Tekelec Announces TekMedia 'IMS-Ready' SMS Solution; Next-Generation Solution Addresses Operator Concerns with SMSCs.MORRISVILLE, N.C. & CHICAGO -- Tekelec (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :TKLC), a leading developer of high-performance network applications for next-generation fixed, mobile and packet networks, today during GLOBALCOMM 2006 unveiled the TekMedia Short Message Service (SMS (1) (Storage Management System) Software used to routinely back up and archive files. See HSM. (2) (Systems Management Server) Systems management software from Microsoft that runs on Windows NT Server. ) Solution that enables operators to deliver advanced messaging capabilities without costly network overhaul. The TekMedia SMS Solution provides a secure, modular architecture that supports the evolution of SMS beyond simple text messaging Sending short messages to a smartphone, pager, PDA or other handheld device. Text messaging implies sending short messages generally no more than a couple of hundred characters in length. to include mobile-to-application, application-to-mobile and application-to-application services such as tele voting and telemetry telemetry Highly automated communications process by which data are collected from instruments located at remote or inaccessible points and transmitted to receiving equipment for measurement, monitoring, display, and recording. . The Tekelec solution also will support future multimedia instant messaging Exchanging text messages in real time between two or more people logged into a particular instant messaging (IM) service. Instant messaging is more interactive than e-mail because messages are sent immediately, whereas e-mail messages can be queued up in a mail server for seconds or (MM-IM) applications using 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) in Internet protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. multimedia subsystem (IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. ) architectures, such as mobile IM services that link text with voice, video and pictures. "SMS texting traffic growth is projected to increase nearly 40 percent in North America during 2006," said John Delaney, principal analyst in Ovum's Consumer Group and a leading expert on the global market for multimedia services on mobile networks. The short message service centers (SMSCs) currently deployed by many operators are designed to handle the relatively predictable traffic of simple text messaging but are not optimized to support the large spikes in signaling traffic created by SMS applications such as tele-voting. The TekMedia SMS Solution can replace or "cap and grow" SMSCs, allowing operators to increase capacity and capabilities incrementally or to create a completely new SMS solution. The TekMedia SMS Solution is part of Tekelec's "IMS-Ready" portfolio for next-generation networks and applications. The solution is in trials with several operators and will be available commercially in third quarter 2006. "SMS traffic is increasing significantly, fueled by growing interest in applications like mobile IM and mobile marketing campaigns as well as simple person-to-person texting," said Ron De Lange, president and general manager of Tekelec's Network Signaling Group. "The innovative modular architecture of the TekMedia SMS Solution allows operators to take control of their SMS networks and offer advanced applications that create new revenues without requiring costly investments to their existing network architectures." Tekelec TekMedia SMS Solution Components and Functionality --Greater network control and efficiency --SMS Router - eliminates SMS bottlenecks and wasted mobile switching center capacity by providing advanced load balancing and throughput control capabilities --SMS Hub - flexibly and cost-effectively monitors, controls and distributes SMS application traffic evenly across SMSCs and prevents overloading the SMSC SMSC Short Message Service Center SMSC Standard Microsystems Corporation (New York) SMSC Spiritual Moral Social Cultural (education) SMSC Stephenville Medical and Surgical Clinic during high-traffic periods by routing application traffic directly to application servers --Network security --SMS Firewall - protects networks from hostile spam attacks such as message content and address randomizers, spoofing, flooding, viruses and phishing using advanced rules-based filtering and anti-spoofing features --Real-time data management --SMS Statistics - generates real-time data on SMS usage that is visualized per source and destination application, network and country, including successful and erroneous messages. Allows operators to compare message rates with network performance and identify bottlenecks and other problems before they negatively impact service delivery --Pre-paid billing --Prepaid SMS Billing Controller - supports real-time billing, late billing and refunds for messages that cannot be delivered. It uses transaction logging to provide a complete audit trail and interfaces to virtually any prepaid billing system --Message storage --SMS Message Store - functions as an active storage platform with flexible delivery options and adaptive delivery schemes that maximize signaling resources during periods of heavy traffic. About Tekelec 'IMS-Ready' Solutions Tekelec continues to expand its "IMS-Ready" portfolio of products and solutions for the graceful evolution to next-generation networks, which have been deployed widely by operators around the world. The portfolio includes the recently announced Tekelec 3300 Convergence Gateway, TekCore (CSCF CSCF Call Session Control Function CSCF Canadian Ski Coaches Federation CSCF Centre Suisse de Cartographie de la Faune (Neuchâtel, Switzerland) CSCF Call State Control Function (3GPP) ), Tekelec 6000 VoIP Application Server, Tekelec 9000 Distributed Switching Solution, Tekelec 7000 Class 5 Packet Switch and Tekelec's comprehensive suite of Integrated Application Solutions (IAS See iPlanet Application Server. 1. (computer) IAS - The first modern computer. It had main registers, processing circuits, information paths within the central processing unit, and used Von Neumann's fetch-execute cycle. ). IAS provides real-time visibility of traffic traversing today's and IMS networks and enables carriers to measure, manage and monetize traffic and services. Tekelec "IMS-Ready" products can be combined to provide complete solutions for Fixed Mobile Convergence Seamless switching between cellular and local networks for mobile users. The goal is to have a handset that switches automatically from the cellular network to the local, wireless Wi-Fi network when entering a building in order to save cellphone minutes. , Enhanced VoIP Services and Mobile and Local Hosted Services. Tekelec is demonstrating its next-generation TekMedia SMS and "IMS-Ready" solutions at its GLOBALCOMM booth # 19031, McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill., June 4-8, 2006. About Tekelec Tekelec is a high-performance network applications company that is accelerating the transition to IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. (IMS) networks for service providers around the globe. With its experience at the intersection of network applications and session control, Tekelec creates highly efficient platforms for managing media and delivering network solutions. Corporate headquarters are located near Research Triangle Park Research Triangle Park, research, business, medical, and educational complex situated in central North Carolina. It has an area of 6,900 acres (2,795 hectares) and is 8 × 2 mi (13 × 3 km) in size. Named for the triangle formed by Duke Univ. in Morrisville, N.C., with research and development facilities and sales offices throughout the world. For more information, please visit www.tekelec.com. |
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