Nord --
Another key piece to the puzzle fits into place. Sorry if this was posted during my absence, but I just now had it brought to my attention:
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TeleHub Technologies Launches Ground-Breaking Service Creation Software For ATM Switches
GURNEE, IL, Jan. 20, 1999 - To meet the growing demand for high-
bandwidth, switched voice and data over a single network architecture, TeleHub Technologies Corporation (TTC) today announced the commercial availability of a sophisticated new software signaling management and control product designed for ATM switch vendors and multi-service network access providers. Marketed under the name PathMinder™, the control software will be provided to Siemens Information and Communications Networks to enhance the company's MainStreetXpress ATM line under a three-year, multi-million dollar contract.
PathMinder™ is a first-to-market industry solution that controls and
manages voice communications over ATM within the public switched
telephone network, with the service quality and reliability of
traditional voice networks. The software is client-server based and
designed to automate the provisioning of services and signaling
connections normally performed by intelligence based in network
hardware. The software collects the necessary information from Signaling System 7 (SS7) and ATM standard interfaces to setup calls across an ATM network, as well as send necessary provisioning and connection commands to various network elements. This enables network customers to provision services quickly, gain competitive advantages by reducing their time to market, and provide multiple services transparently, while network managers monitor, track and complete billing records of all transactions in millisecond increments.
In addition, TeleHub's PathMinder™ software was developed to offer major switch vendors and service providers with a migration path to provide next generation, on-demand voice/data switching and service capabilities through data-base technology rather than having to rely on existing network-based solutions or local legacy networks, according to TeleHub.
"TeleHub created PathMinder™ to empower carriers to create specialized voice services that complement traditional telephony services, while also offering flexibility and speed-to-market for creating and provisioning the future data applications the market is demanding today," said John Strand, president of TeleHub Technologies Corporation. "Our software will help switch vendors, and ultimately, carriers, reduce their time-to-market for customized software creation from 12 months to 12 minutes."
"Our contract with Siemens is the first, in what we hope will be a
series of many agreements, that represent the classic case of
next-generation software meets cutting-edge hardware," said Strand.
"Siemens is the leading ATM switch vendor in the market today and we are very pleased they have chosen to work with TeleHub. We look forward to the opportunity to help others in the industry deliver the emerging voice and data services that businesses and competitive providers are going to require," said Strand.
TeleHub's software was developed and tested over the company's ATM
backbone network, with the vision of providing carriers an efficient way to provide on-demand voice and data services -- with real-time network monitoring, management and billing capabilities -- over a single, high-speed network capable of handling multimedia services.
Based on TeleHub's Virtual Access Services Platform (VASP) technology, PathMinder™ was developed by the company to demonstratethe feasibility of using advanced signaling concepts in a switched, broadband network, while maintaining high levels of reliability and service quality. Future software enhancements are planned to include adapting the software for other customer product lines who have unique ATM switches and are looking for data and voice technology and service provisioning functionality for carrying multi-services over a single network architecture.
Pricing for PathMinder™ is based on a two-tier system--the initial
operating system and the number of network transactions it must support, according to TeleHub. Pricing will range from a little under $2 million to approximately $10 million, which includes the basic operations system, customization and required features, network transactions, installation and testing.
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