General Bandwidth Selects Telcordia Technologies to Ensure Seamless Integration of Voice over Broadband in RBOC Networks.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2000 General Bandwidth, a carrier-class voice over broadband gateway manufacturer announced today an agreement to initiate the Telcordia OSMINE (Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements) A system from Telcordia for verifying compatibility with Telcordia-designed operating systems. (TM) (Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements (OSMINE) is a procedure by Telcordia to ensure compatibility with the latter's various operating systems. External links
This will allow interoperability between General Bandwidth's GenView(TM) element management system (EMS) and the Telcordia legacy and next-generation operations support systems Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems or OSS) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such (OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. ). General Bandwidth intends to work with Telcordia to gain support for the G6 media gateway and customer premises equipment See CPE. for voice over digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and (VoDSL) and voice over internet protocol (VoIP) applications. Provisioning in the voice over broadband environment is more complex than the POTS environment, making flow-through provisioning critical to keeping the operational cost of subscriber provisioning low. "The results of the OSMINE process for General Bandwidth's GenView(TM) EMS will help enable service providers to simplify the deployment and management of voice over broadband networks," said Dennis Tinley, vice president, Operations Support Systems, Telcordia. Eighty percent of the US telecommunications networks depend on software developed and maintained by Telcordia. These systems are used by the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) to manage their networks. The OSMINE process enables network equipment compatibility and interoperability with Telcordia OSS systems. This ensures operations systems automation, a requirement for RBOCs to provide Operations, Administration, Maintenance and Provisioning (OAM&P) of services in a timely fashion and on a volume basis. "By engaging in the OSMINE process, General Bandwidth is further delivering on its strategy to provide a carrier class voice gateway that can be easily integrated into the existing networks of large service providers," said Brendon Mills, founder 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 General Bandwidth. "General Bandwidth's agreement with Telcordia affirms our commitment to seamless integration with legacy networks and to driving down the cost of delivering voice services. We are pleased to be working with Telcordia to help achieve these goals." "Telecommunications products that have been through the OSMINE process have greater marketability and salability to the RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) The Bell telephone companies that were spun off of AT&T by court order in 1984 (the Divestiture). Also known as the "Baby Bells," the initial seven RBOCs were Nynex, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, US West, , because it is ensured that they will integrate with embedded OSS," said Beth Gage, Analyst and Vice President of Consulting with TeleChoice, Inc. "By participating in the OSMINE process and by helping to define that process as it pertains to voice over broadband, General Bandwidth strengthens its position as a leading voice gateway vendor for RBOCs." About General Bandwidth, Inc. General Bandwidth, Inc. is a voice over broadband gateway manufacturer that enables toll quality voice services to residential and business customers across emerging broadband access networks such as digital subscriber line (DSL), cable and wireless. The company's Voice over Broadband (VoBroadband) approach provides multiple independent voice lines over a single broadband connection, allowing service providers to offer packetized voice services over the last mile that meet and exceed the quality and functionality of today's POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). Founded in 1999, General Bandwidth's US corporate headquarters is located at 12303 Technology Blvd., Austin, Texas 78727; phone: 512/681-5400; fax: 512/681-5401; toll free: 877/818-2160; www.generalbandwidth.com. About Telcordia Technologies, Inc. Telcordia Technologies, Inc., an SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. company, is one of the world's largest providers of operations support systems, network software and consulting and engineering services to the telecommunications industry. The Telcordia software organization, comprised of Operations Support Systems and Service and Business Management Systems, has been ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001-certified and has been assessed at Level 5, the highest level of the Capability Maturity Model(R), an industry standard for measuring software development processes that was developed by the Software Engineering Institute at Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University, at Pittsburgh, Pa.; est. 1967 through the merger of the Carnegie Institute of Technology (founded 1900, opened 1905) and the Mellon Institute of Industrial Research (founded 1913). . A leader in the development of Next Generation Network technologies, Telcordia employs more than 6,500 professionals and has revenues of more than $1.5 billion. Telcordia (www.telcordia.com) is headquartered in Morristown, New Jersey Morristown is a town in Morris County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the town population was 18,544. Its estimated population in 2004 was 18,842. It is the county seat of Morris CountyGR6. , US with offices throughout the United States, Europe, Central and South America and Asia Pacific. |
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