TollBridge Technologies Announces Support For MGCP Protocol; Standards-Based Protocol Support Enables Migration to Next-Generation Switching.SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 7, 1999-- TollBridge Technologies, the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions for Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs), has announced that its products will support the newly emerging Media Gateway Controller Protocol (MGCP See MGCP/MEGACO. MGCP - Media Gateway Control Protocol ), which is a developing IETF See Internet Engineering Task Force. IETF - Internet Engineering Task Force standard that controls telephony gateways. Since the TollBridge system is IP based, MGCP is the natural extension for the TB200 Local Exchange Gateway. This means that customers, with their existing telephones, will be able to connect to the circuit-switched public switched telephone network (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. ) of today as well as the new IP-based next generation of switches. This capability will enable TollBridge customers to connect to next-generation, class-independent switches, in addition to the Class 5 switches currently supported. "The MGCP protocol capability in TollBridge products allows a service provider to be in both PSTN and IP data networks. Service providers can now use new access technologies like 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 to add users to their CLASS 5 switches, and move voice traffic onto the IP network," said Micheal Howard, principal analyst of Infonetics Research. "By providing complete support for MGCP, as well as for the proven Bellcore standard GR-303 interface, TollVoice(TM) will enable our customers to migrate services to connect to next-generation switches," said Jim Grady, vice president of marketing at TollBridge. "Our commitment to build products that are compatible with MGCP ensures our customers of the ability to smoothly transition and upgrade their services and capabilities as their businesses develop." The TollBridge TollVoice(TM) system offers an overlay (1) A preprinted, precut form placed over a screen, key or tablet for identification purposes. See keyboard template. (2) A program segment called into memory when required. approach to voice services that allows CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. technologies, such as DSL, 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. TollVoice works with any phone, fax, modem, key system or PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). , over any broadband access technology. TollBridge was the first company to complete end-to-end testing of voice over DSL using the GR-303 interface to a Class 5 switch, providing support for a range of value-added services A value-added service (VAS) is a telecommunications industry term for non-core services or, in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. . By supporting the emerging MGCP standard, TollBridge will offer customers the best of both worlds as they connect to Class 5 and newer, class-independent IP switches. "We believe that MGCP support capability is the right way to evolve next-generation networks to allow carriers to develop and deploy new services for their customers," said Rubin Gruber, founder and chairman of Sonus Networks. About TollBridge Solutions Designed for LEC (1) (LAN Emulation Client) A software driver that provides LAN emulation (LANE) in an ATM network. It resides in an ATM end station or in a computer system that provides the LAN to ATM conversion, often known as a LAN access device. See LANE. bypass, the TollBridge product set consists of three elements: -0-
-- TB50, Customer Premise Equipment (CPE) that converts voice
samples from multiple calls into a single IP packet and
prioritizes voice and data traffic for transmission over any
broadband access network.
-- TB200, a carrier-grade Local Exchange Gateway that translates
packets back into voice and connects to Class 5 switches using
the Bellcore GR-303 protocol.
-- TollView EMS, a graphical Element Management System (EMS) for
end-to-end configuration, troubleshooting, and performance
management of up to 100 TB200 systems from HP OpenView(TM) on
Solaris(TM) platforms.
-0- About TollBridge Technologies Founded in March 1998 and located in Sunnyvale, TollBridge Technologies is the leading developer of IP-based multiline voice solutions targeted at Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs). The company's solutions change the economics of delivering voice services to small business customers by allowing voice CLECs that own Class 5 switches to use broadband access technologies, such as DSL, to bypass the incumbent local exchange carrier (ILEC) and deliver toll-quality voice and integrated data services. For more information about TollBridge Technologies, visit the company's Website at http://www.tollbridgetech.com or contact Kendyl Kellogg at 408/585-2145. |
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