AudioCodes Unveils Mediant 3000 Media Gateway for VoP

AudioCodes introduced a new Mediant 3000 media gateway that packs from 480 to 4,032 low-bit-rate VoIP/VoATM channels and SONET/SDH interfaces into a 2U compact footprint. The Mediant 3000 will be offered in 1+0, 1+1 or 2+0 media gateway blade configurations that contain the functionality of the stand-alone shelf controllers, Ethernet switches, voice processing blades and interface cards typically utilized in large gateways. The Mediant 3000 supports a variety of VoIP, Wireless, and Cable vocoders, standards-compliant signaling and call control, as well as integrated SIGTRAN-compliant Signaling Gateway interworking. It provides redundant PSTN, IP and ATM interfaces. In future releases, the Mediant 3000 is planned to be available with optional 1+1 blade redundancy and PSTN failover as well. Initial customer trials are slated for Q3 2004. http://www.audiocodes.com