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*IEC to hold ComForum in Chicago in October
*Fnet to Operate Network in Bosnia with Megaburst
*Shell Sweden Teams with Glocalnet to Offer Internet Telephony
*ITXC's IP Service to Operate with Interoperable VocalTec & Lucent Products
*GRIC Launches ITSP Billing and Settlement Service
*CxTEL to Use e-Net's Internet Telephony Products For Service in Europe and US
*Telia Using Clarent Internet Telephony Products for Trial in Scandinavia
*Ericsson to Offer E-Commerce Solution
*Nuera Unveils DCME System for Deployment of VoIP/FR
*Telecom Technologies Introduces SS7 to IP Gateway
*TouchWave Adds VoIP Capabilities to its Gateway Product
*Golden Line to Use ArelNet's Products for IP Services
*Vienna Systems and ACC Introduce Carrier Grade Internet Telephony Gateway
*Digitcom Receives $25 Million Load from German Government to Build IP Network
*PAT Telecom Teams with bcmfax.net to Deploy 14 South American Internet Fax
POPs
*US West & FaxNet Co-Develop Internet Facsimile Service
*FaxSav Introduces Reseller Program for it Internet Facsimile Products
IEC to hold ComForum in Chicago in October
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The International Engineering Consortium (IEC) has announced that it has
scheduled its Carrier IP Telephony ComForum for Chicago on October 6th and
7th. The ComForum targets carriers and ITSPs. The event will focus on
the marketing and strategic issues associated with providing real-time IP
telephony services on a carrier grade scale.
Topics that will be addressed at the ComForum include:
- Fundamentals of IP Telephony
- Business Issues and Deployments
- IP Telephony Architectures and Technologies
- The Future of the Internet
- Market Drivers of IP Telephony
- The Future of Telephony and the Next-Generation Telco
- Integration and Impact on Circuit-Switched Carrier Networks
- Video, Fax and Hybrid Services over IP Networks
- OSS for Real-Time IP Networked Services: Making It Happen
- Challenges Facing IP Telephony: Regulation, Standards and QoS
- IP Everywhere over Copper: Ensuring Internet Access and Network Performance
- Achieving Success as a Provider of Real-Time IP Services
The ComForum will be held concurrently with the IEC's NCF98-InfoVision
event at the Hyatt Regency O'Hare hotel. Registration cover addmission to
both shows.
International Engineering Consortium
iec.org
1998 Carrier IP Telephony ComForum
iec.org
Fnet to Operate Network in Bosnia with Megaburst
====================
FNet announced that it has purchased and will operate the eleven-site
satellite telephone network used by NATO troops stationed throughout
Bosnia. FNet purchased the equipment from Harris Telecommunications
Systems for an undisclosed amount. It will operate the network with US
based Megaburst, a technology engineering development firm. Megaburst will
be responsible for sales, marketing and in-country support. FNet will
operate the network and oversee billing, using its Tempest gateway system's
tracking and invoicing capabilities.
The Bosnian network stations and equipment were initially installed to
facilitate calls exclusively for NATO troops stationed in France, Great
Britain, Germany, Italy and the US. Megaburst teamed with Harris to
establish the NATO service, and reports that the network currently produces
revenues in excess of $100,000 per month. FNet and Megaburst will maintain
the NATO customer base, with plans to expand the service to include
commercial traffic for European industries.
FNet will commence operational responsibility for the network on July 1, 1998.
Megaburst provides engineering and development services for U.S and
European technology companies. The company is active in the coordination
of activities in the Balkans through its association with the NATO command
organizations and other non-government organizations.
FNet
ftel.net
Shell Sweden Teams with Glocalnet to Offer Internet Telephony
=========================
Shell Sweden has announced that it will trial Glocalnet's Internet
telephony service with 15,000 of its customers this summer. The service
will enable subs to call locally or internationally from phone to phone or
from phone to cell phone. Trial members will not need to own a computer or
have Internet access to use the service. Shell plans to offer the services
commercially, on a larger scale.
Glocalnet is a next-gen teleco that provides telecommunications and IP
networking technologies. Currently, the company is building a Pan-European
network for VoIP services. The network has POPs in Stockholm, London and
Amsterdam, with plans for POPs in Frankfurt, Paris, Zurich, Brussels and
Milan. By the end of the year, Glocalnet intends to have more than 2800
voice ports installed. The company is connecting its POPs via VPN technology.
Glocalnet
glocalnet.com
ITXC's IP Service to Operate with Interoperable VocalTec & Lucent Products
===================
ITXC has announced that its IP telephony network will operate using
interoperable IP telephony platforms from VocalTec and Lucent. VocalTec,
Lucent and ITXC plan to develop full interoperability between the Lucent
PacketStar Internet Telephony Server for Service Providers and the VocalTec
Ensemble Architecture. The service is expected to enable voice
communications, fax communications, routing, authorization, authentication,
accounting, billing, network management and settlement services.
The companies expect the VocalTec and Lucent gateways to be interoperable
and be installed on ITXC's commercial WWeXchange Service by this fall.
VocalTec
vocaltec.com
Lucent
lucent.com
ITXC
itxc.com
GRIC Launches ITSP Billing and Settlement Service
===================
GRIC Communications has announced the launch of GRICphone, its ITSP
billing, settlement and connectivity service. Following six months of
extensive trials between Europe, Asia and the US, the GRICphone service is
being used by o.tel.o/germany.net in Germany and Intercom Danmark in
Denmark. o.tel.o/germany.net and Intercom Danmark will provide Internet
telephony to Western Europe and the US. In addition, 25 other European
ISPs and telcos are using the service for trial programs.
GRIC
gric.com
CxTEL to Use e-Net's Internet Telephony Products For Service in Eastern
Europe and US
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Texas-based CxTEL, an ISP, has announced that it will use e-Net's Telecom
2000 gateway board product to initially provide Internet telephony in
Eastern European markets and to the US. CxTEL plans to install the Telecom
2000 gateways on the WANs of Eastern European ISPs and organizations. e-Net
will send an engineering team to Eastern Europe to help with the
installations.
CxTEL is a global ISP and provider of telecommunications products,
services, and solutions.
e-Net
datatelephony.com
Telia Using Clarent Internet Telephony Products for Trial in Scandinavia
==========================
Telia Light AB has announced that it is using Clarent's gateways and
Command Center products to offer a pilot Internet telephony service in
Scandinavia. The pilot program is currently at its capacity for number of
users. Following a successful trial, Telia plans to offer the service
commercially and expand its IP calling network internationally using
Clarent products. The company is talking with partners for the expansion.
Clarent Corporation
clarent.com
Telia
telia.com
Ericsson to Offer E-Commerce Solution
====================
Ericsson has announced the introduction of the Phone Doubler Quick Call
(PDQC), an e-commerce application that enables an Internet surfer to
initiate IP telephony communications with a call center agent using the
same Internet connection. Ericsson is aiming the application at ISPs, web
hosts and e-commerce businesses.
PDQC interoperates with any telephone system, PBX or call center system
enabling calls to be received directly from the Internet without deploying
special IP-based telephone systems. End-users only need a standard
multimedia PC. In addition, PDQC can reside on the IP telephony platform
with other Ericsson IP telephony offerings such as virtual second line,
long distance phone to phone, PC to phone, fax-to-fax and web conferencing.
PDQC is expected to be available in August '98.
Ericsson
ericsson.com
Nuera Unveils DCME System for Deployment of VoIP/FR
=========================
Nuera Communications has announced the availability of its Access Plus
F200D digital circuit multiplication equipment (DCME) system to enable
carriers to deploy international and/or domestic VoFR and VoIP services.
The F200D features user transparency, bandwidth allocation control, the
capabilities to transmit and receive via frame relay and/or IP networking
protocols, and the ability to address a range of QoS plateaus with voice
encoding rates from 4.8 kbps to 32 kbps. The F200D is manageable via the
NueraView graphical network management system, which is based on the HP
OpenView platform. Network components are SNMP managed to consolidate
network alarms and reports to a single terminal.
The product is currently available. Pricing begins at approximately $1,000
per channel, per card.
Nuera
nuera.com
Telecom Technologies Introduces SS7 to IP Gateway
=========================
Telecom Technologies has announced the introduction of its Service Seven IP
(SSIP) gateway, an SS7 to IP gateway. The SSIP gateway provides network
interconnectivity for services including central office modem pools
(Internet off load devices) and VoIP systems. The gateway includes a
Bellcore certified mapping of SS7 to TCP/IP to enable the integration of
TCP/IP networks with the PSTN.
The SSIP features a call control application to enable network operators to
control the number of simultaneous calls to a specific destination, such as
an ISP, IP address, or trunk group. Call control protects the network and
allows an array of options for handling overflow subscribers. The SSIP's
scaleable architecture is designed to interface with a variety of data
networks including 10/100 Ethernet, FDDI and ATM. The product enables SS7
connectivity for Internet off load, VoIP, trunk based voice mail, IVR
systems and databases. It also provides support for ANSI SS7, C7 and TCP/IP
protocols.
Telecom Technologies is a provider of telecommunications software products
and professional services for SS7, AIN, LNP, local access service,
wireless, and high speed data communications.
Telecom Technologies
ttiweb.com
TouchWave Adds VoIP Capabilities to its Gateway Product
====================
TouchWave has announced the availability of VoIP capabilities for its
flagship product, the WebSwitch 1608. The WebSwitch with VoIP enables small
to medium sized businesses to build company-wide phone systems that are
distributed across IP networks.
Each WebSwitch has 16 analog extension ports to provide support for 2,500
analog phones. The WebSwitch enables users to build distributed
communications systems across LANs or WANs. It can be deployed at any
point across a network and its distributed call management software will
link multiple WebSwitch phone systems together to form a single
company-wide phone system. The system implements a single directory
application and feature set for all geographical locations. It features
call transfer, call forwarding, H.323 support for interconnectivity with
Ethernet phones or PC phone clients, and it provides central management
from any location on the IP network.
An IP to PSTN gateway is not required to route calls via a LAN. LAN users
will dial an extension number to route a call to another WebSwitch and on
to the appropriate phone. Calls directed outside the corporate IP network
currently are routed over the PSTN, with plans for a voice compression
module to route calls across WANs.
TouchWave
touchwave.com
Golden Line to Use ArelNet's Products for IP Services
=====================
Golden Line Network Services, a provider of international
telecommunications, has announced that it will deploy ArelNet's i-Tone
system to offer an Internet fax service dubbed i-Golden Tone. i-Golden Tone
will initially be available in the US, Europe, Asia, South America and
Africa. The second stage of Golden Line's plans will include the
international expansion of services and the implementation of a VoIP service.
The i-Tone voice/fax over IP solution utilizes a carrier grade
gateway/gatekeeper architecture to manage more than 6000 ports and more
than 1 million queries per day. It is H.323 compliant to provide
interoperability with other H.323 compliant products. The product employs
DSP based processing to support voice codecs such as G.711, G.723 and
G.729. It provides connectivity from phone to phone, fax to fax, or PC to
phone. In addition, it provides store and forward services such as PC to
fax, email to fax and fax broadcasting. Its modular architecture will
enable users to expand service functionality incrementally by adding
modules as needed.
ArelNet
arelnet.com
Golden Line Network Services
goldenline.com
Vienna Systems and ACC Introduce Carrier Grade Internet Telephony Gateway
====================================
Vienna Systems has announced that it has teamed with Advanced Computer
Communications (ACC), a provider of network access solutions, to develop a
gateway by integrating its IP Telephony technology and call processing
capabilities with ACC's Tigris family of multi-service remote access
concentrators (RACs). The integrated gateway is expected to deliver a
scalable, fault-tolerant IP telephony architecture that carriers can use to
deploy widespread voice services over the public Internet and private
intranets.
The gateway will be specifically designed to address a carrier's
requirements for high concentration points bridging the PSTN and IP voice
networks. The base product is expected to support up to 1500 ports per
shelf. In the gateway design, the companies plan to implement the
capability to interface IP networks and the PSTN with the Internet via T1,
T3, E1 and PRI connections. It will support call control through Vienna's
Call Processing Server and Services Control Node for dynamic call set-up,
routing and billing management. It will be H.323 compliant to ensure
interoperability with IP products from multiple vendors. The product will
feature the high density benefits offered in the Tigris RAC for scalability
and migration to emerging technologies, and a two gigabyte packet bus to
ensure low-latency packet transfers for voice applications and high-speed
backbone access via ATM. In addition, ACC's call by call technology will
enable DSP resources to be intelligently assigned to a variety of services
including voice and data services on a common pool of ports from a single
platform.
ACC is a manufacturer of integrated remote access and internetworking
products that provide cost-effective solutions for service providers and
corporate enterprise networks. ACC also develops VPN technologies and
solutions designed to address emerging applications for both public and
private networks.
Vienna Systems
viennasys.com
Advanced Computer Communications
acc.com
Digitcom Receives $25 Million Load from German Government to Build IP Network
===============================
Digitcom has announced that the German Brandenburg government has approved
a $25 Million financing deal. The financing will be in the form of grants
from the German government in fixed asset investments and low interest
loans. Digitcom will use the funds to establish an IP telephony network
across Germany with a center of operations in Potsdam.
Digitcom Corporation
digitcom.com
PAT Telecom Teams with bcmfax.net to Deploy 14 South American Internet Fax
POPs
=================================
bcmfax.net has announced an agreement with PAT Telecom, a division of
Buenos Aires-based TecnoVoz, to deploy 14 Internet facsimile nodes in South
America. Nodes in Buenos Aires, San Paulo, and Montevideo are currently
being tested. The companies plan to locate the remaining 11 nodes in
Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay.
With the addition of 14 nodes in South America, bcmfax.net will operate a
network of more than 35 Nodes in 23 countries. The international Internet
facsimile network is available to all providers of bcmfax.net Internet
facsimile services.
In a separate announcement, bcmfax.net has unveiled version 3.0 of its
admin software, Back Office Software System (BOSS). BOSS automates billing
and settlement for members of bcmfax.net who provide Internet fax service
local customers. The application provides a debit platform to enable
members to set customer credit limits to implement more control over
monitoring IP fax users. It will notify members when customers reach
80-90% of the credit limit and auto disable user fax capabilities when
credit limits are reached.
A Windows compliant BOSS application is currently available exclusively for
member providers.
bcmfax.net
bcmfax.net
US West & FaxNet Co-Develop Internet Facsimile Service
=======================
US West announced that it has teamed with FaxNet to develop FaxPower, an
end-to-end Internet facsimile service. FaxPower will be marketed to SOHO
users that need to compete with or do business with large corporations.
FaxPower users will be able to send single or broadcast facsimiles via
existing MegaBit, ISDN, modem or LAN Internet connections. Faxes can be
created in any Windows application and sent using mail merge techniques.
The service will automatically compress and send outbound documents to a
dedicated US West FaxPower server in near real time, and incoming faxes
will be sent to an e-mail address. The service features sales and customer
support, web based registration, fax tracking services and delivery
confirmation via e-mail or a fax status monitor available on the web.
US West
uswest.com
FaxNet
faxnet.net
FaxSav Introduces Reseller Program for it Internet Facsimile Products
================================
FaxSav has announced that it is offering a reseller program for the
distribution of its line of Internet fax software products and services.
Resellers that are accepted into the program will receive discounts on
products or services purchased and commissions for products or services
deployed. In addition, qualified resellers will have access to FaxSav's
training, support, and marketing collateral teams.
The FaxSav Global Internet Fax network, with nodes in 28 countries,
integrates traditional fax transmission services with the Internet or IP
transport. Providers that incorporate FaxSav's technology into their
products or link them to the network, can offer its subs the ability to
send facsimiles over the Internet.
FaxSav
faxsav.com
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