General Bandwidth and ipVerse Partner to Deliver Enhanced Voice Services Over Broadband Access Networks.Business Editors & High-Tech/Telecommunication Writers AUSTIN, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 22, 2000 General Bandwidth Inc., a telecommunications equipment manufacturer delivering the first voice-over-broadband (VoBroadband)(tm) gateway designed for mass deployment, today announced a joint marketing and development agreement with ipVerse, a supplier of next-generation software-based switches. Under this agreement, General Bandwidth will ensure interoperability of its G6(tm) voice gateway with ipVerse's ControlSwitch. In addition, General Bandwidth is participating as one of the first members in ipVerse's recently announced Open Softswitch Alliance. "We're pleased to team with General Bandwidth and have them part of our Open Softswitch Alliance (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ). It's critical for telecom vendors to come together to promote open, flexible solutions that help service providers offer integrated and lucrative voice/data services," said R. Paul Singh, Vice President of Business Development, ipVerse Inc. The open architecture, carrier-grade scalability and reliability of both the ControlSwitch and the G6 speed deployment of new voice/data services. These products allow incumbent and competitive carriers to integrate best-of-breed components for cost-effective delivery of communications services while also supporting migration to next-generation network infrastructures. "The unique 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. capability of the G6 supports integration of access specific signaling mechanisms (e.g. AAL (ATM Adaption Layer) The part of the ATM protocol that breaks up application packets into 48-byte payloads which become ATM cells when the 5-byte headers are attached. The AAL resides between the higher layer transport protocols and the ATM layer. 2/BLES, CAS, CCS (1) (Common Channel Signaling) A communications system in which one channel is used for signaling and different channels are used for voice/data transmission. Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a CCS system, also known as CCS7. See SS7. and MGCP/MEGACO) and next-generation media gateway protocols (e.g. MGCP/MEGACO, SIP, H.248 and XML XML in full Extensible Markup Language. Markup language developed to be a simplified and more structural version of SGML. It incorporates features of HTML (e.g., hypertext linking), but is designed to overcome some of HTML's limitations. ) in a single platform. This allows advanced softswitch applications and services such as those of ipVerse's ControlSwitch to be deployed on any voice over broadband architecture," stated Sean Parham, General Bandwidth's Director of Product Management. "We are pleased to be working closely with ipVerse to develop transparent interfaces between our respective products. We applaud their efforts in establishing the Open Softswitch Alliance encouraging other manufacturers to commit to delivering open, flexible solutions to the market." The G6, General Bandwidth's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , is a carrier grade, highly scalable, fully redundant voice gateway that enables telecommunication service providers to offer local voice service to residential and business customers over emerging broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. networks. General Bandwidth's VoBroadband technology is the first viable alternative POTS solution in the local loop. Building on the service provider's connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network, the G6 provides legacy and next generation telephone service 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 (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 ), cable and wireless local loop networks. The General Bandwidth VoBroadband technology enables service providers to offer multiple derived voice lines, with data services, over a single broadband access connection to the customer. The G6 will work with service providers' existing broadband CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment and concentration equipment and does not require a forklift upgrade of the installed infrastructure. The ControlSwitch enables service providers with or without Class switches the freedom to choose best-of-breed voice over broadband gateways, such as General Bandwidth's G6 gateway, while seamlessly integrating into the existing infrastructure. It is the first multi-protocol call control system, supporting SS7, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol , H.323, IPDC (Internet Protocol Device Control) A protocol for controlling media gateways developed by the Technical Advisory Committee, which was convened by Level 3 and others. , SIP and ISDN-PRI ISDN-PRI Integrated Services Digital Network Primary Rate Interface signaling systems, allowing transparent traffic exchange within or between service provider networks. Its simple Web-based tools and XML scripts enable service providers and third-party developers to quickly create, deploy and customize new voice and data services, including applications for powerful personal call management. About ipVerse ipVerse is a supplier of next generation software-based switches that empower service providers to rapidly deploy new, revenue-generating services. By providing a smooth migration path between existing voice networks and next-generation data networks, the ipVerse ControlSwitch accelerates the convergence of 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. without sacrificing carrier-class quality and performance. The ipVerse ControlSwitch gives service providers the freedom to choose best-of-breed products by offering complete interoperability between new and existing protocols, protecting carriers' investments in their existing infrastructures. ipVerse is headquartered in Sunnyvale, Calif. and is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners and Battery Ventures. For more information, please visit www.ipverse.com. About General Bandwidth General Bandwidth Inc. is a telecommunications equipment 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)(tm) gateway -- the G6(tm) -- provides multiple derived voice lines over a single broadband connection, allowing service providers to offer packetized "last mile" voice services that meet and exceed the quality and functionality of today's POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). Founded in 1999, General Bandwidth is located at 12303 Technology Blvd., Austin, Texas 78727; phone: 512/681-5400; fax: 512/681-5401; toll free: 877/818-2160; or on the Internet at www.generalbandwidth.com. |
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