Taqua Systems and TollBridge Technologies Sign Interoperability and Joint Marketing Pact.Business/Technology Editors HYANNIS, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 4, 2000 Next-Generation Class 5 Switch and Voice Gateway Providers to Offer Highly Integrated, Cost-Effective Voice Over Broadband and Cable Solutions for Competitive Telecommunications Market Taqua Systems, Inc., a leading provider of next-generation Class 5 access switching platforms for voice and data convergence, and TollBridge Technologies, a leading developer of high quality voice-over-broadband solutions for a new generation of carriers, today announced the signing of an interoperability and joint marketing agreement. Under terms of the agreement, the companies will work closely together to ensure full interoperability between Taqua's award-winning Open Compact Exchange (OCX (OLE Control EXtension) A component software technology from Microsoft that enables a Windows program to add functionality by calling ready-made components. Generally called "OLE controls" or "OLE custom controls," they appear to the end user as just another part of ) Class 5 access switch and the TollBridge TB200 Voice Gateway and TB50/TB55 Integrated Access Device An IAD is a customer premises device that provides access to wide area networks and the Internet. Specifically, it aggregates multiple channels of information including voice and data across a single shared access link to a carrier or service provider PoP (Point of Presence). (IAD (Integrated Access Device) A device that multiplexes a variety of communications technologies in the customer's premises onto a single telephone line for transmission to the carrier. It also demultiplexes the incoming streams into their respective channels. ). In addition, Taqua and TollBridge will participate in joint marketing and sales activities. Taqua OCX and TollBridge TB200 Offer Service Providers a Rich VoDSL and Voice Over Cable Solution for Next-Generation Networks The combination of Taqua's OCX and TollBridge's broadband voice services gateway will provide a tested voice and data services solution for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), Independent Telephone Operating Companies  This article has too many unnecessary external links.Please help Wikipedia by organising, removing or transferring them to other articles. enables service providers to offer a breadth of CLASS and Custom Calling features and highly-differentiated services developed through its Telephony Toolbox and the Taqua Open Programmable Interface (TOPI topi: see damalisk. ), while taking advantage of the economic benefits provided by VoDSL technology. The Taqua-TollBridge alliance, which enables the development and implementation of next-generation Voice over Broadband services that carriers need to maximize offerings and revenue potential, represents a significant catalyst for the transformation of data-centric and voice-centric service providers to Integrated Communications Providers (ICP (1) (Internet Cache Protocol) A protocol used by one proxy server to query another for a cached Web page without having to go to the Internet to retrieve it. See CARP and proxy server. ). "Taqua Systems shares a complementary vision with TollBridge for enabling cost-effective, revenue-generating services for next-generation telecommunications service providers, and our announcement today is evidence of our mutual commitment to that vision," said Dr. Thomas DeCanio, vice president of product management and marketing for Taqua Systems. "As Taqua moves ahead with its partnership strategy we look forward to working with best-in-class technology providers such as TollBridge that can help accelerate the development of next-generation network architectures and highly profitable voice service offerings." "In partnering with Taqua Systems we are able to further expand our reach to next generation carriers to offer them a complete, viable solution that addresses their needs while enabling them to bring a new wave of services to businesses and consumers nationwide," said Agnes Imregh, vice president of marketing at Tollbridge. Taqua Open Compact Exchange (OCX) Taqua's OCX creates an entirely new model for delivering telecommunications services - one which dramatically reduces initial and overall cost of ownership, while realizing the promise of voice/data network convergence. A true, carrier-class Class 5 switching system, the OCX is based on a groundbreaking hardware and software architecture that transforms legacy proprietary, centralized switching environments into a next-generation network of distributed, intelligent, highly available switches. The OCX also employs the Taqua Open Programmable Interface (TOPI), the industry's most open Application Programming Interface (API), enabling carriers to develop their own unique enhanced services quickly and cost-effectively. By placing true Class 5 access switch functionality at the edge of the network, the OCX removes cost-of-entry barriers and increases service flexibility for telecommunications carriers, including Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) and Independent Telephone Operating Companies (ITOCs). TollBridge TB200 Voice Gateway Technology TB200, a carrier-grade IP-PSTN Gateway allows carriers to deliver toll-quality voice services from a Class 5 switch over a high-speed data infrastructure. The TB200 is fully compatible with existing phones, modems, faxes, key systems and PBXs. Dialtone, billing and all the value-added custom calling features available from the Class 5 switch are transparently delivered by the TollBridge platform. The TB200 allows carriers to deploy today leveraging Class 5 switches and migrate to an end-to-end IP network in the future. About TollBridge Technologies Founded in March 1998 and located in Santa Clara Santa Clara, city, Cuba Santa Clara (sän`tä klä`rä), city (1994 est. pop. 217,000), capital of Villa Clara prov., central Cuba. , Calif., TollBridge Technologies--selected as one of UPSIDE's Top 100 Private Companies (May 2000)--is the leading provider of high-quality voice-over-broadband solutions to the new generation of carriers. TollBridge's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small-business customers by allowing carriers that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. technologies, such as DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , cable and wireless, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier ILEC, short for incumbent local exchange carrier, is a local telephone company in the United States that was in existence at the time of the break up of AT&T into the Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOCs) also known as the "Baby Bells". (ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. ) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Web site at www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Rich Farana at 408/585-6114. About Taqua Systems, Inc. Taqua Systems, Inc., the Emerging Force in Telecommunications(TM), was founded in February 1998 to develop a new generation cost-effective, Class 5 access switching platforms with capabilities for merging voice and data networks. Taqua's Open Compact Exchange (OCX) offers breakthrough performance to service providers in an economical, easy-to-deploy solution. Headquartered in Hyannis, Massachusetts Hyannis is the largest of seven villages in the town of Barnstable, Massachusetts, on Cape Cod. It is the commercial and transportation hub of Cape Cod and was designated an urban area as a result of the 1990 census. , Taqua Systems is led by an experienced team of telecommunications professionals from companies such as Lucent Technologies, Bell Laboratories, Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony , Siemens, Alcatel/DSC and GTE GTE General Telephone & Electronics GTE Génie Thermique et Énergie (French) GTE Gas Turbine Engine GTE Global Tropospheric Experiment GTE Geothermal Energy GTE Gas Turbine Efficiency plc (Sweden & USA) . Taqua Systems is a founding member of the International Softswitch Consortium. 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. has received venture capital funding from Amerindo Investment Partners, Bessemer Venture Partners Bessemer Venture Partners is a private venture capital firm with offices in Silicon Valley, New York, Massachusetts, China, and India. It has backed such companies as Ciena, Flarion, Parametric Technologies, Skype, Staples, VeriSign and Veritas. , Bowman Capital Management, Charles River Ventures, Columbia Capital, Dain Rauscher Wessels, Elijah Asset Management, Hambrecht & Quist, Pivotal Asset Management, Soros Private Equity Partners and Vulcan Ventures. For additional information, please contact Taqua at 508-778-8808 or visit Taqua on the World Wide Web at http://www.taqua.com. Taqua, OCX and The Emerging Force in Telecommunications are trademarks of Taqua Systems, Inc. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
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