Clarent Announces Successful VoIP Interoperability with Cisco
October 5, 1999 08:25 AM
REDWOOD CITY, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 5, 1999--Clarent(R) Corporation CLRN , a worldwide leader in carrier-grade, phone-to-phone IP telephony solutions, announced today that Clarent and Cisco Systems have successfully achieved robust interoperability between their Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) products.
This interoperability work will allow service providers and enterprises to use the Clarent Command Center to provide back-end network management, call logic, routing, billing and gatekeeping functionality for networks composed of a mix of Clarent and Cisco IP telephony gateways.
"Robust interoperability with the Clarent Command Center is a cornerstone of the Clarent Open Network Environment announced two weeks ago," said Tom Kershaw, vice president, market and product strategy, Clarent Corporation. "We are very pleased to achieve this significant milestone. Service providers and enterprises will strongly benefit from the complementary technologies provided by our companies and from the ability to successfully install a combination of Clarent and Cisco products in their networks."
"We're delighted to be working with Clarent to deliver an interoperable VoIP offering with robust management, provisioning, and control," said Alistair Woodman, director of marketing for Cisco's Packet Telephony Division. "At the core of Cisco's Open Packet Telephony framework is a commitment to standards and to working with Clarent and other leading partners to provide customers with complete end-to-end solutions."
Initially, Clarent/Cisco interoperability is planned for Clarent Gateway Version 3, Clarent Command Center Version 3, and for the Cisco 2600, 3600, and AS5300 voice gateways. Commercial release of the interoperability module from Clarent is expected in the fourth quarter of 1999.
Clarent's and Cisco's interoperability work is based on the ITU-T H.323, version 2 recommendation, and on the IMTC iNOW profile for gateway to gateway interoperability.
Customer Comments
"As one of the industry's leading clearing and settlement services providers, the AT&T Global Clearinghouse supports a number of IP telephony service providers worldwide, including those using Clarent and Cisco equipment," said Lea King, product director, AT&T Global Clearinghouse. "Clarent's announcement sets the stage for these service providers to send IP telephony traffic to each others' networks world-wide. We are eager to test this interoperability and believe that this development will significantly increase the geographic coverage and minutes exchange opportunities for our members."
"ITXC applauds Clarent's industry leadership in announcing its interoperability with Cisco," said Mary Evslin, vice president, marketing, ITXC Corporation. "Many telcos are using or plan to use products from each of these companies so this is an important announcement for the industry."
"Our members have been requesting that we support both Clarent and Cisco," said Ingmar Jonsson, vice president, business area Telia network services. "This announcement will be very strongly embraced by the telecommunication service provider industry."
Forward Looking Statements
This release may contain forward-looking statements regarding Clarent's products, business, customers or other factors that may affect future earnings or financial results. Such statements involve risks and uncertainties, including but not limited to potential issues relating to interoperability, inability to introduce new products, ability to retain key customers and other factors, which could cause actual results to vary materially from those expressed in or indicated by the forward-looking statements. These risks and uncertainties are described further in the risk factors discussed in the quarterly report filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on August 16, 1999.
About Clarent Corporation
Clarent Corporation is a premier provider of scaleable, IP telephony products to carriers and Internet service providers around the world. Clarent's intelligent architecture and the Clarent Command Center enable Clarent products to route, manage, inter-connect and terminate high volumes of calls for service provider customers including the world's largest long distance telecommunication companies. According to a Cape Saffron report published in 1999, more minutes travel across Clarent-enabled networks worldwide than those of any other equipment supplier.(1)
Founded in July 1996, Clarent is headquartered in Redwood City, California and has offices in major cities in Asia, Europe, Latin America and North America. Additional information about Clarent is available at clarent.com.
Note to Editors: Clarent is a registered trademark of Clarent Corporation in the United States and other jurisdictions. All other company or product names mentioned may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated.
(1)Cape Saffron "Global IP Voice/ Fax Market 1999". Cape Saffron is a UK-based research group focused on the international voice market. capesaffron.com.
Cisco, Cisco Systems and the Cisco Systems logo are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners.
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