ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 11, 1998--
Companies to Market Intelligent Networking and Enhanced Services
Solutions for Wireless and Wireline Carriers
in Asia Pacific and Globally
Ascend Communications, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASND), a leader in wide area
networking (WAN) and Intelligent Networking (IN) solutions for users
and providers of the next-generation public network, and India's
telecommunications research and development organization Center for
Development of Telematics (CDOT) today announced an agreement to
cooperatively develop and market IN solutions to wireless and wireline
carriers. The solutions will incorporate CDOT's IN switching systems
and Ascend's IN infrastructure software and fault-tolerant, signaling
computer platforms.
Under the agreement, Ascend and CDOT will deliver IN and enhanced
services solutions tailored to telecommunications customers' specific
requirements. The solutions will be built using Ascend's
standards-compliant, telecommunications infrastructure software
products -- a full UNIX-based implementation of SS7 IN protocols, and
a comprehensive service creation environment used for designing and
deploying Service Control Point (SCP)-based services.
The standards supported include ITU (International
Telecommunications Union) CS1 (Q.1213 and Q.1214), ETSI (European
Telecommunications Standards Institute), INAP (Intelligent Network
Applications Platform), and AIN 0.1 (Bellcore Advanced Intelligent
Network) specifications.
In addition, the IN solutions will run on the Ascend Signaling
Gateway, a fault-tolerant computer system specifically designed for
central office environments and SCP solutions. CDOT will provide
Service Switching Point (SSP) and other switching elements through its
IN switch family and IN applications.
"Our joint efforts with Ascend in the development of IN
applications and the interoperability test of our IN switch and
Ascend's fault-tolerant SCP platform have produced excellent results,"
said K.N. Gupta, CDOT's chief executive officer and executive director
of R&D.
"We have entered into the new working relationship in order to
sustain this momentum. We view this agreement as extremely important
to our company and customers. It strengthens our ties with a premiere
IN platform provider and gives our telecommunications customers rapid
access to IN solutions for delivering the high-quality, continuously
available services their subscribers demand."
"Combining CDOT's IN switch and IN applications with our
industry-leading fault-tolerant, signaling computer platform brings
unprecedented system availability to telecommunications providers in
an industry where reliable and continuous operations are a primary
requirement," said Bruce Sachs, executive vice president and general
manager of Ascend's Carrier Signaling and Management business unit.
"This relationship demonstrates our commitment to delivering
leadership Intelligent Network solutions through strategic
partnerships to better meet the needs of wireline and wireless
carriers."
Ascend and CDOT have worked together to demonstrate
interoperability between the CDOT IN switch and the Ascend SCP
platform. Diverse sample applications such as virtual private network
(VPN), prepaid calling card service, E800/Freephone, premium rate,
universal access number, and televoting have been demonstrated to
various telecommunications carriers in India.
Initial IN service applications developed under the agreement
will be marketed in India. The companies intend to jointly pursue
additional IN opportunities in Asia Pacific and worldwide.
About C-DOT
Center for Development of Telematic (CDOT) is located at New
Delhi, India. Its core product, CDOT Digital Switching System, has
more than 40 percent of Indian switch market. CDOT has provisioned
over six million subscriber lines of equipment and has been growing at
an annual rate of greater than 50 percent since its establishment.
CDOT provides a range of telecommunications products cover: SPC
Digital Switching System, SDH, GSM, ATM, access network, IN,
multimedia communication, synchronous network equipment, STP, TMN,
Internet access products and ISDN customer premises equipment. CDOT's
products have been installed in 15 overseas markets including Africa,
Central Asia, Eastern Europe and Russia. For more information, visit
CDOT on the Internet at cdot.com.in. |
