MetaSwitch and Pannaway Announce Primary Line VoIP Interoperability Partnership for SIP and MGCP; Industry-Leading Switching and Access Vendors Drive RUS-Listed Multiprotocol VoIP Interoperability at Telecom '05 for Maximum Network Flexibility.LAS VEGAS Las Vegas (läs vā`gəs), city (1990 pop. 258,295), seat of Clark co., S Nev.; inc. 1911. It is the largest city in Nevada and the center of one of the fastest-growing urban areas in the United States. -- MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next generation carrier switching solutions, and Pannaway Technologies, Inc., designers and developers of RUS-listed, converged broadband voice, video and data platforms, today announced a partnership designed to accelerate adoption of telco-grade VoIP networks. The combination of Pannaway's Primary Line VoIP(TM) products and MetaSwitch's award-winning Class 4/5 Softswitch solution delivers the only Primary Line VoIP solution where all the network elements have passed Rural Utilities Service (RUS) trials delivering IP-based voice service. In addition, both vendors' support for the established broadband loop control protocol, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol , enables service providers to select the most appropriate architecture for their network migration. In the joint MetaSwitch-Pannaway solution, MetaSwitch delivers call control and more than 100 Class 4 and Class 5 services from its CA9020 distributed call agent or VP3510 integrated softswitch (or the smaller VP2510 platform, announced earlier this week). In addition, the MetaSwitch UC9000 unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. system delivers enhanced 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. , auto attendant The part of an interactive voice response (IVR) system that replaces the human operator and directs callers to the appropriate extensions or voice mailboxes. See IVR. and a powerful desktop assistant, in an IMS-compliant application server. Pannaway's access technologies enable both traditional POTS and voice over broadband (VoBB) services, with lifeline fallback fall·back n. 1. a. Something to which one can resort or retreat. b. A retreat. 2. Computer Science enabling E911 calling even in the event of power failure at the customer premises. Proven interoperability between all parts of the solution enables incumbent and competitive telephone providers to smoothly migrate from a TDM network A network that transmits data in dedicated end-to-end circuits comprising 64 Kbps digital channels. TDM networks evolved from the analog voice networks of the telephone companies. to an all-IP network. "With more than 150 deployments delivering Class 5 Voice over IP, independent industry analysts acknowledge MetaSwitch as the leading Class 5 packet switch on the market today," said Chris Mairs, MetaSwitch Senior Vice President for Business Development. "As a result, we have a clear understanding of both the market requirements and long-term technical direction for packet-based networks, and believe that Pannaway's Primary Line VoIP initiative is an important step in accelerating acceptance and deployment of telco-grade VoIP networks." "We are pleased to have completed our first phase of accreditation testing with MetaSwitch, and to join the MetaSwitch Partner Program, as well as welcoming them to our Primary Line VoIP Partner Program," said Mark Carpenter, Pannaway Vice President of Business Development. "One of the promises of 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 is multi-vendor interoperability - and MetaSwitch and Pannaway are today delivering on their commitments to that philosophy." About Pannaway's Primary Line VoIP Partner Program Pannaway's Primary Line Partner Program is designed to help rural independent operating carriers (IOCs), competitive local exchange carriers (CLECs) and municipality broadband providers establish a competitive advantage over local cable, wireless and satellite providers through the availability of the industry's most innovative and reliable next-generation VoIP solution. Along with technology collaboration, Pannaway will work with its new Primary Line Partners on joint sales, training and marketing initiatives. About Pannaway Technologies Pannaway provides telco-grade, converged voice, video and data solutions to telecom service providers and emerging Triple Play services companies. Pannaway's multi-award winning, RUS- listed and patent-pending IP technologies enable telecom providers of all types and sizes to deliver profitable broadband services to homes and businesses at a fraction of their historical costs. Pannaway also delivers the industry's first end-to-end telco-grade VoIP solution with integrated Primary Line service for lifeline E911 support. The privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. is headquartered in Portsmouth, New Hampshire Portsmouth, New Hampshire is a city in Rockingham County, New Hampshire in the United States of America. It is the fourth-largest community in the county[1], with a population of 20,784 as of the 2000 census. , and has been building solutions and service/support programs to fit the specific needs of rural telcos since 2002. For more information, please visit www.pannaway.com. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of 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 (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. ) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted unified communications services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless See wireless broadband. , cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The company is consistently profitable and privately held, with main US offices in California and Virginia, and European headquarters in London, UK. 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) 2005 Data Connection Limited. |
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