MetaSwitch Launches MetaSphere Application Suite and Service Delivery Platform.High-Value Applications and Service Creation Architecture Deliver Rapid Return on Investment in Legacy, Next Generation and IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. Carrier Networks CHICAGO -- MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of carrier-class softswitch and applications solutions, today announced the introduction of a fundamentally new approach to service creation and application development. The MetaSphere service delivery platform (SDP (Session Description Protocol) An IETF protocol that defines a text-based message format for describing a multimedia session. Data such as version number, contact information, broadcast times and audio and video encoding types are included in the message. ) and suite of applications promises to step up the pace with which carriers can migrate toward next generation service-oriented networks, enabling streamlined service development, deployment and delivery across multiple media types and end user devices. "There is often a disconnect between the services that customers demand and what the carrier's network is capable of delivering," said Steve Byars, research analyst at Current Analysis. "With fast-changing, often unpredictable customer markets, but currently with long development cycles, carriers need a better approach to service creation and delivery, one that enables them to quickly deliver a broad range of desirable services, test them in the market, and continue to refine and develop those that are successful." At the heart of MetaSphere is a service delivery platform designed specifically for telecommunications applications, and pre-integrated with MetaSwitch's award winning session control, 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. emulation server and media gateway technologies. Building on powerful core technology from MetaSwitch's parent company Data Connection, the MetaSphere SDP includes a graphical service creation and personalization environment (SCAPE), a service execution environment that supports carrier-grade availability and scalability to tens of millions of users via clustering of commercial off-the-shelf Commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) is a term for software or hardware, generally technology or computer products, that are ready-made and available for sale, lease, or license to the general public. server hardware, a service capability interaction manager (SCIM SCIM Smart Common Input Method SCIM Service Capability Interaction Manager (3GPP) SCIM Sample Collection for Investigation of Mars SCIM Spinal Cord Independence Measure SCIM Standard Cubic Inches per Minute ) to facilitate interaction between multiple applications, and a library of common services providing access to media server, session control, "virtual home subscriber server" (HSS HSS Humanities and Social Sciences HSS High Speed Steel HSS Home Subscriber Server (3GPP) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery (New York, NY, USA) HSS Hospital for Special Surgery HSS History of Science Society ) data storage, diagnostic, provisioning, auditing/logging and billing functions. Another key element of the MetaSphere SDP is CommPortal, a client-server framework that uses Web 2.0 techniques to deliver a highly responsive, flexible and unified user interface to all MetaSphere services. The MetaSphere architecture is fully aligned with the IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS) standards, and acts as a combined Application Server and Media Resource Function in IMS networks. But when combined with MetaSwitch session control and media gateway elements, MetaSphere delivers a rich portfolio of next-generation services to subscribers on both legacy 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. access networks and pre-IMS softswitch networks. As a result, many carriers are deploying MetaSphere as the first stepping stone in their migration to a fully-realized IMS-based session control architecture. "While IMS services are currently creating a great deal of industry buzz, the reality is that to be applicable today, new technologies and platforms must accommodate each service provider's existing network," said John Lazar John Lazar was Mayor of Adelaide from 1855 to 1858. John LaZar (born May 22, 1946) is a classically trained American actor of both stage and screen. , 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 MetaSwitch. "MetaSphere, and the powerful Data Connection SDP technology at its core, are designed for carriers that want the flexibility to quickly deploy new services to take advantage of market trends and shifts, leveraging their existing network resources." The MetaSphere SDP supports a wide-range of applications including: * Unified Messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. - building upon MetaSwitch's earlier generation of unified messaging applications, MetaSphere offers a faster, slicker user interface and outstanding customizability; * Incoming Call Manager - a rich user interface that is tightly integrated with other services via CommPortal, ICM ICM Intercom ICM Integrated Crop Management ICM International Congress of Mathematicians ICM Information Classification and Management ICM Intelligent Contact Management (Cisco) ICM International Creative Management manages incoming calls based on who is calling and the time/day/date of the call, as well as enhanced call handling options including Reject, Forward and Find Me/Follow Me Telephone services that provide advanced call forwarding. Initially developed for the circuit-switched Intelligent Network (IN), voice over IP (VoIP) also provides such services. "Find me" forwards calls either in sequence or at the same time to a list of numbers. ; * Desktop Notifier - provides instant desktop notification of new voice and fax messages with fast access and retrieval, helping users respond to messages in a more timely fashion; * Desktop Communication Manager - provides easy-to-use tools to manage call functions (e.g., reject, forward, ignore, send to voice mail, etc.), access contact lists, click-to-dial options, presence setting, broker calls and transfer call; * Live Message Screening - this universal application for business, residential, wireline and wireless customers solves the number one barrier to adoption of network-based voicemail: the ability to screen incoming calls. Through an innovative combination of IP phone and feature server capabilities, this service combines the call screening capabilities of a home answering machine with the always-available benefits of a network voicemail solution; * Incoming Call Transfer - this fixed/mobile convergence application allows calls to be seamlessly transferred between wireless and wireline devices, without requiring a dual-mode cellular device. Please visit MetaSwitch at booth 1926 during NXTcomm '07 in Chicago June 18-21. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed session control, PSTN emulation server and media gateway platforms and MetaSphere service delivery platform and application suite support a broad set of deployment scenarios, from Class 4/5 switch replacement to hosted IP communications A general term for networks that use the IP protocol for voice (VoIP) and video traffic. See IP telephony. services. Based on open standards Specifications for hardware and software that are developed by a standards organization or a consortium involved in supporting a standard. Available to the public for developing compliant products, open standards imply "open systems;" that an existing component in a system can be replaced including IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), MetaSwitch solutions scale from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers range from tier one global carriers to regional service providers, and include operators of wireline, cellular, broadband wireless See wireless broadband. , cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a division of Data Connection, a consistently profitable and privately held telecom technology provider. For more information please visit www.metaswitch.com 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) 2007 Data Connection Limited |
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