Bridgewater Systems and Sonus Networks Break New Ground in Delivering
Highly Scalable Policy-based VoIP Services
Two "Top 25 Hot Start Ups" Join Forces to Make Waves in Packet Telephony
SUPERCOMM '99, Atlanta, Georgia - June 8, 1999 - Bridgewater Systems, a
global supplier of intelligent software for IP provisioning and control, and Sonus
Networks, an emerging leader in carrier-class packet telephony solutions, today
announced that they have joined forces to equip service providers with a carrier-class,
end-to-end policy- based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution that will
seamlessly deliver scalable voice services to their customers. Deployed together, this will
enable service providers to provision and control VoIP and other IP-based services from
one central, fully integrated, policy-based management platform.
With scalabiltiy to support tens of thousands of simultaneous voice calls, the Sonus
GSX9000, when coupled with Bridgewater's WideSpan Solution, is extended to offer a
highly reliable policy and provisioning platform that can handle a wide range of VoIP
applications and a multitude of IP services. This umbrella framework creates the right
environment to seamlessly create and control IP services from e-mail, web hosting,
e-commerce applications to advanced voice services such as internet call waiting, unified
messaging, or voice activated dialing.
The Sonus GSX9000 Open Services Switch accepts calls and communicates with policy
servers that interrogate databases that contain network call-handling policies.
Bridgewater's WideSpan Solution, tested to support up to 5 million subscribers, serves
the GSX9000 as a repository of preset logic that applies call policies and routes calls
against user/organization profiles.
"The Bridgewater-Sonus solution is a powerful combination that makes sense. It provides
an intelligent way of translating new technologies into real IP business opportunities," said
Ruth Chatterton, an industry analyst at TeleChoice. "With the industry moving at this pace,
service providers can count on these "Hot Start-Ups" to break new ground with their
innovative solutions."
"For forward-looking service providers, it is important to offer customers an effective way
to take advantage of new, innovative IP voice services," said Hassan Ahmed, Ph.D.,
Sonus president and CEO. "The Sonus-Bridgewater solution offers the flexible
infrastructure to bundle and deploy revenue generating services in real-time."
"Bridgewater and Sonus understand the complexity facing carriers as they strive to meet
the growing demand of advanced IP services" said Doug Somers, president and CEO of
Bridgewater Systems. "The Bridgewater-Sonus solution captures the full range of
IP-based services from one simple-to-manage, scalable, open platform."
About Bridgewater Systems
Bridgewater Systems is a global supplier of intelligent software systems for the creation
and control of advanced IP services. Bridgewater has developed a carrier-class,
integrated and scalable new approach to IP networking. The Bridgewater family of
products enables the creation, provisioning and billing of policy-based Internet services,
including corporate outsourcing of full-service intranets and extranets, IP multimedia
services, and SS7 enabled IP-networking. Bridgewater is taking a proactive and leading
role in the development of new standards to address the SS7-IP challenges at forums
such as the ITESF (Internet Traffic Engineering Solutions Forum) and IETF (Internet
Engineering Task Force). Bridgewater has offices in Canada, the U.S. and Europe.
Please visit the Bridgewater web site: www.bridgewatersys.com for additional
information.
About Sonus Networks
Sonus Networks, Inc. is delivering a new class of carrier solutions that enable the
movement of telephony to converged circuit-packet networks, and the development of a
new generation of innovative voice and data services. The Sonus Packet Telephony suite
and Open Services ArchitectureTM (OSA) cut the time-to-market for competitive new
service products from years to weeks, allowing carriers and third-party developers to
sustain and expand market share, while building important new revenue streams. Its highly
scalable products fully interoperate with, and extend the life and utility of today's public
network. Sonus was named one of Red Herring's "Top Ten to Watch" companies,
awarded Data Communications magazine's prestigious Hot Startup of the Year and Hot
Product of the Year, and received Technologic Partners' Investor's Choice award.
Additional information is available at: www.sonusnet.com
For more information, contact:
For Bridgewater Systems:
For Sonus:
Kristin Duskin-Gadd, Interprose
Inc.
Lynn DiBattista,Sonus
Networks
TEL: (703) 359 0305
TEL: (978) 692-8999 x382
kduskin-gadd@interprosepr.com
ldibattista@sonusnet.com
Adrienne Auns
Maureen
MacGregor,Pelorus
Bridgewater Systems
Communications
TEL: (613) 591 6655, ext. 2960
TEL: (978) 779-8969
aauns@bridgewatersys.com
maureen@peloruscom.com
Please visit the Bridgewater Booth (#1053) at Supercomm '99
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