Central Telegraph (CNT), a Russian service provider, selected Veraz Networks’ ControlSwitch and high-density I-Gate 4000 Media Gateway for deployment in its VoIP network. The equipment will be used in CNT’s Multitel project, which will provide multiple services across Russia. The Veraz equipment supports a multivendor platform, enabling CNT to accommodate traffic from multiple local VoIP providers. The Veraz softswitch is a call control platform that offers traditional toll, tandem and local voice services, as well as new, converged voice-data services. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Veraz Networks’ I-Gate 4000 PRO media gateway features a non-blocking switching platform that can support up to 64,000 ports on a single shelf. The high-density switching architecture is based on a 100,000 DS0 TDM switching fabric and a 20 Gbps packet switching fabric on each shelf. The gateway can serve both native TDM and hybrid TDM-VoIP switching environments. It can be deployed as part of an integrated packet telephony solution with Veraz’s own ControlSwitch softswitch platform or in conjunction with third-party softswitch platforms. Support is provided for SS7 ISUP, ISDN-PRI and CAS trunking interfaces, enabling multiple carrier applications such as domestic & international long distance services, tandem switching, Class 4 switch replacement, PBX/PABX access via ISDN-PRI and static IP trunking.
- Veraz Networks was formed through the merger of ECI Telecom’s NGTS division and NexVerse.