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Asia
Pacific Watch
April
22 , 2003
Cirpack provides NGN platforms
NEW
DELHI -- Cirpack develops next-generation telephony
platforms for telecom operators' infrastructures, such
as local exchange and transit switches with native support
for TDM, ATM and IP networks and protocols simultaneously.
Eric
Seurat, vice president -- engineering, Cirpack said
that NGN is going to change the way we communicate.
He emphasised that operators' telephony infrastructures
are moving toward a new model based on open technologies,
standard protocols and packet transmissions called next-generation
technologies.
NGN's
main features and benefits are that the edge devices
are simple connectivity equipment, and are hence, cheaper
and easier to deploy. Intelligence is centralised and
not related to connectivity functions, so it makes services
easier and quicker to deploy, configure, scale and maintain.
The packet-based infrastructure (ATM, IP, MPLS) allow
sharing of transmission equipment and transmission networks
between voice and data flows, leading to optimised bandwidth,
lower costs and reduced complexity. Any type of local
loop can be countered (DSL, CABLE, LAN, wireless, etc.).
Another
feature is the open platform, based on standard technologies
and protocols unlocking service providers from a given
vendor or technology. The major benefits include easy
development of new services and shorter time to market,
much lower capital investment and operational costs.
It can help migrate the PSTN to a next-generation architecture
and maintain legacy TDM services in a next-generation
architecture.
Besides
NGN solutions, Cirpack has other solutions and services
for the telecom arena. The Cirpack telephony platform
associated with third-party access equipment (IAD, CPE,
DSLAM, CMTS, etc.) enables full end-to-end voice over
broadband solutions: VoDSL, VoCable, VoWireless, VoEthernet,
VoIP, etc. The solutions support ATM, IP and TDM traffic
and protocols simultaneously. While the platform provides
all TDM interfaces to connect ISDN PRI/BRI PBXs and
V5.2 access nodes, provision multiple SS7 links to collect
voice traffic from ILEC, exchange voice traffic with
other operators using any SS7 variants, etc.
Seurat
said: "For the GSM operators, we can optimise the
transit between the MSCs, centralise queries to the
HLR, connect more cellular base stations, increase margins
by connecting to long-distance carriers, offer number
portability to subscribers and migrate to a packet backbone
ready for 3G. People who have used our VoIP solutions,
turn back and ask us whether it is legacy based telephony
or VoIP!" He pointed out that India was going to
become a major VoIP market. Cirpack plans to enter the
Indian market with its VoIP solutions that will make
VoIP a different experience for the Indian users.
Contact:
Cirpack
Tel: +33-1-4144-3760
Fax: +33-1-4144-3761
Email: info@cirpack.com
Web: www.cirpack.com
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