Hybrid Network Element suits next-generation telco services.
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Deployed at network edge, nSignia® eSTP(TM) combines routing, signaling, provisioning, and traffic management capabilities. It provides dynamic load distribution, congestion, and overload management, as well as transaction steering for optimal application performance. Depending on position within network, nSignia eSTP can be deployed for service, network, or transport optimization. Providers can create all-IP islands or even replace core SS7 network with IP-based signaling network.
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Ulticom's New nSignia eSTP Targets the Network Edge, the Frontier of Opportunity for Next-Generation Telco Services
Turnkey IP-SS7 hybrid network element is based upon proven STP capabilities and concepts derived from the world of routers, gateways, and firewalls
MT. LAUREL, N.J., Feb. 6 /-- Ulticom(R) (ULCM.PK) today ushered in the next telecommunications services paradigm with the launch of nSignia(R) eSTP(TM) (Edge Signal Transfer Point), a hybrid network element that shifts new value creation from the complex and expensive network core to a flexible, economical architecture on the network edge.
By placing nSignia eSTP at the edges of current networks, service providers create opportunities for new capabilities and new technologies by incrementally extending existing networks and business models. Current services can be optimized for greater performance, and problems associated with change can be mitigated before they affect the core network. Providers can create all-IP islands with remarkable cost and performance benefits or eventually even replace their core SS7 network with an IP-based signaling network -- one surrounded by islands of SS7 where cost or operational considerations dictate.
Derived from the strong heritage of Signalware(R), the market leading* SS7 signaling solution, nSignia eSTP is an evolutionary turnkey network element that combines advanced routing, signaling, provisioning and traffic management capabilities. Depending on its position within the network, nSignia eSTP can be deployed for service, network or transport optimization. Key functionality includes dynamic load distribution, congestion and overload management, and transaction steering for optimal application performance.
"nSignia eSTP is built with networking's future in mind," said Elisabeth Rainge of IDC. "Providers should understand the benefits of a change in mindset away from core networks to edge-based architectures and of networks built from smaller, more flexible network elements. They need agility and high performance to add and modify services that improve the service provider's time to respond to market demands. nSignia eSTP gives service providers a way to adopt a package that's small and economical enough to be widely deployed at the network edge."
nSignia eSTP is available on distributed, open standards-based hardware technologies from companies such as Sun and IBM that are NEBS-compliant and built to meet the rigorous high availability standards service providers require. These platforms offer the added advantage of being able to provide carriers a smaller footprint, which translates to easier maintenance and lower OPEX when deployed.
"This is a natural progression for our company in leveraging Signalware, a widely deployed and trusted technology," said Osman Duman, Ulticom senior vice president and chief marketing officer. "By choosing nSignia eSTP, our network equipment and service provider customers can ride the Moore's Law wave as succeeding generations of powerful open computing platforms become available. nSignia eSTP's smaller footprint, ease of maintenance and significantly less power consumption than traditional network equipment translate to huge savings for the network operator; in some cases, the annual cost savings alone versus traditional STPs will cover the price of an nSignia eSTP."
About Ulticom, Inc.
Ulticom provides service essential signaling solutions for wireless, wireline, and Internet communications. Ulticom's products are used by leading telecommunication equipment and service providers worldwide to deploy mobility, location, payment, switching, and messaging services. Ulticom is headquartered in Mount Laurel, NJ with additional offices in the United States, Europe, and Asia.
*Signalware is the market leading SS7 solution as measured by Venture Data Corporation (VDC), an independent technology market research and strategy firm.
Web site: http://www.ulticom.com/
