Dulles,
VA. December 6, 2004 – Encore Networks,
a developer of signaling interworking
solutions, today announced the expansion
of its SignalPath™ 201-Z Signaling Gateway
(SP-201-Z™) family to offer low-end,
cost effective signaling solutions for
VoIP network deployments. Available immediately
with an initial configuration price of
$4000 USD, this smaller version of the
SP-201-Z™ provides an extremely affordable
solution for PTT’s, Long Distance Carriers
and VoIP ISP’s who need to address the
signaling interworking and protocol conversion
requirements to connect their VoIP networks
to C7/SS7 networks.
The SP-201-Z™, a member of Encore’s
flagship signaling gateway product line,
delivers out-of-band to out-of-band signaling
solutions that connect legacy to next
generation networks. The new capabilities
of the SP-201-Z™ will support two or
four trunk configurations in addition
to the eight-trunk version, which has
been shipping and deployed globally by
various carriers and PTTs for over eight
years. This new version of the SP201-Z™
has been developed specifically to meet
the requirements of smaller, low volume
C7 and SS7 signaling conversion in VoIP
service deployments. The key out-of-band
signaling variants supported by the SP-201Z™
include: NI2 ISDN, ETSI ISDN, ANSI SS7,
ITU C7, ETSI ISUP, as well as many other
country-specific ISUP variants.
“A smaller version of Encore’s signaling
gateway increases many carrier’s potential
network reach by offering cost-effective
protocol conversion for smaller initial
deployments into new market segments,”
stated William A. Flanagan, President
of Flanagan Consulting, a specialist
in converged networks. “At the same time,
the SP-201-Z provides carriers and next
generation VoIP long distance carriers
the flexibility of seamless connections
between networks with many different
types of out-of-band signaling.”
According to Infonetics Research, worldwide
next generation VoIP product revenue
totaled $452 million in 3Q04, up 13%
from 2Q04 and up 69% year-over-year.
Annual revenue is projected to grow to
$4.8 billion in 2007 indicating that
service providers are investing in next
generation equipment that will allow
them to offer new services.
“The new SP-201-Z-2 and SP2-1-Z-4 platforms
are a significant addition to our existing
SignalPath signaling gateway product
line which have been deployed by carriers
and VoIP ISP’s in over 80 counties worldwide,”
said Abir Hnidi, Encore Networks Chief
Technical Officer. “We expect to generate
new excitement on the part of resellers
and channel partners by providing them
an alternative solution for carriers
who plan to deploy next generation VoIP
services and still need to interface
with Legacy TDM voice networks.” |
About Encore
Networks
Encore Networks www.encorenetworks.com is
a market leader in developing Secure, Converged,
and Broadband solutions for carriers and
enterprise customers. This includes innovative
VPN and security solutions for satellite,
and terrestrial networks, evolutionary products
for legacy data to broadband IP conversion,
as well as advanced signaling and voice inter-working
solutions for circuit-to-packet migration.
Encore is a member of the Virtual Private
Network Consortium (VPNC), United States
Telecom Association (USTA), Telecommunications
Industry Association (TIA), and the Global
VSAT Forum (GVF).
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