this news item may have been posted when released, but i don't remember it (notice ownership in the business description of HSS):
Press Releases
Hughes Software Systems partners with Creative Electronic Systems and Wintegra
New Delhi, India, December 04 2002
HSS specialists in convergent network software, today announced that's it has entered into a partnership with Creative Electronic Systems, a premier designer and manufacturer of boards, bundled packages and systems dedicated to data communication and acquisition in real-time systems.
As a part of this partnership, HSS' integrated IuPS, IuCS, Iub, Iur and Uu interfaces will be integrated through the Wintegra API for WinPath and will be available on the CES Transport Network Solution board for building interfaces of the 3G Radio Network Controller (RNC), NodeB, Mobile Switching Centre (MSC) and Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN).
The CES Transport Network Solution (TNS 4880) is an IP and ATM multi-service platform for telecommunication equipment focusing on the Third Generation Cellular (3G) arena. The innovative architecture of TNS allows easy transition from ATM to IP and therefore ensures a smooth UMTS migration path. TNS provides a world-class set of IP and ATM features for both transmission and switching and includes interworking of ATM, POS and TDM and ATM-IP transport media.
The partnership between CES and HSS augments an already strong relationship between Creative Electronic Systems and Wintegra, who provide CES with its range of WinPath Network Processors.
The integrated IuPS, IuCS, Iub, Iur and Uu interface products from HSS are unique, as they go beyond the traditional offerings of standalone protocols and augment the Wintegra low-level Datapath protocol modules and API's. These UMTS Iu/Uu interfaces enable plug-and-play interconnection of Radio Network Controllers (RNCs) with Core Network nodes and NodeBs. Hughes Software Systems has introduced the industry's first distributed and highly scalable Iu interface solution, offered in both source and binary formats. In addition, reuse of HSS' SIGTRAN solution enables the Iu/Iur RNC interfaces to support IP transports for next generation convergent networks. These solutions enable OEMs to build high capacity 3G nodes faster.
The integration of HSS' Iu/Uu interfaces on CES cards utilizing the flexible Wintegra processor interfaces provide the benefits of both integration and very high performance for OEM' building 3G systems.
"The HSS Iu/Uu interface solution integrated with the proven CES Transport Network Solution board will deliver significantly higher performance and reduce time to market for our OEM customers, " said Manoranjan Mohapatra, Chief Operating Officer and Executive Vice President, Hughes Software Systems. " This integrated solution from CES, Wintegra and HSS is ideally positioned for customers' building Radio Network Controllers."
"CES provides a fully integrated hardware and software transport solution for 3G vendors in a one-stop-shop approach, which will integrate excellently with the higher layer suite of industry standard protocol stack offerings from HSS" says Francois-Henri Worm, Director, Creative Electronic Systems. "The combination of the CES Transport Network Solution and HSS' 3G interface software and the flexible on-chip interfaces on the Wintegra processors will allow our customers to build 3G systems faster."
"Wintegra developed the WinPath Network Processor range specifically for the Access Infrastructure market and had a focus on providing a strong, cost effective, flexible silicon architecture for companies to perform switching and interworking of many protocols simultaneously" says Robert O'Dell, VP Marketing of Wintegra. "Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and operators using these configurable platform products from HSS and CES will be able to utilize the flexibility of our on-chip interfaces in their platforms as the transport network migrates towards IP from ATM".
About Hughes Software Systems (HSS)
Hughes Software Systems Ltd. (HSS), Specialists in Convergent Networks, offers full spectrum software services, products and solutions to leading Communication OEMs around the world. HSS' technology focus is in the convergence market with products and services in Next Generation Networks and Mobile Data. Assessed at SEI-CMM Level 4 for all its development centers and all lines of business, HSS has been an ISO 9001 company since 1996. HSS is a subsidiary of Hughes Network Systems, a unit of Hughes Electronics Corporation. HSS' U.S. headquarters are located in Germantown, MD.
Ranked among the best companies to work for in India, by Hewitt Associates, HSS has a team of over 1,600 world class professionals, at its development centers in India: at Gurgaon, a suburb of New Delhi and in Bangalore. With sales and support offices in the US, the UK, Germany and Finland, it is represented throughout Europe, South America and Asia to support its global customer base.
For more information about HSS contact:
Jay Vikram Bakshi
Senior Manager,
Corporate Communications
Phone: +91-124-6346666
Extn. 2865
Fax: + 91-124- 6347895
Email: jbakshi@hss.hns.com
About Creative Electronic Systems (CES)
Founded in 1981, Creative Electronic Systems, SA (CES) designs and manufactures board-level and system-level products in three areas: Telecommunications, Aerospace and High-Energy Physics. CES is a subsidiary of MRV Communications, Inc (NASDAQ: MRVC). Since 1998, CES has been awarded major leading North American (e.g. Lucent and Nortel Networks) and European (e.g. Ericsson) programs in the 3G cellular industry by being able to deliver ATM transport solutions for UMTS Node B and RNC elements (e.g. for NTT DoCoMo 3G system).
For more information about CES contact:
Andre Wiesel
Phone: +41 22 884 51 00
Fax: +41 22 794 74 30
Web: www.ces.ch
Email: andre@ces.ch |
