Japan's Fusion Communications Goes Live with New VoIP Services Based On LongBoard, Inc. RealTime Multimedia Application Platform.Business Editors SANTA CLARA Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 15, 2002 LongBoard A longboard generally designates a longer board variant in various .
(networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) service in Japan, is launching their local phone service based on LongBoard's RealTime Multimedia Application Platform (LMAP LMAP Lightweight MTA Authentication Protocol LMAP Learning Materials Application Profile LMAP Lightweight Message Access Protocol LMAP Longboard Multi-engine Application Platform LMAP Lysosomal-Associated Membrane Protein (R)). NextGen, LongBoard's System Integrator Partner in Japan, customized and localized LongBoard's platform for the Japanese residential and SOHO Soho (sōhō`, sə–), district of Westminster, London, England, known for its continental restaurants. Once a fashionable quarter, it became popular among writers and artists in the 19th cent. markets offering local and long distance calling, at rates dramatically lower than those of the other 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. carriers in Japan. Subscribers of Fusion's VoIP services will be able to make IP to IP, and IP to PSTN calls over the broadband 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 or cable modem cable modem Modem used to convert analog data signals to digital form and vise versa, for transmission or receipt over cable television lines, especially for connecting to the Internet. connections they already have. Additionally, they will be able to maintain their existing local telephone numbers and use the same dialing patterns they use today on their PSTN phones, and place PSTN to IP calls in the next release of service from Fusion. Fusion subscribers will have traditional telephone features as well as new capabilities such as Click-to-Dial calling (web-page-based calling from ordinary IP phones, i.e. web-based third-party call control). The Fusion/LongBoard solution will be one of the first deployments in a major carrier network of a converged voice implementation combining traditional telephone functionality with internet-enabled, revenue-generating applications. Fusion Communications, based in Tokyo, Japan was established in 2000 and operational in April 2001 and is recognized as a VoIP pioneer, building its own nationwide backbone network A backbone network provides a path for the exchange of information between different LANs or subnetworks.[1] A backbone can tie together diverse networks in the same building, in different buildings in a campus environment, or over wide areas. utilizing advanced network technologies. Fusion is first carrier in Japan to offer IP tandem bypass The practice of front-ending a carrier's telephone switch with a softswitch. The softswitch culls traffic off the circuit-switched trunks and onto IP or ATM networks. See tandem switch. service, fusing voice and data communications over a dedicated IP network. "Increasingly, users are switching to VoIP networks for two reasons -- cost, and advanced individual productivity applications. As a leading-edge carrier, our wish is to seize this market opportunity and deploy new services quickly. After evaluating several solutions, we chose LongBoard because it is a field-proven Application Server with the necessary scalability, reliability and openness for all of our current and next generation services," said Tadahisa Sumida, 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 Fusion Communications Corporation. "Fusion is a model for what the Next Generation Carrier will look like. Within 2 years of operation, Fusion has already established itself as the leading IP Telephony player in Japan, with over 2 million subscribers. Couple that growth along with very strong, visionary leadership, and you have a great example of how successful companies are built, even during challenging times," said Gary Tauss, President and CEO of LongBoard. "We are very pleased to be a part of Fusion's success." With 18 Network Centers across Japan, Fusion plans to offer IP subscriber telephony service to users with broadband connections, in addition to long-distance service. It plans to target this service not only at corporate users of Fusion's IP-VPN service, but at residential users of other broadband connection environments as well. About Fusion Communications Corporation Fusion Communications is the cutting-edge communication business provider focusing on IP technologies. They target to change the communication environment in Japan drastically in both sides of price and functionality. Fusion Communications is offering all kinds of communication services, including voice, data communication and Internet connection service, conversing communication service infrastructure into IP networks. And this effort enables Fusion Communications to offer high-quality services with low price by keeping their network simple, minimizing hardware investment and decreasing necessary cost for operation. About NextGen NextGen began operations in 2001 and is quickly becoming a key systems integrator for Next Generation Networks within the Japanese market. Based on their expertise in SS7 and SIP, NextGen developed various Class 5 solutions like IP SCP (1) (Service Control Point) A node in an SS7 telephone network that provides an interface to databases, which may reside within the SCP computer or in other computers. , IP Centrex and so on. With their own applications, NextGen is providing the most advanced solutions to Japanese telecom carriers as a Systems Integrator or Applications Wholesaler. Also, NextGen provides Japanization support for foreign vendors of SoftSwitches, Media Servers and Application Severs. About LongBoard, Inc. Founded in 2000, LongBoard, Inc. is a pre-IPO Silicon Valley company that builds VoIP Infrastructure software products for Service Providers, Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and Software Developers, enabling them to offer comprehensive network-hosted telephony and data converged services to enterprise customers. LongBoard products improve Service Providers profitability by bringing traditional and new communication capabilities to enterprise customers at substantial cost savings. LongBoard is headquartered at 3121 Jay Street, Santa Clara, Calif., 95054 with development facilities in Raleigh NC (RTP (1) (Rapid Transport Protocol) The protocol used in IBM's High Performance Routing (HPR) system. (2) (Realtime Transport Protocol) An IP protocol that supports real time transmission of voice and video. ). For more information, phone 408/571-3300 or visit the company's Web site at http://www.longboard.com |
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