generation suite of IP signaling protocols. The U4EA Fusion 1000 Signaling Gateways support the full range of protocol conversion. Built on industry-standard blade-server hardware and operating systems, the family of gateways scales from an entry-level 1U Fusion 1001 supporting up to 900 DS0s through the eight-blade Fusion 1008 to multiple 16-blade Fusion 1016s supporting several million DS0s. Key features of the Fusion 1000 Series include a comprehensive range of ISDN, CAS, and NGN signaling protocols, a protocol analysis tool for centralized monitoring of signaling protocols and built-in protocol analyzer, and an element manager including a wide range of carrier-class diagnostic tools including visibility all the way to subscriber interfaces.
Nortel Enhances Carrier
Ethernet Solutions
Nortel ( www.nortel.com) has enhanced
its Carrier Ethernet portfolio. New PBT
(provider backbone transport) gear
includes the Metro Ethernet Routing
Switch 8600 and two new Metro
Ethernet Service Units in the 1800
portfolio. The 8600 Routing Switch in-
cludes new processors for better perfor-
mance and the ability to accommodate
new services and advanced networking
traffic management, along with new
module options to allow carriers to tai-
lor deployments to their requirements.
Within the Ethernet Service Units port-
folio, the Metro ESU 1880 and 1860
feature enhanced capabilities optimized
to provide flexible options for the de-
livery of services and aggregation ca-
pabilities that provide new deployment
options, and capacity that enables hun-
dreds of thousands users to be served
cost effectively.
Breaking news on hardware is also avail-
able at http://vonmag.com/hardware/
SquareLoop and Sprint
Deploy Geographically
Targeted Mobile Alert
Service
SquareLoop ( www.squareloop.com) has
partnered with Sprint to deploy the ad-
vanced features of the company’s Mobile Alert Network. The service offers advanced, geographically targeted public-safety alerts to mobile phones, enabling officials to send messages to subscribers based on the subscriber’s actual location. SquareLoop’s LBS (location-based services) technology lets public- and private-sector officials send geographically targeted messages to subscribers
based on their actual location as they travel. Unlike other LBS applications, SquareLoop’s Mobile Alert Network puts the intelligence in the handset to maintain subscriber location privacy. Other features include special alert tones and vibrating cadences, support for multiple languages, message groups, and a text-to-speech version that allows delivery of a message as an audio file.
D2 Technologies ( www.d2tech.com) mCUE software provides a communications user interface (CUI) with the company’s vPORT MP VoIP software platform for OEMs and service providers delivering fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) and unified communications (UC) functionality. mCUE provides a complete embedded software framework for multimode handsets for enterprise and consumer use, such as dual-mode cellular/WiFi phones.
Java-based, the mCUE user interface
provides a multi-identity, multi-session,
multi-protocol engine, enabling users to
Raketu Debuts VoIP Client
for BlackBerry
Raketu ( www.raketu.com) has released a
VoIP Web application optimized for the
BlackBerry family of devices. Business users
can use their devices to make international
calls totally free or at Raketu’s low-cost
VoIP calling rates. Additionally, business
users can send SMS text messages globally,
and send e-mail all from within the Raketu
BlackBerry Application. The application is
entirely Web-based and does not require
users to download any software.
simultaneously log into multiple communications services such as SIP, Google Talk, Yahoo, AIM, and others. It also includes presence-centric and push-to-X control over all types of sessions, including voice, IM, SMS, and e-mail messaging.
NMS Communications Launches LiveWire Mobile NMS Communications (www.nmscom munications.com) has created Live Wire, a new division of the company dedicated to delivering mobile personalization services to operators. The new division splits the company into two parts, NMS Communications for developers and Live Wire Mobile for operators, with the latter being a services company. Live Wire provides a complete end-to-end service-delivery platform for personalization that encompasses user experience, content management, powerful personalization engines, and targeted marketing. Complementary marketing services deliver strategies that build subscriber service adoption and usage, providing operators with pre- and post-launch support.
Pulvermedia Announces the VON Virtual Tradeshow Pulvermedia ( www.pulvermedia.com) will host the VON Virtual Tradeshow on May 7-8, 2008. A Virtual Conference Center allows attendees to scroll through conference program sessions, choosing live sessions they want to attend in real
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