TNS Provides VoIP Services to Voice Peering Fabric Members.RESTON, Va. -- Transaction Network Services, Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TNS TNS transcutaneous neural stimulation. ), a leading network and data communications provider for transaction-oriented applications, today announced that it has joined Stealth Communications' Voice Peering Fabric (VPF VPF vascular permeability factor; see vascular endothelial growth factor, under factor. ) to provide VPF members a range of TNS applications for Voice-over-Internet-Protocol (VoIP) services. The VPF is a distributed Ethernet network that functions as an exchange or meet-point for service providers and enterprises to exchange VoIP traffic in a secure, quality-of-service environment. Initial products offered to the VPF client base include traditional SS7 database services Caller Name (CNAM (Calling NAMe) An IN (Intelligent Network) service that displays the caller's name on the calling party's digital readout. This is similar to caller ID except that the calling party's name is displayed along with the calling number or instead of the calling number. See caller ID. ) and Local Number Portability "LNP" redirects here. For the airport in Virginia with that IATA code, see Lonesome Pine Airport. For the compound InP, see Indium phosphide. Local number portability, (LNP) for fixed lines, and full mobile number portability (LNP), accessible today via Internet Protocol (IP) transactional protocols including 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). Future services will include SMS800 (toll-free) call routing database services using similar IP transactional methods. "VPF provides us with a new channel to deliver our enhanced VoIP services," stated Bill Thornton, director of business development, Telecommunications Services Division for TNS. "In addition to TNS services such as CNAM and LNP, we now have an augmented suite of VoIP products as a result of our InfiniRoute acquisition. We are eager to market our entire range of services to the growing VoIP marketplace." "TNS brings to our community a wider selection of services," said Shrihari Pandit pan·dit or pun·dit n. 1. A Brahman scholar or learned man. 2. Used as a title of respect for a learned man in India. [Hindi pa , 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. of Stealth Communications. "TNS' offering with InfiniRoute's VoIP products and services will enhance the VPF with additional functionalities." TNS will be attending the Voice Peering Forum Spring 2006 show from March 30 to 31, in Miami, Fla. On Thursday, March 30 at 3:15 p.m., Dan Lyman, vice president, sales engineering and product management, Telecommunications Services Division of TNS, will be speaking on the panel entitled "Transitioning SS7 and TCAP services into an IP world." About Transaction Network Services, Inc. Transaction Network Services is one of the leading providers of business-critical, cost-effective data communications services for transaction-oriented applications. TNS provides rapid, reliable and secure transaction delivery platforms to enable transaction authorization and processing across several vertical markets and trading communities. Since its inception in 1990, TNS has designed and implemented multiple data networks, each designed specifically for the transport of transaction-oriented data. TNS networks support a variety of widely accepted communications protocols and are designed to be scalable and accessible by multiple methods. TNS network technologies have been deployed in the United States and internationally, and TNS networks have become preferred networks servicing the trading community, wireless and wireline carriers, and the card processing and dial-up automated teller machine automated teller machine (ATM), device used by bank customers to process account transactions. Typically, a user inserts into the ATM a special plastic card that is encoded with information on a magnetic strip. markets. For further information about TNS transaction solutions, please refer to www.tnsi.com. |
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