Dulles,
VA. June 18, 2004 – Encore Networks,
a leading developer of innovative signaling
interworking solutions, today announced
the availability of its SignalPath™ Release
11 software, which significantly increases
the performance and the functionality
of its multi-protocol SignalPath™ Signaling
Gateway products. Through its SignalPath™
Product line, Encore Networks provides
the most comprehensive and scalable set
of signaling inter-working applications
in the industry for both carriers and
enterprise customers. Such solutions
support anywhere from 2T1/E1 ports up
to 56 T1/E1 ports per chassis, along
with a long list of signaling variants
such as C7, SS7, NI-2, ETSI ISDN, MF,
R1, R2 and DTMF. Encore’s SignalPath™
products will be on display at Supercomm,
Booth #11050.
The growing popularity of IP telephony
and the increased push by carriers to
converge their TDM and IP networks together,
have demonstrated the need to bridge
the next generation packet switching
equipment with the existing legacy infrastructure.
The migration from circuit switched TDM
to IP based networks is already underway
for a number of major long distance carriers
and service providers. A recent report
from Infonetics Research projects that
the global carrier convergence and VoIP
equipment market will grow from $1.2
billion in 2003 to $5 billion in 2007.
The Encore SignalPath™ Signaling Gateway
product line meets the requirement of
connecting IP based networks with legacy
circuit switched signaling architecture
as well as divergent circuit and packet
based networks that require multi-protocol
solutions.
“International deregulation, circuit
to packet migration and the carriers
need to create new revenue generating
opportunities require that these carriers
migrate to a converged IP infrastructure
that supports a variety of new services
and end user applications,” stated Peter
Madsen, president of Encore Networks.
“Encore’s SignalPath™ product line provides
highly reliable, carrier grade solutions
that support a phased migration strategy
with no operational disruption.”
Release 11 of Encore Networks SignalPath™
products provides carriers and operators
worldwide with improved performance and
enhanced feature set that allow them
to maintain their competitive edge and
service differentiation. Such features
include:
Enhanced DPC routing (Destination Point
Code)
This feature allows carriers and long
distance operators to implement flexible
call routing policies and interface with
different downstream carriers simultaneously.
This will result in reducing their termination
fees and improving their service margin.
ANI substitution
ANI substitution support has been expanded
to include other applications such
as ETSI ISUP and ETSI ISDN. Such capability
gives international operators the flexibility
in terms of using information in the
Call Detail Records (CDR’s) for cross
billing and bi-lateral termination
agreements.
Additional signaling conversion applications
This includes ETSI ISUP/ETSI ISDN standalone
and C7/ETSI ISDN bearer applications.
Such functionality allows Encore Networks
SignalPath products to interoperate
with a broader list of softswitch and
VoIP gateway vendors to gracefully
facilitate the migration to VoIP networks.
Configuration and fault management capabilities
Enhanced configuration and fault management
features were added to the SignalPath™
product line in order to allow carriers
to roll out and remotely support signaling
inter-working solutions. This includes
adding more diagnostic features, troubleshooting
commands, time/date stamp and call
tracing tools.
In addition, release 11 has expanded
some of the functionality that is currently
available on higher end SignalPath™ SP230,
SP-201 and SP201-Z to the low-end SP-201-SA
product line, which supports up to 4
ports per unit. Such capabilities are:
Rate Conversion
This includes E1/T1 ISDN rate conversion
and A-Law to M-Law for both T1 and
E1 options. These features allow Encore
Networks to provide low-end cost-effective
rate conversion solutions for the enterprise
market.
CAS to CAS Inter-working
CAS to CAS inter-working has been added
to the low end SP201-SA signaling gateway.
This includes the support of signaling
inter-working among R1, R2, MF, DTMF
and N5 protocols. This enables carriers
to address low-end legacy signaling
applications with low-cost solutions.
“The convergence of the Public Switched
Telephone Network and packet networks
holds the future for all carriers, states
Abir Hnidi,” CTO of Encore. “With the
vast majority of long distance voice
traffic is still being carried over legacy
based TDM networks, this business opportunity
is huge.” |
