Netbricks supports latest TiSpan standards with new SIP-based POTS to IM CN interworking protocol

The new Netbricks interworking signaling protocol package IWF-Bricks POTS is fully compliant with the latest TiSpan ETSI standards.

Paris, October 24, 2007, Press Release - Network equipment vendors can realize FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence) architectures more easily and with lower risk thanks to Netbricks’ new protocol suite, which carries on the company’s tradition of providing highly stable standards-compliant protocol stacks.

Netbricks’ IWF-Bricks POTS interworking package significantly shortens FMC product development time, as Netbricks CEO and President Didier Raffenoux points out: “With our long-standing technology leadership in both legacy/TDM and NGN signaling protocol stacks, we are the first TiSpan-compliant provider in the market. And as always, our 400-plus loyal customers know they are getting a product that does not add to but cuts their development effort. That is what Netbricks lives by – quality solutions that simply work.”

The ETSI TiSpan committee has worked hard to define FMC-related architecture and procedures. The standard enables legacy and TDM equipment to connect to an IP multimedia core network (IM CN) using IMS standards as an input and SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) as the signaling protocol for call control. While some ETSI gateway functionality standards for interworking between analog and digital circuit-based equipment are still in draft form, the set as a whole is now mature and stable enough to allow product development.

Covering the interworking between POTS (Plain Old Telephone System) and SIP, the Netbricks IWF-Bricks POTS signaling package is a very complete implementation compliant with the ETSI ES 283 003, as well as a series of other ETSI standards (TS 183 0xx). Its many supported features such as overlap signaling, billing and conferencing result in a comprehensive solution that needs much less integration effort.

The IWF-Bricks POTS package is the first of a set of products compliant with the new TiSpan standards, all of them based on the familiar, highly stable SIP-Bricks product suite. Netbricks’ software emulation tool, NetLab-Bricks – which runs under both Linux and Windows and emulates a P-CSCF (Proxy State Control Function) or an AGCF (Access Gateway Control Function) – has also been updated to fully support the new capabilities.

About Netbricks SA

Netbricks is the world’s longest-running independent protocol stack provider. No-one else in the market has the same reputation for providing solutions that shorten development time and increase prospects for success so dramatically. What differentiates us from many others is our comprehensiveness. We provide it all – circuitswitched legacy, TDM network protocol stacks and packet-switched IP solutions for both wireless and fixed networks.

Our business success is reflected by the hundreds of loyal customers who appreciate our responsiveness and our total commitment, getting their job done fast and with highest reliability. Achieving their long-term repeat business is our greatest source of pride. We specialize in taking the risk out of our customers’ projects, offering uncompromising engineering excellence, long-standing project expertise, and a flexible and innovative business model. Talk to us and we will help you get it done !

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