Pannaway Technologies Wins GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006 Award of Excellence; Industry-proven Broadband Management System Allows Telcos to Reduce Installation Complexity and Lower Operating Costs for IP and Ethernet Networks.PORTSMOUTH, N.H. -- Pannaway Technologies, Inc., designers and developers of next-generation, converged IP broadband systems to telecommunications companies, today announced that it has been honored by the Telecommunications Industry Association See TIA. (body, standard) Telecommunications Industry Association - (TIA) An association that sets standards for communications cabling. Cables that TIA set standards for include: EIA/TIA-568A and EIA/TIA-568B category three, four and five cable. (TIA (1) (Telecommunications Industry Association, Arlington, VA, www.tiaonline.org) A membership organization founded in 1988 that sets telecommunications standards worldwide. It was originally an EIA working group that was spun off and merged with the U.S. ) with a 2006 GLOBALCOMM(TM) Award of Excellence. Pannaway was one of only 17 companies to receive an award and was recognized in the Continuing Achievement category. Broadband Access Manager (BAM Bam (bäm), town (1996 pop. 70,100), Kerman prov., SE Iran, on the intermittent Bam River. Located on the western edge of the Dasht-e Lut, Bam is a trade center in a henna-growing region. Dates and other fruits are also grown; camels are raised. (TM)), Pannaway's winning product submission is being demonstrated at the company's exhibit, Booth #19063 at GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006. GLOBALCOMM(TM), which is produced and managed by the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA), will be held at McCormick Place in Chicago, June 4 - 8. Recipients of the GLOBALCOMM(TM) Award of Excellence are selected as the best of the best in creating the most promising new technologies and delivering the best new network services, strategic support and customer care. The Awards of Excellence program recognizes the winning companies' contribution to advancement and excellence in the world of communications. Entries were reviewed and judged by a carefully selected team of experts and industry influencers. "Competition for GLOBALCOMM's Awards of Excellence was fierce and the winners and runners-up are among the top technology and service providers in the ICT (1) (Information and Communications Technology) An umbrella term for the information technology field. See IT. (2) (International Computers and Tabulators) See ICL. 1. (testing) ICT - In Circuit Test. industry", said TIA President Matt Flanigan. "Pannaway Technologies should be commended for its leadership, innovation and role in driving our industry forward." GLOBALCOMM(TM) Award of Excellence nominations were accepted based on the following criteria: --Companies must have a presence at GLOBALCOMM(TM) 2006, either through their own booth or that of a partner. --Nominated service providers or enterprise organizations must have put their services or operations into commercial use during the previous calendar year (2005). --Vendors or suppliers who submitted an award nomination for new technologies and products are required to release their products to the market between September 1, 2005 and July 1, 2006. Pannaway's RUS listed, Broadband Access Manager (BAM(TM)) is a sophisticated but extremely affordable broadband element management system (EMS) that enables telcos of all types and sizes to reduce the installation complexity and operational expenses (OPEX See CAPEX. ) associated with rolling out and maintaining IP and Ethernet-based broadband voice, video, and data services. BAM resides on a 1RU appliance for guaranteed 24x7 operation and leverages a single graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI (Graphical User Interface) A graphics-based user interface that incorporates movable windows, icons and a mouse. The ability to resize application windows and change style and size of fonts are the significant advantages of a GUI vs. a character-based interface. ) to manage all IP/Ethernet-based network elements enabling telcos to simplify and automate tasks associated with broadband management. BAM's span of control ranges from central office (CO) and remote terminal (RT) DSLAMs to customer premise devices and includes automated line qualification; dynamic ADSL See DSL. ADSL - Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Line 2+ service activation and automated maintenance including bulk software revision control via scheduled downloads. "We are extremely honored to be recognized by the Telecommunications Industry Association as a 2006 GLOBALCOMM(TM) Award of Excellence recipient", said Kevin Brown, Vice President of Marketing at Pannaway. "Our goal with BAM has always been to provide telcos with an affordable and easy-to-use element management solution that simplifies and automates many of the labor intensive Labor Intensive A process or industry that requires large amounts of human effort to produce goods. Notes: A good example is the hospitality industry (hotels, restaurants, etc), they are considered to be very people-oriented. See also: Capital Intensive, Trading Dollars tasks associated with deploying and maintaining IP-based broadband services. This prestigious award in conjunction with our growing BAM customer list is evidence that our continued development efforts are making an impact in the telco community." About TIA TIA is the leading trade association for the information and communications technology (ICT) industry. As owner and producer of GLOBALCOMM(TM), TIA represents global ICT suppliers and their service provider and enterprise customers through its leadership in standards development, domestic and international policy advocacy, and facilitating member business opportunities. TIA represents the communications sector of the Electronic Industries Alliance (EIA (Electronic Industries Alliance, Arlington, VA, www.eia.org) A membership organization founded in 1924 as the Radio Manufacturing Association. It sets standards for consumer products and electronic components. ). Visit us at http://www.tiaonline.org. About GLOBALCOMM(TM) GLOBALCOMM(TM) represents the premier business opportunity for the entire global communications and IT industry. With more than 450 exhibitors and 20,000 participants expected from more than 90 countries, GLOBALCOMM(TM) -- the Next-Generation Communications Marketplace and Summit - debuts June 4-8, 2006, at McCormick Place in Chicago, Illinois, USA. GLOBALCOMM(TM) is a trademark of the Telecommunications Industry Association (TIA). Visit http://www.globalcomm2006.com for more information. About Pannaway Technologies Pannaway delivers customer-proven, broadband access solutions that enable telephone companies to offer new advanced services to their rural subscribers. Based on industry-standard Internet Protocol (IP), Ethernet 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) technologies, Pannaway's Service Convergence Network (SCN SCN Scan SCN Sustainable Communities Network SCN System Change Number (Oracle) SCN Scientology SCN Suprachiasmatic Nucleus SCN Switched Circuit Network SCN Standing Committee on Nutrition (UN) (TM)) architecture allows telecommunications service providers to increase revenue through the delivery converged Primary Line VoIP(SM), high-speed data and IP TV services. 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 innovative broadband access solutions and service/support programs to fit the specific needs of rural telecom providers since 2002. For more information, please visit www.pannaway.com. |
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