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To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (180)	6/8/1998 11:04:00 PM
From: chirodoc	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 530

<<<<The SS7 network carries services, such as caller ID and call forwarding, in parallel and concurrently to data or voice traffic. ......the world is moving closer to jimmy's vision curtis -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Cisco will introduce the (SS7) Signaling Controller June 8, 1998 PC Week via NewsEdge Corporation : Cisco Systems Inc. this week will continue its push into large-scale carrier data networks with products that enable lower access costs and more advanced services. Cisco will introduce the Signaling Controller 2200 for interfacing data access equipment with an SS7 (Signaling System 7) network. The San Jose, Calif., company will also debut the CT3 T-3 card, which squeezes 28 T-1 lines onto a single module, sources said. The SS7 network carries services, such as caller ID and call forwarding, in parallel and concurrently to data or voice traffic. "The two products in combination will save a corporate user a lot of money, and SS7 will also improve service," said Ray Keneipp, an analyst at Current Analysis Inc., in Sterling, Va. "SS7 helps avoid busy signals and gives users better control when setting service-level agreements with carriers. " The Signaling Controller 2200 will reside on a Cisco-branded Sun Microsystems Inc. workstation and connect to Cisco's AS5X00 access concentrators. The product, a result of Cisco's acquisition of LightSpeed International Inc. last year, then controls advanced services on an SS7 network, which is traditionally associated with voice but is being applied to data networks. SS7 makes voice-over-IP service more feasible, since users will be able to tap such services as caller ID and call forwarding. Cisco's platform can be updated within six weeks to accommodate minor technical differences in SS7 implementations overseas, sources said. Due this week, the Signaling Controller 2200 will cost $125 per 64K-bps channel. Cisco's access support will range from 48 channels on the AS5200 to several thousand channels on the AccessPath concentrator. The 2200 will support up to 10,000 dial-up users, according to sources. One shortcoming, said Keneipp, is management. "Cisco has acquired so many companies, they have a hard time integrating management; so you end up with two management platforms, one for the access hardware and one for the 2200 controller," he said. Bay Networks Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., last week announced an SS7 gateway of its own for its Versalar concentrators, which also runs on a Sun Solaris platform. Cisco will also debut this week the CT3 channelized T-3 card for the high-end AS5800 access concentrator, sources said. A T-3 line is equivalent to 28 T-1 lines. As a result, a T-3 can terminate 672 dial-up calls on a single line card. Additionally, unlike existing T-3 cards, which typically connect to additional T-1 cards to terminate calls, the CT3 terminates the traffic itself. Each AS5800 concentrator can accommodate two CT3 cards, which will ship in August for $30,000, according to the sources. Cisco officials declined to comment on unannounced products.

To: Secret_Agent_Man who wrote (180)	6/9/1998 8:37:00 PM
From: Secret_Agent_Man	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 530

MORE on IP/TELEPHONY GRIC Communications Launches GRICphone, the First Platform-Independent Worldwide Internet Telephony Service To Deliver Settlement Between Carriers June 9, 1998 OSLO, Norway--(BUSINESS WIRE) via NewsEdge Corporation -- GRIC Alliance Members, Consisting of More Than 300 ISPs and Telcos, Can Now Offer Internet Telephony to Customers Visit GRIC at the Voice on the Net Europe Conference, June 8-11, in Oslo GRIC Communications today launched GRICphone, the first platform-independent Internet telephony service to provide settlement between many carriers. GRICphone is the fourth Internet telecommunications service to be offered by GRIC to ISPs and telcos. The more than 300 GRIC alliance members, boasting more than 36 million subscribers, can already take advantage of GRIC's IP faxing, global roaming and corporate remote access services, offering them to their subscribers as value-added services. The GRICphone network is designed to be open and standards-based. To this end, GRIC is working closely with leading Internet telephony equipment vendors to develop a "GRIC-ready" specification, which will be used to build GRIC-ready Internet telephony products. This open specification includes the ITU H.323 standard for telecommunications interoperability, as well as the GRICphone API (application program interface) for interfacing products with the GRIC authentication/roaming, call routing, billing, and settlement services. GRIC also is creating an interoperability certification lab to test these products to ensure compliance to the GRIC-ready specification. "The inherent strength of our members, combined with our settlement and IP telephony software, makes GRIC a potent force for the deployment of IP telephony today," said Dr. Hong Chen, president and CEO of GRIC Communications. "We are very gratified that GRIC's vision is being supported by many of the world's largest Internet telephony vendors, and that GRIC will be making high-quality IP telephony a reality for businesses and individual customers." To date, Internet telephony has been restricted from becoming ubiquitous because of its lack of interoperability, limited number of subscribers, and lengthy time-to-market requirements for providers. GRICphone is designed to overcome each of these obstacles. The use of the ITU's H.323 standard in the GRIC-ready specification by telephony equipment suppliers solves the interoperability problem; 36 million end users offer a huge subscriber base on which to build; and the existing billing, settlement, call routing and call termination capabilities in the GRIC-ready API let GRIC alliance members offer worldwide Internet telephony service immediately, increasing business revenues. To use GRICphone, customers simply dial into their Internet providers by phone or computer, enter a user ID and PIN, then dial their calls. Following six months of extensive trials between Europe, Asia and the United States, GRICphone is being rolled out by GRIC members that include o.tel.o/germany.net in Germany and Intercom Danmark in Denmark. These telcos will provide service in Western Europe and to the United States, offering their customers savings of 50 to 80 percent on long-distance phone calls. In addition, more than 25 leading ISPs and telcos, such as Belgacom of Belgium, are currently in trial with GRICphone. GRIC Communications is the leading clearinghouse for Internet telecommunications services. GRIC provides routing, authentication, network management, billing and settlement services to ISPs and telcos worldwide, enabling global Internet roaming, corporate remote access/VPN, fax, and telephony. GRIC member ISPs and telcos number over 300 in more than 75 countries, and have a combined subscriber base of more than 16 million dial-up users and 20 million corporate users, making the GRIC alliance the largest managed network of Internet-based telecommunications services in the world. The GRIC alliance includes many of the world's largest ISPs and telcos, including SpryNet, NETCOM, Prodigy, Singapore Telecom, NEC, Fujitsu, KDD/KCOM, SANNET, Malaysia Telecom, Telecom Finland, Korea Telecom, FranceNet, Cybernet AG, Hong Kong Telecom, Samsung, Hyundai, Chungwha Telecom, and Telstra. GRIC's technology partners include Cisco Systems, Digital Equipment Corporation, Lucent Technologies, Microsoft, NetXchange Communications, Open Port Technology, Oracle, and Siemens Business Communications Systems. Founded in 1994 and privately held, GRIC Communications, Inc. (formerly AimQuest) has offices in California, Asia and Europe. For additional information, please contact GRIC Communications at 1421 McCarthy Blvd., Milpitas, CA, 95035. Phone: 408/955-1920. Fax: 408/955-1968. Email: info@gric.com. Web site: www.gric.com. Note to Editors: GRIC and the GRIC logo are trademarks of GRIC Communications, Inc. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. CONTACT: GRIC Communications \| Jon Porter, 408/955-1920 x1162 \| jon@gric.com \| or \| Alexander Communications \| Hani Durzy, 415/923-1660 x113 \| hdurzy@alexandercom.com