MetaSwitch Achieves NEBS Level 3 Certification; Proven Carrier-Class Design Confirms Ease of Deployment in Central Office Environments.Business Editors ALAMEDA Alameda (ăləmē`də, –mā`də), city (1990 pop. 76,459), Alameda co., W central Calif., on an island just off the eastern shore of San Francisco Bay; settled 1850, inc. as a city 1884. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 27, 2002 MetaSwitch, a leading supplier of advanced telecom switching solutions, announced today that its VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch has achieved Network Equipment Building Standards (NEBS) Level 3 certification. This milestone confirms the robust nature of the VP3500 design, enabling service providers to deploy next generation Class 5 switching in the most demanding Central Office (CO) locations. The MetaSwitch VP3500 combines TDM (Time Division Multiplexing) A technology that transmits multiple signals simultaneously over a single transmission path. Each lower-speed signal is time sliced into one high-speed transmission. , ATM and IP voice switching with over 50 subscriber services in an easy to deploy carrier-class system. NEBS comprises an extensive range of rigorous tests, including the Bellcore (now Telcordia Technologies Telcordia Technologies, formerly Bell Communications Research, Inc. or Bellcore, is a telecommunications research and development (R&D) company based in the United States and created on January 1 1984 as part of the 1982 Modification of Final Judgment that broke up ) GR-63-CORE and GR-1089-CORE standards, that evaluate environmental, safety and quality standards of telecommunications equipment. To achieve certification, the VP3500 had to undergo a range of stringent examinations, including electro-magnetic emissions, power consumption, Zone-4 earthquake simulation and thermal and mechanical shock. The tests were conducted by National Technical Systems (NTS NTS National Technical Systems NTS National Trust for Scotland NTS Nevada Test Site NTS NT Server (Microsoft Windows) nts Not the Same NTS National Traffic System (amateur radio) ) independent laboratories, in Fullerton, California Fullerton is a city located in northern Orange County, California, United States. As of the 2000 census, the city had a total population of 126,003. It was founded in 1887 by George and Edward Amerige and named for George H. . "We are pleased, but not surprised, that our focus on quality, carrier-class engineering has resulted in MetaSwitch passing so many tough tests with flying colors Noun 1. flying colors - complete success; "they passed inspection with flying colors" flying colours success - an attainment that is successful; "his success in the marathon was unexpected"; "his new play was a great success" ," said Clive Partridge partridge, common name applied to various henlike birds of several families. The true partridges of the Old World are members of the pheasant family (Phasianidae); the common European or Hungarian species has been successfully introduced in parts of North America. , MetaSwitch VP of Operations and Support. "This success reinforces MetaSwitch's industry leadership in both software and hardware engineering." At the same time as certifying the MetaSwitch platform for NEBS, NTS also confirmed compliance with a variety of additional worldwide emissions and safety standards Safety standards are standards designed to ensure the safety of products, activities or processes, etc. They may be advisory or compulsory and are normally laid down by an advisory or regulatory body that may be either voluntary or statutory. , including: -- USA: UL-1950 Third Edition; FCC Part 15 Class A; SBC TP 76200MP (including stringent seismic requirements); Qwest TP77351 section 1.1 (extended deployable altitude/temperature); BellSouth CG-COLH-001 section 5.1.2 -- Canada: CSA C22.2950; ICES-003 Class A; ICES-003 Class A -- Europe: EN60950; EN 55022 Class A; ETS 300 019 Classes 1.1, 2.3 and 3.2; ETS 300 132; ETS 300 253; ETS 300 386; CE Mark; GS Mark -- Asia (Japan and Taiwan): VCCI Class A; CNS-13438, BSMI Class A -- Australia / New Zealand: AS/NZS 3260, 3548 -- International: IEC 60950; CISPR 22 Class A. For more information about the tests performed, and the MetaSwitch VP3500's voice switching capabilities, please contact Carol Daniels (chd@metaswitch.com), or visit www.metaswitch.com. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch, a division of Data Connection, develops and manufactures advanced telecom switching solutions combining broadband (VoATM and VoIP) and legacy voice access with Class 5 functions and subscriber services in a compact, fault tolerant The ability to continue non-stop when a hardware failure occurs. A fault-tolerant system is designed from the ground up for reliability by building multiples of all critical components, such as CPUs, memories, disks and power supplies into the same computer. system. The company's premier product, the MetaSwitch VP3500, offers service providers an immediate solution for broadband and Plain Old Telephone Service (POTS), and a future-proof "softswitch" architecture for enhanced applications. MetaSwitch has offices in London, Chester and Edinburgh in the UK, and Alameda, CA, Dallas, TX and Reston, VA in the US. Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright (c) 2002 Data Connection Limited |
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