General Bandwidth G6 Media Gateway Achieves PacketCable Qualification; General Bandwidth Successfully Completes CableLabs Certification Wave 29.AUSTIN, Texas -- First paragraph, first sentence should read: General Bandwidth, a leading Voice over IP equipment manufacturer enabling rapid deployment and new service revenue generation over broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. , announced today that its G6 VoIP Media Gateway received qualification from CableLabs(R) as compliant to the PacketCable 1.0 specifications (sted General Bandwidth, a leading Voice over IP equipment manufacturer enabling rapid deployment and new service revenue generation over broadband networks, announced today that its G6(R) Packet Telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. Migration Platform received qualification from CableLabs(R) as compliant to the PacketCable 1.0 specifications). The corrected release reads: GENERAL BANDWIDTH G6 MEDIA GATEWAY ACHIEVES PACKETCABLE QUALIFICATION; GENERAL BANDWIDTH SUCCESSFULLY COMPLETES CABLELABS CERTIFICATION WAVE 29 General Bandwidth, a leading Voice over IP equipment manufacturer enabling rapid deployment and new service revenue generation over broadband networks, announced today that its G6 VoIP Media Gateway received qualification from CableLabs(R) as compliant to the PacketCable 1.0 specifications. CableLabs awarded the qualification to General Bandwidth in Certification Wave 29 based on the G6 platform's compliance with the PacketCable 1.0 specifications for media gateways including interoperability with other PacketCable-certified elements. Designed as a carrier class, standards-based media gateway, the G6 platform is deployed by some of the largest North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. service providers as a circuit-to-packet interface between the PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. and packet voice networks. The G6 platform is currently being trialed and deployed by leading cable operators for cable telephony See cable telephone. roll-outs in 2004 and 2005. "We greatly appreciate the support of companies like General Bandwidth for the PacketCable initiative," said Ed Miller, Vice President of Advanced Network Systems which manages the PacketCable initiative. "Our industry would not be as well positioned today if not for the supplier community contributing to this interoperability effort," Miller added. "With a focus on designing and deploying standards-based packet voice gateways since 1999, General Bandwidth has been a strong advocate for interoperability," said Brendon Mills, 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. , General Bandwidth. "We are dedicated to supporting the PacketCable project within CableLabs and are pleased to have achieved full qualification as a PacketCable 1.0 media gateway." About General Bandwidth General Bandwidth provides "Solutions for a VoIP World(TM)" with deployments across more than 39 domestic and international customers while enabling applications such as PacketCable(TM) cable telephony, VoIP Business Services, and SIP-based IP Centrex. General Bandwidth's flagship product, the G6(R) VoIP Media Gateway, delivers high quality, full-featured voice services over a wide variety of packet architectures, including hybrid fiber coax (networking) Hybrid Fiber Coax - (HFC) A kind of physical connection used in networks for audio, video, and data. DVB (Digital Video Broadcast) is used in Europe and DOCSIS is used in N America. (HFC 1. (networking) HFC - Hybrid Fiber Coax. 2. (hardware) HFC - hydrofluorocarbon. ), FTTP (Fiber To The Premises) The installation of optical fiber from the carrier directly into the home or office. Also called "fiber to the home" (FTTH). See PON and FTTC. See also FTP. , 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 T1. With the capability to simultaneously support voice services from next generation Call Management Servers and Class 5 switches, the G6 platform is a highly scalable, fully redundant, and very flexible service migration platform from which new voice and media features can be deployed. www.genband.com Trademark notes: CableLabs and PacketCable are trademarks of Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. G6 and General Bandwidth are registered trademarks of General Bandwidth Inc. |
|
Printer friendly
Cite/link
Email
Feedback
Reader Opinion