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To: Techplayer who wrote (14673)	5/8/2000 2:09:00 PM
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Lucent Technologies Announces New IP Gateway to Migrate Cable Networks From Circuit-Switched to IP Cable Telephony NEW ORLEANS, May 8, 2000 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ -- NCTA Cable 2000 Show, Booth # 1327 -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced a standards-based telephony gateway that helps cable operators migrate from using circuit-switched telephony equipment to offering converged voice, video and data services over one network using Internet protocol (IP). Called the iMerge(TM) Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) Gateway, this solution enables cable operators to deploy a converged, IP solution in their access network while still leveraging their existing switches for connection to the public telephone network. Cable operators offering circuit-switched telephony service today essentially have two separate networks and corresponding equipment, one for voice and one for data. As a first step in migrating toward an end-to-end packet network, iMerge connects directly to a cable operator's existing Class 5 switches and cable modem termination systems using industry standard interfaces. iMerge packetizes the incoming phone calls and sends them from the headend to the customer using IP, or takes outgoing voice packets and translates them for delivery to the switch and the public telephone network. "Cable operators who have deployed circuit-switched telephony equipment are looking for ways to migrate those networks to IP to reduce costs and create a platform for new IP services," said Dee Dee Nye, cable marketing vice president, Lucent Technologies' InterNetworking Systems. "Using iMerge enables them to continue offering full-featured, reliable telephone service while beginning to create a truly converged multiservice network." iMerge is part of Lucent's 7R/E(TM) Packet Solutions, which offers existing service providers a seamless migration to packet networks and provides emerging carriers with the ability to build a new packet network. iMerge complements and expands Lucent's CableConnect(SM) Solutions -- a set of integrated products and services cable operators can use to offer their customers reliable telephony and high-speed data services over existing cable networks delivering video services. iMerge will begin trials with cable operators next month and will be generally available later this year. iMerge was developed by AG Communications Systems, a Phoenix-based subsidiary of Lucent Technologies and a leading developer and manufacturer of advanced communication products and services, in conjunction with the Cable Solutions Group in Lucent's InterNetworking Systems business unit. Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at lucent.com. SOURCE Lucent Technologies