforms The Excel 1010 family of platforms converge signaling, media servers and media gateways at the network edge, facilitating a distributed network that can dramatically lower backhaul costs. Excel's platforms can just as easily be deployed as building blocks in a centralized configuration, minimizing capital expenditures. With either configuration, service providers can be assured of low costs and flexibility to meet their future needs without requiring any "forklift upgrades." Also, by utilizing a platform that supports a wide range of standards-based protocols and extensions, service providers may have the opportunity to quickly capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. new, profitable market opportunities, independent of network protocols and architecture deployed. By leveraging the 1010 for multiple functions, application developers can work with a single API for the creation of services regardless of whether the platform is deployed as a gateway, a signaling server, a media server or a service node. Equally important, through software licensing of different functions and capacities, Excel is able reach the price points achieved with single function products yet still support the flexibility to evolve the system as providers require. The 1010 can also reduce the number of systems in their network and simplify operations, administration and maintenance processes. Excel's 1010 AnyGen platform plans include the following: -- MSP (1) (Management Service Provider or Managed Service Provider) An organization that manages a customer's computer systems and networks which are either located on the customer's premises or at a third-party datacenter. 1010 In August 2004, Excel intends to deliver the Multi-Signaling Platform (MSP) 1010, a compact multi-function signaling server for the delivery of enhanced signaling services across SS7, SIGTRAN (SIGnaling TRANsport) An IP telephony protocol from the IETF that is used to transfer SS7 signals over IP networks. The telco switch sends SS7 signals to a signaling gateway (SG) that converts them into SIGTRAN packets, which travel over IP to the next signaling gateway or and SIP networks. MSP1010 is a compact, scalable platform that lowers the cost to deliver SMS-based services such as televoting, person-to-person SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. , machine-to-person SMS, missed call alert and SMS firewall by significantly reducing backhaul of SS7 messages required with the service. -- CSP (1) (Certified Systems Professional) An earlier award for successful completion of an ICCP examination in systems development. See ICCP. (2) (Commerce Service P 1010 In Quarter 4 2004, Excel plans to introduce the CSP 1010, a 1u compact form factor of its award-winning CSP 2090 platform. The CSP 1010 will support network-based intelligent peripheral and media server functions as well as premise-based interactive voice response (IVR (Interactive Voice Response) An automated telephone information system that speaks to the caller with a combination of fixed voice menus and data extracted from databases in real time. ) applications. With CSP 1010, service providers will be able to scale their networks more cost effectively by deploying systems in small increments where and when they need them. Also, the CSP 1010 will provide a cost-effective, carrier-grade solution that can be deployed on the customer premises for hosted services. -- IMG IMG International medical graduate, see there 1010 In Quarter 1, 2005 Excel plans to introduce Integrated Media Gateway (IMG) 1010, a compact version of its IMG 2090 that will allow service providers to reach new price points and enter new markets. Signaling and media capabilities are currently integrated directly into the gateway to improve call quality by eliminating call hand-offs and to reduce overall capital and operational expenditures. 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 and enhanced service 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 leading open services platform that addresses carriers' needs for profitable applications by bridging fixed, mobile 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.excelswitching.com. |
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