Telecom Italia Sparkle Deploys Veraz's Media Gateways for International Traffic.SAN JOSE San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. -- Veraz Networks, Inc. announced today that Telecom Italia Telecom Italia is formerly a partially state-owned Italian telco. It was once known as SIP, and it has the largest user base in Italy. Telecom Italia also owns shares in Telecom Argentina and Telecom Personal, fixed and cellular networks in Argentina. Sparkle ("TI Sparkle") has deployed Veraz's I-Gate 4000 media gateways to carry TI Sparkle's international traffic. Veraz's media gateways were deployed in Milan and successfully linked locations in Italy to multiple destinations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. The deployment of Veraz products provides TI Sparkle and its customers with carrier-grade, toll-quality voice support for 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 IP traffic over existing networks and the opportunity to expand TI Sparkle's deployment to include additional global locations as required. Veraz's I-Gate 4000 media gateways have enabled TI Sparkle to easily expand its rapidly growing international wholesale network without compromising voice quality or service reliability. Veraz's media gateways offer industry-leading 12:1 toll quality IP voice compression Same as speech compression. rates permitting TI Sparkle to maximize the traffic capacity of diverse international destinations for voice, fax, modem and signaling support. "Our media gateways are the ideal choice for carriers that want to expand or update their present networks while protecting their investments," said Doug Sabella, 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 Veraz Networks. "We are very pleased to have been selected by one of Europe's leading service providers for their network expansion." The I-Gate 4000 family of media gateways accept a wide range of global PSTN (Public Switched Telephone Network) The worldwide voice telephone network. Once only an analog system, the heart of most telephone networks today is all digital. In the U.S. and IP interfaces and signaling protocols to facilitate global deployments. Telecom carriers looking to migrate to next generation 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. networks are able to leverage the I-Gate 4000 infrastructure for a VoIP switching network by adding a programmable softswitch and service delivery platform. About Telecom Italia Sparkle Telecom Italia Sparkle, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Telecom Italia SpA, was established in 2003 with the objective of developing and consolidating the Italian Group's international wholesale and retail business. Telecom Italia Sparkle is a full service provider, offering a complete range of solutions spanning voice services, IP, bandwidth and managed data services for fixed-line and mobile operators, ISPs and, in synergy with Telecom Italia, for multinational corporations
Telecom Italia Sparkle means global networks, technological platforms and a worldwide commercial presence, in order to provide the best cost, top performance services to the main players of the international telecommunications market. About Veraz Networks, Inc. Veraz (www.veraznetworks.com) is the leading global provider of softswitch-based, toll-quality packet telephony Synonymous with IP telephony and voice over IP (VoIP), in which a digital voice stream is broken up into small chunks (packets) and transmitted over a packet-switched network. See IP telephony and packet switching. solutions for traditional and next-generation communications networks. Built on a rich heritage of delivering carrier-grade products to over 700 customers in 140 countries, Veraz offers complete solutions to both established and greenfield carriers worldwide through its softswitch, media gateway, and digital compression products. Leveraging open, best-of-breed components and a global support and service infrastructure, Veraz partners with carriers to design and deploy carrier-grade next-generation networks tailored to meet their business objectives. By combining industry-leading, standards-based softswitch and media gateway platforms with robust management systems, Veraz offers unmatched flexibility to carriers -- a best-in-class integrated packet telephony solution as well as the freedom to choose best-of-breed individual products to match their unique network needs. Veraz solutions address a wide range of carrier applications such as tandem switching, domestic and international long distance, IP trunking, IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , as well as new voice-data services. Veraz is privately funded by Norwest Venture Partners, ECI Telecom, Argonaut Private Equity, Battery Ventures, Kleiner Perkins Caufield & Byers, and Levensohn Venture Partners. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA, with offices throughout the world. |
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