teleSys Software Completes Successful Deployment of SS7-IP Gateway In AT&T's Wireless Service Network
February 13, 2001
Burlingame, California
teleSys Software Inc today announced the completion of a successful launch of teleSys Software's MACH7-IP Gateway, which is used to interface with AT&T Wireless Office Service customer premise equipment. The MACH7-IP Gateway is currently tested and deployed in the AT&T Wireless network. MACH7-IP Gateway moves the power of SS7 to a TCP/IP-based client/server environment, allowing unlimited worldwide separation of wireless-office controllers. This architecture provides affordable and secure SS7 connectivity for wireless-service providers.
The teleSys MACH7-IP Gateway is based on a highly available architecture that virtually eliminates lost network messages and brings availability to internetworking applications. This concept, which teleSys developed and deployed using distributed MTP-3, eliminates lost signaling traffic. The MACH7-IP Gateway runs on a pair of Sun Netra T-1125 using the Solaris operating environment. The core SS7 signaling software incorporates Trillium’s source code, which enhances and extends the signaling capabilities of telecommunications networks.
AT&T Wireless Office Service gives subscribers a single-phone, single-number system that serves as a wireless-office phone on the enterprise-phone network, and automatically connects to the local-wireless network outside the office. The system allows users to make and receive calls, utilizing all the features of their office phones (such as call transfer and forwarding, 4- or 5-digit dialing, and three-way calling) with a wireless phone anywhere in a building or campus environment. Calls within range of the system incur no per-minute airtime charges.
"AT&T Wireless is the industry leader with in-building systems, and by deploying into their network after stringent testing, teleSys has achieved a significant acceptability of its product as the de facto industry standard for IP Gateways," said Bobby Bahl, CEO of teleSys Software. "We have achieved compatibility with all major players in the industry for WOS controllers, which allows service providers greater flexibility when providing service to the end user.
“This combined effort now presents service providers with a complete telecommunications solution to enable the deployment of new and enhanced communication applications," said Frank Morese, vice president of marketing for Trillium Digital Systems, Inc.. Trillium’s technology enabled the development of a high-performing solution that can be easily implemented, which will speed up their customers time-to-market.”
"This alliance between teleSys and Sun Microsystems gives telecom service providers one of the best performing Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) complaint platforms on which to deploy SS7 applications for demanding services like AT&T Wireless Office Service," says Thomas Cheng, market development manager for Sun Microsystems.
"We fully expect our release of the SS7-IP Gateway to create a major business opportunity for our company over the next few years, and will confirm teleSys Software's position as a major player and supplier for wireless carriers," says Ajit Sadarangani, vice president of sales & marketing for teleSys Software.
About teleSys Software
teleSys is the Premier Provider of solutions for the Next-Generation Intelligent Network, delivering open-systems software and hardware. teleSys is a privately held corporation with offices in Burlingame CA. teleSys’ products support multiple protocol architectures and run on highly available open-systems platforms. TeleSys’ products change the reliability and availability paradigm by delivering greater than 99.999% (5 nines) availability in a software-based solution. teleSys has successfully developed and integrated a set of network elements that have been deployed in the networks of major wireless carriers.
About AT&T Wireless Group (www.att.com/wireless)
The AT&T Wireless Group (NYSE: AWE) is among the world's premier wireless voice, data and fixed wireless communications companies, serving more than 17 million customers, including consumers, businesses, and government.
About Sun Microsystems, Inc .
Since its inception in 1982, a singular vision - The Network Is The Computer[tm] -- has propelled Sun Microsystems, Inc. (Nasdaq:SUNW), to its position as a leading provider of industrial-strength hardware, software and services that power the Internet and allow companies worldwide to dot-com their businesses. With $15.7 billion inannual revenues, Sun can be found in more than 170 countries and on the World Wide Web at http://sun.com.
About Trillium
Trillium Digital Systems, Inc. is an Intel company headquartered in Los Angeles, California and is a leading provider of communications software solutions for the converged network infrastructure. Trillium's source code solutions are used in more than 500 projects by industry-leading suppliers of wireless, Internet, broadband and telephony products. Trillium's high-performance, high-availability software and services reduce time, risk and cost of implementing SS7, IP, ATM, Wireless and other standards-based communications protocols. Trillium, an ISO 9001-certified software company, is the Networking Software Division of Intel's Network Processing Group which focuses on the Intel® Internet Exchange Architecture. Additional information is available at http://www.trillium.com.
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For more information, contact:
Amit Chopra, teleSys Software, Inc., (650) 692-2297, achopra@telesys.com
Preeti Bhatt, Sun Microsystems, (408) 720-4922, Preeti.Bhatt@eng.sun.com
Amanda Ingalls, Trillium Digital Systems, Inc., (310) 481-7623, a_ingalls@trillium.com