Santera Completes Telcordia OSMINE Services Process for SanteraOne.Business Editors & High-Tech Writers SUPERCOMM 2002 PLANO, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 Completion Establishes SanteraOne as One of the First Next-Gen Platforms to Conclude Select OSMINE (Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements) A system from Telcordia for verifying compatibility with Telcordia-designed operating systems. Processes Focused On Class 5 Interfaces and Capabilities Santera san·te·ra n. A priestess of Santeria. [American Spanish, from Spanish, feminine of santero, cult priest; see santero.] Systems Inc., a leading provider of next-generation switching solutions, today announced its flagship product, SanteraOne(TM), has completed the Telcordia(TM) OSMINE Services integration to the Telcordia TIRKS TIRKS Trunk Integrated Record Keeping System System and Telcordia SWITCH System for Class 5 interfaces and functionality. Santera also announced that it expects to complete the Telcordia OSMINE Services integration process for the Telcordia MARCH(R) System during the 2nd quarter of this year. By completing the Telcordia OSMINE Services process for the Telcordia TIRKS and Telcordia SWITCH Systems, SanteraOne is solidly proving its ability and readiness to integrate to the RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) The Bell telephone companies that were spun off of AT&T by court order in 1984 (the Divestiture). Also known as the "Baby Bells," the initial seven RBOCs were Nynex, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, US West, networks providing converged voice and data Class 5 switching. Completion of the Telcordia OSMINE Services process for the Telcordia TIRKS System supports the total network provisioning process in terms of inventory management, circuit provisioning, and circuit order control. The Telcordia SWITCH System is an operations system designed to inventory and assign loop transport and central office switching equipment and related facilities in order to allow the LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. to provision an integrated network comprised of digital and/or analog technologies. The Telcordia OSMINE Services process is the process by which network equipment is integrated with regional bell operating companies' (RBOCs) Operational Support Systems (OSSs). This allows for multi-vendor interoperability and easy integration of provisioning and other operation support systems in use at incumbent carriers. "The Telcordia OSMINE Services process is a rigorous, thorough testing, for companies attracting major carriers," said Dennis Tinley, vice president, Customer Solutions, Telcordia Technologies, Inc. "This will enable Santera to further establish its next-generation switch with potential customers." "As carriers demand more from their networks and usage continues to escalate, it will be critical for major players to adopt switching technology that will deliver bandwidth, support systems and service flexibility now and into the future," said Greg Greco, vice president of engineering for Santera Systems. "SanteraOne offers this and is industry-recognized as an architecture designed from the ground-up to meet Class 5 Carrier needs. Completion of the Telcordia OSMINE Services process will accelerate the progress we're already making in the marketplace." SanteraOne is a now- and next-generation switching solution that allows carriers to offer both voice and data services at affordable prices to subscribers. SanteraOne costs between a third and half of comparable legacy switches, and carriers can realize up to a 70-percent reduction in operational costs. About Santera Santera Systems Inc., located in Plano, Texas, offers a carrier-class next-generation switch with both trunk and line functionality, enabling true circuit to packet migration. In its core applications of enhanced voice switching, integrated voice and data switching, and voice over broadband, Santera delivers significant capital and operating cost efficiencies of 50 to 70 percent. The founding pioneers of next-generation companies Cascade, Shasta, Ardent, and Arris ar·ris n. pl. arris or ar·ris·es The sharp edge or ridge formed by two surfaces meeting at an angle, as in a molding. [Alteration of Old French areste, fishbone, spine created Santera Systems in 1998. More information can be obtained at www.santera.com or by calling either 972/461-6300 or toll free 866/519-9000. About SanteraOne SanteraOne is a carrier-grade integrated voice and data switching solution delivering key applications such as full feature IXC (1) (IntereXchange Carrier) An organization that provides interstate (long distance) communications services within the U.S., which includes AT&T, MCI, Sprint and more than 700 others. See LATA. (2) (IXC Communications Inc., Austin, TX, www. Tandem, Class 4/5, PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. Offload, packet/cell switching and Voice over Broadband (VoB) services all on a single platform. SanteraOne has both circuit (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. ) and packet fabrics and supports all of the regulatory requirements of a legacy system (including LNP (Local Number Portability) The capability of keeping the same local telephone number when switching carriers. See NP and WLNP. , CALEA CALEA Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies, Inc. (Fairfax, Virginia) CALEA Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act of 1994 CALEA Communication Assistance to Low Enforcement Act and E911) enabling a graceful migration from traditional circuit-based networks to next generation packet-based technology such as ATM, Frame Relay & IP. SanteraOne is comprised of the Open Feature Exchange (OFX OFX Open Financial Exchange OFX Outer Fix OFX Open Effects ), which includes a media gateway controller, signaling gateway and an applications server; the SanteraOne Broadband Office Exchange (BoX), which is a high-density media gateway; and the SanteraOne element management system (NetScan) that delivers common GUI-based management of the complete system. |
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