TMCnet.com RSS Service - Softswitch http://www.tmcnet.com/ http://www.tmcnet.com/ http://www.tmcnet.com/tmcnet/tmcimg/tmcnet3.gif http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/339024-redline-introduces-universal-wireless-transport-platform.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/339024-redline-introduces-universal-wireless-transport-platform.htm Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:02 GMT Redline Communications has launched the Universal Wireless Transport platform (UWT), which has the ability to operate on any frequency between 100 MHz and 6 GHz. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/338330-portaones-portaswitch-procinctus-platform-helps-safarifone-enhance-global.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/338330-portaones-portaswitch-procinctus-platform-helps-safarifone-enhance-global.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 10:10:54 GMT Safarifone, a provider of IP calling, wholesale, carrier services and OSS software, has enhanced its global reputation for reliability with the PortaOne PortaSwitch Procinctus softswitch and billing platform. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/338326-ptgi-sells-north-american-retail-telecommunications-operations-york.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/338326-ptgi-sells-north-american-retail-telecommunications-operations-york.htm Thu, 16 May 2013 10:04:58 GMT Primus Telecommunications Group, Inc. (PTGi), a facilities-based integrated provider of advanced telecommunications products and services, recently sold its North American retail telecommunications operations in the United States and Canada to affiliates of York Capital Management for approximately $129 million. The businesses in the two countries offered voice, local, broadband, Ethernet, hosted IP-PBX, SIP trunking and VoIP services to SMEs, residential customers and government agencies. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/337432-vivaction-renews-trust-cirpac-as-preferred-technical-partner.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/337432-vivaction-renews-trust-cirpac-as-preferred-technical-partner.htm Thu, 09 May 2013 09:46:56 GMT Vivaction, a French B2B telecom operator, has renewed its trust in Cirpack as preferred technical partner for its Core Network architecture and SIP enabler to migrate its actual network to full SIP and optimize interconnection within the networks. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/337058-xirrus-simplifies-it-operations-with-unified-access-layer.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/337058-xirrus-simplifies-it-operations-with-unified-access-layer.htm Tue, 07 May 2013 07:53:07 GMT If there's one thing you notice when you go to concerts, stadiums, convention centers or even to work, it's that nearly everyone attends with a plus one: their mobile device. The landscape today is changing dynamically - the growth in mobile devices is affecting the networks they are accessing. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/336636-zte-corporation-deploy-softswitch-ims-network-help-telekom.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/336636-zte-corporation-deploy-softswitch-ims-network-help-telekom.htm Thu, 02 May 2013 16:40:03 GMT The development of Internet service has led to some big competition in the telecom industry. Telekom Austria Group, which operates in a total of eight markets, is one operator facing some common challenges: figuring out how to efficiently implement full-service operation while considering both cost and revenue; the requirement of network upgrade and evolution due to the rapid development of wireless broadband; and traditional operators losing market share due to the competition from the Internet. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/336002-what-softswitch-and-why-it-important.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/336002-what-softswitch-and-why-it-important.htm Mon, 29 Apr 2013 11:17:40 GMT When most of us think about the early days of the telephone network, there's an enduring image of women with 1940s haircuts sitting in front of a wall of switches. When people would make telephone calls, these women would literally patch calls to the right destination by moving switches. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/335814-worldwide-set-top-box-markets-achieve-significant-growth.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/335814-worldwide-set-top-box-markets-achieve-significant-growth.htm Fri, 26 Apr 2013 13:27:16 GMT The worldwide set-top box markets are poised to achieve significant growth as the next-generation TV Internet systems provide a way to improve bundled channel video services, according to a new study published by WinterGreen Research. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/335649-fcc-proposes-direct-access-telephone-numbers-voip-providers.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/335649-fcc-proposes-direct-access-telephone-numbers-voip-providers.htm Thu, 25 Apr 2013 11:18:40 GMT Millicorp is one of fifteen companies that have applied to the FCC for a waiver of existing and outdated rules that limit the ability of VoIP telephone companies to directly obtain access to telephone numbers. VoIP providers must currently purchase telephone numbers from the legacy telephone companies with which the VoIP providers compete. In the Order, the FCC established a trial program to provide VoIP providers with pending waiver petitions on file at the Commission to directly access telephone numbers on a limited trial basis. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334490-iluminari-tech-offers-lync-voice-solution-support.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334490-iluminari-tech-offers-lync-voice-solution-support.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:20:30 GMT Iluminari Tech has become first Microsoft partner to complete the certification process for Microsoft Lync 2013. With this status, Iluminari Tech will now be able to be a single point of contact for providing planning, deployment and post-deployment support for customers' voice systems, ensuring their performance, quality and serviceability requirements. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334488-anpi-offers-privatewhite-label-hosted-solutions-carriers-service.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334488-anpi-offers-privatewhite-label-hosted-solutions-carriers-service.htm Wed, 17 Apr 2013 09:18:05 GMT Carriers and service providers can now use ANPI's hosted solution to provide private/white-labeled business communications applications to their end customers. ANPI has designed and architected these solutions to allow carriers and service providers to expand their market reach while retaining their brand image. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334018-redcom-future-proofs-smart-grid-networks-with-new.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/334018-redcom-future-proofs-smart-grid-networks-with-new.htm Thu, 11 Apr 2013 17:04:00 GMT Power utilities implementing modern smart grid networks face a number of challenges, mainly due to lack of interoperability of the converged communications infrastructure with the company's existing protocols. To help utilities address these challenges, REDCOM, a provider of advanced IP communications solutions, has come up with a drop-in Voice over IP (VoIP) Smart Grid softswitch. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/333921-d-link-debuts-dgs-1100-08p-poe-switch.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/333921-d-link-debuts-dgs-1100-08p-poe-switch.htm Thu, 11 Apr 2013 12:35:05 GMT D-Link, a cost-effective, standards-based unified networking solutions provider, reportedly released the new DGS-1100-08P switch, the first ever EasySmart switch from the company to offer Power-over-Ethernet (PoE) capabilities that can be used to realize easy IP surveillance, VoIP phone and access point deployment. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/333508-vixs-unveils-xcode-pro-120.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/333508-vixs-unveils-xcode-pro-120.htm Tue, 09 Apr 2013 11:36:04 GMT As the usage of video content over already taxed broadband networks increases, service providers are struggling to find new ways to keep up with the demand. In this scenario, any technology that helps save bandwidth without disappointing users is of great help. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332888-softswitch-access-just-improved-with-new-release-from.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332888-softswitch-access-just-improved-with-new-release-from.htm Wed, 03 Apr 2013 18:45:23 GMT Schools, hospitals and SMBs supporting fewer than 500 users now have access to an intelligent switch series. Netgear released its ProSafe Intelligent Edge M4100 series, which includes 12 switches in both rackmount and desktop form factors to meet the needs of a wide variety of environments. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332621-mega-vacations-invests-customized-telecommunications-solution-includes-hosted.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332621-mega-vacations-invests-customized-telecommunications-solution-includes-hosted.htm Tue, 02 Apr 2013 15:42:36 GMT Online travel agency Mega Vacations has roped in two telecommunication solution providers, TelOnline and BellVoz, for a tailor-made solution that allows the company to expand its operations in new regions worldwide and tap into new markets. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332184-uccerts-hosted-voip-service-cloud-call-delivers-affordable.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/332184-uccerts-hosted-voip-service-cloud-call-delivers-affordable.htm Thu, 28 Mar 2013 09:34:51 GMT UCcert, a Cisco partner specializing in collaboration and networking solutions, recently launched Cloud Call, a solution that is capable of delivering affordable IP telephony services to small and large businesses alike. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331924-alfalak-intros-smart-access-systems.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331924-alfalak-intros-smart-access-systems.htm Tue, 26 Mar 2013 14:12:22 GMT It's not only mobile phones that are getting smarter; even the humble desk phone is undergoing a huge transformation and offering services and solutions that were unthinkable just a few years ago. Most of these new age desk phones are called smart desk solutions and they help users by doing much more than merely receiving the calls. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331564-counterpath-distribute-bria-softphones-through-arrow-s3-network.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331564-counterpath-distribute-bria-softphones-through-arrow-s3-network.htm Fri, 22 Mar 2013 15:31:25 GMT CounterPath Corporation, a developer of desktop, tablet and mobile VoIP software products and solutions, and Arrow Electronics, Inc. recently reached a global distribution unit to provide CounterPath's Bria desktop and mobile softphones and Client Configuration Server (CCS) to Arrow S3's network, which includes more than 12,000 OEMs, contract manufacturers, channel partners and commercial customers. http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331208-att-reveals-new-prepaid-plans-wireless-home-phone.htm http://www.tmcnet.com/channels/softswitch/articles/331208-att-reveals-new-prepaid-plans-wireless-home-phone.htm Wed, 20 Mar 2013 11:56:01 GMT AT&T recently unveiled new prepaid plans for AT&T Wireless Home Phone, beginning March 22. The plans can be added to customers' home phone lines to an existing FamilyTalk plan for $9.99 per month. They can also choose unlimited nationwide calling for $19.99 per month and get the Wireless Home Phone device for free with a two-year commitment