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VCom, CableMatrix,
AudioCodes and Emergent Network Solutions Unveil High Quality VoIP
Over WiMAX Offering
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VCom Inc.
June 1, 2006
WiMAX Solution enables high quality voice services over Wireless
Broadband through Quality of Service, Policy Server Management and
SIP Signaling
Victoria, British Columbia & Chicago, IL -- VCom Inc. (TSX:VCM),
a leading designer and manufacturer of WiMAX compatible base
stations and customer premise equipment, CableMatrix Technologies, a
leader in Quality of Service (QoS) policy management solutions,
AudioCodes, a leading provider of converged VoIP media gateways and
media servers, and Emergent Networks, leading provider of advanced
telecommunications software for the emerging communications
networks, today announce a live demonstration will be held on June 5
of an IP voice over WiMAX call. The calls will be made from the VCom
booth (#66080) to the AudioCodes booth (#53080) during GLOBALCOMM
2006. The combined elements enable high quality IP voice over the
IEEE 802.16 air interface standard by incorporating dynamic QoS on
behalf of authorized IP voice sessions. |
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The demonstration illustrates a completely deployable SIP based
voice solution for broadband wireless service providers. QoS is
triggered and admitted in real-time by Emergent's Session Border
Controller (SBC) and CableMatrix's Policy Decision Function (PDF)
when a call's initiated by the AudioCodes' Analog Terminal Adapter
(ATA). VCom's VistaMAX base station allocates the necessary QoS
based upon characteristics of the admitted IP voice call. Calls are
then terminated off network by AudioCodes' core media gateway.
Service quality is maintained throughout the duration of the call
even when competing against bandwidth intensive video sessions.
"Our demonstration shows how wireless broadband operators can
effectively manage the high-bandwidth demands of media-rich IP
applications such as voice and video," said Jay Malin, Vice
President of Business Development at CableMatrix. "Together with
VCom, AudioCodes and Emergent, we developed a complete solution
that, by efficiently managing bandwidth resources, creates new
revenue generating opportunities for the operator."
Focusing on standards based technology; the solution demonstrates
the viability of differentiated services in an IP network.
Components used in the demo are compatible with the emerging WiMAX
standard for interoperability and with the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
framework used for next-generation converged IP services.
"IP voice over WiMAX provides wireless broadband service operators
an extremely cost-effective solution to bundle high-quality voice
communication with data services," said Richard Blenkinsop, Vice
President of Business Development at VCom. "Through integrating our
technologies, we provide operators the ability to reserve bandwidth
resources that guarantee end-to-end call quality."
"We are pleased to be a part of this demonstration of this
VoIP-enabled WiMAX solution," added Rich Poole, Director of Business
Development at AudioCodes. "WiMAX-based broadband wireless is
promising to provide a cost effective method for service providers
to reach subscribers in a converged network. By cost-effectively
voice-enabling their WiMAX networks, service providers are able to
increase their revenue generating potential as well as rapidly
deploy voice and data service to their customers."
About VCom
VCom Inc. (TSX:VCM) designs, manufactures and sells products that
enable broadband access to cable, wireless and telephony networks.
VCom's hardware products incorporate embedded software developed by
it to meet the complex requirements of next-generation, high-speed
digital networks. Service providers use VCom's solutions to deliver
services to a converging worldwide broadband market, including what
are commonly known as "triple play" (voice, video and data) and
"quadruple play" (voice, video, data and wireless) services. VCom's
solutions allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively
bridge the final network segment that connects the system directly
to end users, commonly referred to as "the last mile", by overcoming
the bottleneck resulting from insufficient carrying capacity in
legacy, last mile infrastructures. VCom's products are directed at
three principal markets: Data over Cable, Broadband Wireless and
Digital Video. The Company has also developed and continues to focus
on developing products to address emerging markets such as Voice
over Internet Protocol, fibre to the home and IP video.
VCom is a Principal Member of the WiMAX Forum that has developed the
international open standard for this new technology. Certification
to the IEEE 802.16 standard under the WiMAX certification process
requires interoperability of equipment manufactured by different
vendors. Operators demand interoperability to ensure that economies
of mass production will be achieved by aggregating production for
all manufacturers. VCom's VistaMAX Time Division Duplexing (TDD)
Base Station was successfully tested for interoperability under the
provided guidelines at the WiMAX Forum 3rd Plugfest in Sophia
Antipolis, France in March 2006. For more information, visit
www.vcom.com.
About CableMatrix
CableMatrix provides IMS compatible software solutions that enable
broadband operators to maximize their revenues while delivering
media-rich IP applications and services. Its standards-compliant
ODSP Policy Server, in conjunction with the XAM Application Manager,
enables dynamic QoS and bandwidth management on a per-customer,
per-application basis, giving broadband cable operators the ability
to directly link increased bandwidth usage with increased revenue.
For more information, visit www.cablematrix.com.
About AudioCodes
AudioCodes Ltd. enables the new voice infrastructure by providing
innovative, reliable and cost-effective Voice over Packet technology
and Voice Network products to OEMs, network equipment providers and
system integrators. AudioCodes provides its customers and partners
with a diverse range of flexible, comprehensive media gateway,
server and processing technologies, based on VoIPerfect(TM) -
AudioCodes' underlying, best-of-breed, core media gateway
architecture. The company is a market leader in voice compression
technology and is a key originator of the ITU G.723.1 standard for
the emerging Voice over IP market. For more information, visit
www.audiocodes.com.
About Emergent
ENS has developed a suite of software products which all operate
under Emergent's ENTICE architecture and combine the best of proven
and emerging telecommunications technologies. ENTICE, which is an
acronym for Emergent Networks Telecommunications Infrastructure
Control Environment, is designed to interface to new or existing
networks to provide control services and a software foundation upon
which to layer new services. ENTICE based solutions are designed for
"opportunistic innovation." If the functionality you are looking for
is not in one of the ENTICE solutions, it can probably be easily
added via ENTICE's service and customization layers. For more
information, visit www.emergent-netsolutions.com. |
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