Nuera Communications' ORCA SSC Softswitch First to Interoperate with Legacy Equipment in Live Network Using SIP.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 30, 2001 Nuera SSC SSC Secondary School Certificate SSC Standard Systems Center (USAF) SSC State Services Commission (New Zealand) SSC Swedish Space Corporation SSC Salem State College (Massachusetts) Softswitch and Gateways Enable WorldQuest Networks to Migrate to Next-Generation Network The migration from legacy systems to next-generation networks using a standards-based protocol has begun. Nuera Communications has integrated its SSC Softswitch and Session Initiation Protocol (protocol) Session Initiation Protocol - (SIP) A very simple text-based application-layer control protocol. It creates, modifies, and terminates sessions with one or more participants. Such sessions include Internet telephony and multimedia conferences. It is described in RFC 2543. (SIP)-enabled gateways into WorldQuest Networks' international telephone network. The result is the first fully integrated legacy/next-generation network running live using an open protocol. "The true test of a next-generation architecture is to support live service," said Nuera Chief Executive Officer/President Bill Ingram Bill Ingram was a college football head coach at California, Indiana, and Navy. From 1923 to 1925, he guided Indiana to a 10-12-1 record. At Navy he posted a 32-13-4 record. These totals included his 1926 team, which finished with a 9-0-1 record. . "We are very pleased that our Voice-over-IP solutions can bring to reality the advantages of a next-generation network for leading-edge companies like WorldQuest." Within WorldQuest's network, the ORCA Orca - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but with support for distributed programming using shared data objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data type removes the need for pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba. SSC is handling the call control and signaling services in a network of Nuera's ORCA GX-21 and F200SIP gateways. The Softswitch communicates with the gateways using industry-standard Media Gateway Control Protocol (MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol ) and SIP. MGCP and SIP have been cited as the most promising interoperability protocols within the Voice-over-IP industry. "Service provider networks must be designed to deliver enhanced services more cost effectively and with a faster time to market than the standard 'telco' model," said Christin Flynn, program manager -- Carrier Convergence Infrastructure, for the Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. . "We are seeing more and more carriers deploying standards-based, carrier-class solutions like Nuera's to gain the competitive edge and deliver quality, revenue-generating services to their customers." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. Michael Adler Michael Adler (born September 17, 1963 in Danville, Pennsylvania) is an American lawyer and business executive. On May 16, 2006 he became Chief Financial Officer of the internet travel agency, Expedia. , founder of WorldQuest, "Nuera continually pushes the industry to new levels by developing high-quality carrier-class solutions that run flawlessly in any network. Its products and people help keep WorldQuest on the leading edge." WorldQuest has added ORCA SSC Softswitches, ORCA GX-21 carrier-class switching platforms and F200SIP gateways to its network. The initial investment in this upgrade to software-based switching is valued at approximately $500,000. About Nuera Nuera Communications Inc., a top-rated Voice-over-Internet Protocol infrastructure provider, develops packet-voice telephony solutions for carriers worldwide. The company's Open, Reliable Communications Architecture -- ORCA(R) -- enables seamless voice traffic transport between the Public Switched Telephone Network (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. ) and IP-based packet networks. Nuera's SSC Softswitch, a software-based packet voice switch, allows companies to migrate from traditional switching into a broadband environment. Nuera is driving the adoption of interoperability standards such as MGCP and SIP and is a founding member of the International Softswitch Consortium. Nuera is a privately held, venture-funded company headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , with sales and development operations in Asia, the Americas and Europe. About WorldQuest WorldQuest Networks is an international telecom company whose founders have invented a number of telecommunications "firsts": the first answer detection technology (which provided the foundation for the entire call automation industry); the first "intelligent" pay phone (which resulted in the creation of the largest pay phone manufacturer in the United States) and dozens of other patents. WorldQuest Networks is headquartered in Dallas and has satellite offices in Costa Rica, Panama, Jamaica, Indonesia and Mexico. |
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