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Eventually, VOIP gateways will look more like large computers and less like carrier telecom equipment. VOIP Gateways: Surviving the Softswitch Revolution, a 16-page report, is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Light Reading Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. Business phone service voipOIP Gateways Are Still Alive and Well in Many Service Provider Networks, New Report Finds The need to converge TDM and IP-based voice traffic makes VOIP gateways indispensable for many network operators, according to Light Reading Insider Although they were earmarked for obsolescence with VoIP Main Page the Business modello voiparrival of softswitches, VOIP gateways continue to play a key role in many carrier networks and will continue to attract spending from network operators as they converge VOIP and TDM voice services, according to a new report from the subscription research service Light Reading Insider. VOIP Gateways: Surviving the Softswitch Revolution details how different classes of network operators are using carrier-class VOIP gateways Business services telecommunication voipin their networks and assesses those operators' long-term VOIP gateway deployment strategies and business models for delivering VOIP services to consumers, enterprises, and wholesale users. The report analyzes VOIP network architectures and strategies now in place at eight leading carriers, including AT&T, Global Crossing, and Level 3 Communications. The report also provides VoIP Main Page a competitive analysis of the VOIP gateway products and strategies of more than a dozen equipment manufacturers, including major incumbent vendors such as Alcatel, Cisco Systems, Huawei Technologies, Lucent Technologies, and Nortel Networks, as well as VOIP specialists such as Sonus Networks. The big divide Business phone voipin the VOIP gateway arena appears to be in who gets to have a product that qualifies as a carrier-class gateway -- Cisco and its competitors, or large vendors scaling back softswitches to get distribution in networks, the report notes. At the core of this fight is the desire to VoIP Main Page sell standalone VOIP gateways. In an installation such as Level 3 or Global Crossing, being the vendor of choice could mean sales of dozens of large platforms -- a tempting opportunity for many vendors. Key findings of the report include: VOIP gateways are taking over some of the Benefit business voipfunctions of softswitches, including routing, call building, SS7 interconnection, and feature server application support. The core economic VoIP Main Page driver for VOIP gateways' higher profile is VOIP traffic volume. The centralized call control offered by softswitches has grown unprofitable, and thus unfashionable. Eventually, VOIP gateways will look more like large computers and less like carrier telecom equipment. VOIP Gateways: Surviving the Softswitch Revolution, a 16-page report, is available as part of an annual subscription (12 monthly issues) to Light Reading Insider, priced at $1,350. Individual reports are available for $900. |
