able to work with SIP-based IP phones and soft phones in an IP telephony environment without any changes. The new version of DivaServer SoftIP supports the current Microsoft Windows operating systems and uses a new flexible software licensing system based entirely on software activation keys.

Bandwidth.com Launches SIP Trunking Solution Bandwidth.com ( www.bandwidth.com) has launched an SIP trunking product, thus eliminating the need for additional hardware to convert TDM traffic to VoIP. The service provides a simple end-to-end SIP VoIP connection to a network of carrier gateways. A business can oversubscribe each VoIP trunk, so a company can purchase trunks for the number of concurrent calls they support rather than buying one for each individual employee. Bandwidth.com is offering the product with unlimited incoming and local calls and a charge of less than two cents per minute for long distance calls.

Eyeball Networks Releases
Firewall, NAT, and Proxy
Traversal Solution for VoIP
Services and Devices
Eyeball Networks ( www.eyeball.com)
has announced the release of its Any-
Firewall Server that enables traversal of
VoIP calls through firewalls, NAT de-
vices, and Web proxies. The company’s
server is designed to address the NAT/

firewall traversal needs of service provider networks while leveraging existing SIP infrastructure. Eyeball Any-Firewall Server interoperates with SIP proxies and softswitches and is designed to be a key component in services based on IMS. The server can be combined with the Eyeball Messenger SDK to complete most calls by using peer-to-peer media transport between endpoints. When peer-to-peer transport is not available, the system falls back to a relay service.

Trinity Convergence Intros
High-Fidelity VoIP and
Video Platform
Trinity Convergence ( www.trinity
convergence.com) has announced the
availability of the VertiCall Edge 3.0
Hi-Fidelity voice and video over IP plat-
form. The software platform provides
wideband voice processing technology to
deliver voice quality that is superior to
what is delivered over today’s PSTN and
VoIP networks. OEMs can standardize
on a single VoIP software platform across
their entire product portfolio. Features
include wideband voice codecs, music
codecs, and support for advanced H.264
video compression technology. These
features work together to create a more
powerful communications experience
that delivers rich media services and nat-
ural sounding audio on platforms rang-
ing from Wi-Fi phones to video phones
and other VoIP-enabled communica-
tions devices. Voice codecs and stream
processing software includes G.722.2,
MP3, SP-MIDI, and RTSP. Video support
includes H.264, MPEG- 4, and H.263
codecs with VGA, CIF, QCIF, and SQCIF
resolutions up to 30 frames per second.

Unicoi Systems Releases
Fusion Real Time
Streaming Protocol
Unicoi Systems ( www.unicoi.com) has
released the Fusion Real Time Streaming
Protocol (RTSP) for clients and servers.
Fusion RTSP was specifically designed
for embedded systems. It is operating
system and stack independent, and it
includes support of IPv4 and IPv6. It is
written in 100 percent portable ANSI C.
It provides a high-level API that hides
the internal details of the RTSP engine

Telchemy Adds New
VoIP and IPTV Test Tools
for Residential Triple
Play Market
Telchemy ( www.telchemy.com) has released
the DVQattest/RE active test system to give
service providers essential visibility into
service quality problems for the residential
VoIP and IPTV market. Already in service
with one leading provider, DVQattest/RE
uses a client/server model, with light-
weight downloadable agents and servers
capable of generating high call volumes
and collecting performance data. DVQattest
Reporter provides an interactive Java-based
user interface for examining the data.
Agents can be downloaded onto subscriber
PCs or other CPE (customer premises equip-
ment), and they can interact with the net-
work-based server to measure the quality
of bidirectional VoIP test calls or network
originated IPTV test streams. DVQattest/
RE is complementary to Telchemy’s VQmon
passive monitoring technology that can
be integrated into soft clients, IP set-top
boxes, or residential gateways.

from the application, thus simplifying RTSP application development.

ZyXEL Announces SME
Security Appliance
ZyXEL Communications (www.zyxel.
com) has announced the latest edition
to their line of security appliances, the
Zy WALL 1050. The device features high-
performance VPN options, enhanced
access control with a comprehensive
user-aware policy engine, and high
availability in a single unit. It will sup-
port 15 WAN connections on each of its
five-gigabit ports. It enables businesses
to offer 1,000 VPN tunnels and support
over 500 users. The user-policy engine
enables IT departments to define net-
work access permissions down to indi-
vidual users, including permission levels
defined by user ID, user group, time of
access, and network quota. With an em-
bedded signature-based IDP engine, the
Zy WALL 1050 performs Layer 7 packet
inspection for protocol anomaly or
matched patterns. Updates are delivered
through the company’s security distribu-
tion network to the appliance. V