Gateway Communications Selects NexTone Session Controllers to Offer Enhanced Services in Africa.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 30, 2003 NexTone Core and Edge Session Controllers Offer Seamless Expansion Strategy NexTone(TM) Communications, the leading provider of session controller technologies for secure peering of packet networks, today announced that Gateway Communications, a leading provider of communication services to carriers, multi-nationals and enterprises throughout Africa and the Middle East has selected NexTone's session controllers to perform core routing and secured VoIP interconnections. Gateway Communications operates one of the largest private IP networks in Africa and was looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. a seamless network-wide development strategy. The NexTone session controller solution offers superior call routing and unparalleled interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. capabilities which enable Gateway Communications to increase interconnection in·ter·con·nect v. in·ter·con·nect·ed, in·ter·con·nect·ing, in·ter·con·nects v.intr. To be connected with each other: The two buildings interconnect. v.tr. options for their Tier-1 carrier customers while delivering increased flexibility to deploy new enterprise services across the continent. "NexTone's session controllers maximize our return on investment by enabling us to leverage our existing network while also extending corporate services Activities that combine or consolidate certain enterprise-wide needed support services, provided based on specialized knowledge, best practices, and technology to serve internal (and sometimes external) customers and business partners. on the continent," said Peter Gbedemah, Managing Director, Gateway Communications. "The NexTone session controllers offer ease of interoperability The capability of two or more hardware devices or two or more software routines to work harmoniously together. For example, in an Ethernet network, display adapters, hubs, switches and routers from different vendors must conform to the Ethernet standard and interoperate with each other. and carrier-class reliability for our Tier 1 carrier clients connecting to Africa via our London and New York New York, state, United States New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of hubs. Simply put, the NexTone solution gives us a way to rapidly bring up new customers who wish to terminate onto our private network in Africa, and it simplifies the implementation of our enterprise solution across the continent." "We are pleased that Gateway Communications has selected NexTone's session controller solution to power their network. Gateway Communications is joining a rapidly growing community of carriers that use NexTone products to deliver reliable, cost effective and secure VoIP services," said Raj raj also Raj n. Dominion or rule, especially the British rule over India (1757-1947). [Hindi r Sharma, president of NexTone Communications. "Furthermore, this deployment is a prime example of how carriers can use our products to enhance their existing services and also create new sources of revenue by offering VoIP services to enterprise customers." The NexTone Multiprotocol Signaling Switch (MSW (MicroSoft Word) See Microsoft Word. ) is a core session controller that is deployed at the center of the network. It provides a sophisticated route engine, 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. collection and billing of call detail records, SIP/H.323 interworking and call admission control. The MSW dramatically improves call completion rates by using advance routing capabilities such as call route hunting. Route hunting by the MSW allows carriers to dynamically route traffic to different route partners based on call completion rate, route profit and route availability Route Availability is a system devised by British Rail to ascertain which locomotives can work on which lines throughout the rail network in the United Kingdom. The system uses numbers from 1 to 10 and a locomotive must have a route availability (RA) lower than or equal to the RA . The NexTone Multiprotocol Session Controller (MSC (1) (MSC.Software Corporation, Santa Ana, CA, www.mscsoftware.com) Founded in 1963 by Richard H. MacNeal and Robert G. Schwendler, MSC is the world's largest provider of mechanical computer aided engineering (MCAE) strategies, simulation software and services. ) serves as an edge session controller deployed at the network edge. Gateway Communications uses the dynamic call admission control, SIP/H.323 interworking function and network address translation capability of the MSC to interconnect with other VoIP based carriers and directly to the enterprise and multinational customers. About Gateway Communications: Gateway Communications is a leading provider of communication services to carriers, multi-nationals and enterprises throughout Africa and the Middle East. With operations dating back to 1991 Gateway Communications is one of the most established operators in Africa and has been responsible for pioneering the delivery of cost effective voice, data and e-commerce services throughout the region. Gateway Communications has developed the local presence, skills expertise combined with the global infrastructure and relationships to uniquely meet the voice and data communications data communications, application of telecommunications technology to the problem of transmitting data, especially to, from, or between computers. In popular usage, it is said that data communications make it possible for one computer to "talk" with another. needs of local telecommunications operators and businesses operating within Africa and the Middle East. For further information please visit http://www.gatewaycomms.com. About NexTone Communications NexTone Communications is the leading provider of carrier-class session controllers for the delivery of real-time services over packet networks, such as voice over IP. NexTone solutions enable carriers and service providers to securely, simply and cost-effectively interconnect networks. The company is headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA with European headquarters in London, England and sales offices worldwide. For more information, visit www.nextone.com. |
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