Sonus Networks Establishes New Development Operations to Focus On Access Technologies.Business/Technology Editors WESTFORD, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2000 Renowned Technologist Dale L. Skran to Lead Access Development Efforts; Sonus' New R&D Facilities Take Advantage of New Jersey Technology Talent Pool Sonus Networks, a leading provider of voice infrastructure products for the new public network, today announced that it has established new research and development operations that will focus on the development of access technologies. The company also announced that leading technologist Dale L. Skran has joined Sonus to direct its new development operations. Sonus has situated its Access Technologies division in Monmouth County, New Jersey Monmouth County is a county located in the U.S. state of New Jersey, within the New York metropolitan area. As of the 2000 Census, the population is 615,301. Its county seat is Freehold Borough6. , a location that enables the company to draw upon the rich telecommunications development expertise in the area. The formation of Sonus' new Access Technologies division will allow the company to accelerate its development efforts in access services and advanced Internet-based call features using protocols such as H.323, MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol (Media Gateway Control Protocol), MEGACOP MEGACOP Media Gateway Control Protocol (Media Gateway Control Protocol)/H.248 and SIP (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. ). In addition to these services and features, Sonus' new development organization is focused on the delivery of access technologies such as xDSL, cable modems and fixed wireless. "Over the past year, carriers have begun to deploy packet telephony solutions, primarily in their trunking infrastructures," said Hassan Ahmed, president and 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. , Sonus Networks. "Our new development operations will enable us to expand our product offerings into other areas such as business and residential access. This approach will allow our customers to execute a coordinated migration and expansion strategy as they transition from circuit-switched infrastructure or build entirely new voice networks." Sonus has hired Dale Skran to lead the company's New Jersey research and development operations, appointing him senior director for Access Technologies. Skran joins Sonus from Lucent Technologies, where he was most recently vice president of engineering for the MultiVoice product line, including MultiVoice for the TNT TNT: see trinitrotoluene. TNT in full trinitrotoluene Pale yellow, solid organic compound made by adding nitrate (−NO2) groups to toluene. and MAX, and the MultiVoice Access Manager. Previously, Skran was the vice president of engineering for the Ascend Communications' Enterprise Access division. Skran is also currently the International Telecommunications Union See ITU. (body, standard) International Telecommunications Union - (ITU) ITU-T, the telecommunication standardisation sector of ITU, is responsible for making technical recommendations about telephone and data (including fax) communications systems for PTTs and suppliers. (ITU (International Telecommunication Union, Geneva, Switzerland, www.itu.ch) A telecommunications standards body that is under the auspices of the United Nations. Comprising more than 185 member countries, the ITU sets standards for global telecom networks. ) Rapporteur rap·por·teur n. One who is designated to give a report, as at a meeting. [Middle English raportour, judge, from Old French raporteur, from raporter, to bring back for SG16 WP2 Question 13 (Multi-Media over Packet Networks), responsible for the further development of the H.323/H.450.x protocol suites. The H.323 standard is widely accepted as the basis for Internet Telephony, and is supported by well-known products such as Microsoft's NetMeeting. Skran has been recognized as the instigator of H.323, having written the original U.S. position calling for an ITU-T See ITU. ITU-T - International Telecommunications Union standard for packet multi-media, and having been the original editor of H.225.0, the foundation protocol for H.323. "Sonus is viewed as a major player in voice infrastructure solutions for the new public network, and I am absolutely thrilled to be joining the company at such an exciting time in its development," commented Skran. "Access technologies will be critically important to carriers as they build end-to-end packet voice infrastructures, and I look forward to leading the development of Sonus' offerings in this area." About Sonus Networks Sonus Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of voice infrastructure products for the new public network. Sonus' solutions enable service providers to deploy an integrated network capable of carrying both voice and data traffic, and to deliver a range of innovative, new services. The Sonus Open Services Architecture The Open Service Access or OSA is part of the 3rd generation mobile telecommunications network or UMTS. OSA describes how services are architected in an UMTS network. The standards for OSA are being developed as part of the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP). (TM) (OSA 1. OSA - Open Scripting Architecture. 2. OSA - Open System Architecture. ) and award-winning Packet Telephony suite cut the time-to-market for competitive new service products, allowing carriers and third-party developers to expand marketshare, and build important new revenue streams. Its highly scalable products fully interoperate with and extend the life and utility of today's public network. Sonus embodies in its management and staff decades of experience in developing carrier-class solutions at companies such as Cisco Systems, Lucent Technologies, and Nortel Networks. Sonus, founded in 1997, is headquartered in Westford, Massachusetts. Open Services Architecture is a trademark of Sonus Networks. All other company and product names may be trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. |
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