TOLLBRIDGE TECHNOLOGIES ANNOUNCES SUPPORT FOR MGCP PROTOCOLS
Hoteles en LondresStandards-based Protocol Support Enables Migration to Next-Generation Switching Sunnyvale, Calif., September 7th, 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), which is a developing IETF 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 (PSTN0 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 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, TollVoiceTM 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 system offers an overlay approach to voice services that allows 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. TollVoice works with any phone, fax, modem, key system or PBX, 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. 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 bypass, the TollBridge product set consists of three elements: 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 on Solaris platforms. About TollBridge Technologies
Founded in March 1998 and located in Sunnyvale, Calif., 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. cheap hotel in ViennaTollBridge and TollVoiceTM are trademarks of TollBridge Technologies, Inc. All other service marks and trademarks are the property of their respective owners. |
