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IPgallery offers solutions for all markets fixed, cable and mobile
IPgallery provides an integrated, end-to-end product platform enabling Service Providers to deliver quadruple-play voice, Internet, video and mobile services.
IPgallery works with Service Providers to create individualized solutions tailored to their requirements, whether at the network core/mediation layers or for the application and services provided to business or residential clients.
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IPgallery provides Advanced Multimedia Applications & IMS core-network solutions, enabling service providers worldwide, to deliver quad-play voice, internet, video & mobile services.
IPgallery has created unique Software modules, including a host of Application Servers (Feature-rich IP Telephony, Award winning Mobile Office, Personalized Communications & Social Networking Portal, IP Centrex, Virtual PBX Capabilities; Video Application Server for IPTV applications and much more for enhanced communications), IMS Core Components, Class 4 & Class 5 Softswitching, and Enhanced Service Delivery Layer Solutions for Converged Communications (Service Broker, Tandem Routing Engine, Protocol Converter Mediation & OSS/BSS Mediation, with 3rd Party SDPs).
Overview
IPgallerys mission is to support the Service Providers effort toward a richer user experience by providing end-to-end Converged Communications tools.
For the past 9 years, IPgallery has been enabling communications convergence by offering advanced products and services that reflect, with unmatched speed-to-market, smooth integration and customizable solutions, a unique technological expertise. A large network of partners and dedicated in-house Professional Services have allowed IPgallery to achieve worldwide deployments.
Passionate about the future of unified carrier-grade communications, IPgallery has developed a highly advanced converged platform in line with todays service offerings with room for visionary growth. Enhanced SDP technology, seamlessly integrated through mediation layer tools with the core switching network, enables smooth deployment of services for voice, video and data applications.
Through an innovative and unique end-to-end Converged Communications platform, IPgallery provides its market with faster, more efficient and cost-effective ways to surpass existing service offerings.
Founder & Chairman
Avihai is an entrepreneur with over 30 years of highly successful business management and engineering experience in managing software development and system integration of complex telecommunications systems with exceptional, vast expertise in software architecture and hardware design. Avihai established IPgallery with the vision to deliver IP-based software switching and communication technology along with advanced multimedia applications to the emerging quadruple-players marketplace. Previously, he successfully facilitated key engineering management positions at Alcatel Public Switching (merged with Lucent) in Belgium, at leading Israeli telecommunications companies, and at the Israeli Ministry Of Defense.
Avihai holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from Tel Aviv University, Israel.
Co-founder
Michelle has over 20 years of business management and hands-on engineering experience in the telecommunications industry. Prior to the establishment of IPgallery Michelle facilitated key managerial and marketing roles at an alternative VoIP service provider (NASDAQ: ARBX) based in New York, SA, and at Better Online Solutions (NASDAQ:BOSC; TASE: BOSC). Prior to that, she fulfilled project leadership, system design, and engineering positions at the Israeli Ministry Of Defense mission based in New York City, NY, and six years at the IDFs elite computing unit.
Michelle obtained her B.SC. in Computer Science with honors from the University of New York, and an M.S. in Telecommunications with honors from Pace University NY, NY, USA.
Chief financial Officer
Adi is a Certified Public Accountant and has been leading IPgallerys financial affairs since 2005, after returning from Boston, Massachusetts, where she has spent more than 3 years acting as an independent accounting consultant. Prior to this Adi served as a Senior Associate in PricewaterhouseCoopers, one of largest business advisory firms.
Adi has extensive experience servicing emerging, middle market and public companies that are traded in NASDAQ.
CTO
Sagiv has over 15 years of experience in algorithm design, engineering, and R&D team leadership roles in communications, telephony over CATV systems, and telecommunications specializing in high-performance, multi-threading, multi-processing, and distributed architecture computing. Prior to joining IPgallery Sagiv was an advisor engineer at VocalTec and held key R&D positions at NelySoft Cabletel Ltd and GTS.
Sagiv earned a B.Sc. in Mathematics and Computer Sciences from Ben-Gurion University of Beer Sheva, Israel.
VP Sales, International
Avi brings 15 years of knowledge in the field of telecommunication, mainly in sales and business creation. Using his comprehensive experience with EMEA Tier 1&2 operators and ISPs, Avi conducted major partnership consortiums and established unique Sales opportunities. Avi's expertise includes leading sales and marketing platforms, managing sales teams in broad geographical territories, developing new businesses leads and establishing large prospects with strategic and global accounts. Prior to joining IPgallery, Avi served in Senior Sales and Marketing positions at Personeta, Alvarion, Siemens Com and ECI Telecom.
Avi Holds a B.A. in Communication and Management from Management College and MBA from Tel Aviv University.
Vice President, Engineering
David has over 30 years of engineering and management experience in the telecommunications industry specializing in public switching and enterprise systems. Previously he successfully fulfilled head of public switching in the engineering department and head of marketing roles during his 14 years with Telrad. David also successfully led GlobCall a telecom solution vendor for two years.
David holds a B.Sc. in Electrical Engineering.
VP Operations
Mr. Gilad Bandel is an accomplished manager in Voice, Telecommunication, Cellular and Software Development industries. Prior to joining IPgallery, Mr. Bandel held VP R&D and CTO positions, as well as Technologies and Operations Management at leading companies including TTI Team Telecom International Ltd. (NASDAQ: TTIL), T-Soft, ECI Telecom, C. MER Industries Ltd. and LinkU.
During his 20 plus years of practice, Mr. Bandel obtained broad expertise in various Telecommunications fields, and performed business development as well as projects management with strategic partners and customers worldwide.
Executive Vice President Marketing & Sales
Dave Spear has more than 30 years of experience in the telecommunications industry, spanning marketing, sales, service, manufacturing and engineering. He has extensive experience in both North America and Asian markets. Prior to Joining IPgallery, Mr. Spear served as the Executive Vice President of Marketing & Sales as well as the CEO & President of Cedar Point Communications, where he was instrumental in creating the fastest growing private telecom company in the U.S. in 2007. Prior to this, Mr. Spear held a tremendous array of executive assignments at AT&T/Lucent Technologies, spanning consumer products, business communications systems, transmission systems, switching systems and access systems both in the United States and internationally.
Mr. Spear graduated from Rose Hulman Institute of Technology in the U.S. with a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering. He also attended the Advanced Management Program at the Harvard Business School.
Mr. Avihai Degani
Ms. Michelle
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Ms. Adi Sela
Mr. Sagiv Goren
Mr. Dave Spear
Mr. David Rawet
Mr. Gilad Bandel
Partnership
IPgallery is committed to design, develop and deliver ingenious high quality products and solutions alongside with professional services to the telecommunications industry. The company's software development methodologies implicate innovation, flexibility, responsiveness and unmatched performance.
IPgallery's philosophy endorses smooth migration to next generation networks, aiming at providing the best-of-breed solutions with leading worldwide partners.
To learn more about IPgallery's partnership possibilities please contact IPgallery's Partner Program Team using the form.
Solutions Overview
IPgallery works with Service Providers to create individualized solutions tailored to their requirements, whether at the network core/mediation layers or for the application and services provided to business or residential clients. Regardless of their network infrastructure, or the users devices/access, the IPgallery platform allows Service Providers to deploy the whole gallery of data and telephonymultimedia applications, and services, and network solutions.
The IPgallery Service Delivery Platform is device, access, and network independent. It allows the convergence of multiple applications and content through multiple devices (Mobile phone, PC, TV, Fixed line). It also integrates seamlessly with 3rd party applications for widgets, video, and web for social networking applications, content delivery services, and instant messaging. It supports legacy as well as advanced telephony features, such as Class 5, IP Centrex, Virtual PBX, and FMC.
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Migration to Next Generation Networks
IPgallery provides a gradual migration path from legacy to Next Generation Networks through its converged communications platform in order to promote all-IP based networks and to enable Sservice Pproviders to early start launching IMS-like services on today's networks while solving related provisioning, management and billing issues. IPgallery's NGN Adaptation Platform is a set of SoftwareSW components mediating between different environments to create a converged ecosystem and solve multi-type, multi-vendor core-network and applications issues.
OSS/BSS Mediation
OSS/BSS mediation allows for business logic and operating information to be included in SDP decision processes.
The platform effectively provisions all current services, requiring only minimal change in existing OSS/BSS and network configuration. It allows the creation of reports and statistics on the application and service level. It also provides Call Data Records (CDR) generation, collection and formatting as part of the application execution.
• CDRs are generated in standard format, including all service billing information per each call leg.
• CDRs are periodically collected and transferred to customers IT system
Additionally, the platform provides DIAMETER Ro interface for integration with IMS-enabled billing platforms and SysLog and SNMP traps for OSS integration
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FMC
IPgallery's Fixed Mobile Convergence (FMC) solution offers a combination of core network and advanced applications allowing service providers to roll-out converged fixed and mobile services to residential and business consumers today. By utilizing IPgallery's FMC solution service providers can take part in the convergence revolution in advance and be early to deliver the benefits of a unified communications experience to their subscribers.
IPgallery's FMC features and applications support seamless communication with one device across all mediums of access. IPgallery's FMC solution implements topology and application hiding, which enables multiple dynamic accesses to the network (from mobile or fixed) and simple integration of FMC services.
IPgallery's FMC features:
* OneNumber
* Voice Call Continuity (VCC)
* FMC Centrex
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IPgallery's Business Applications platform enables Operators to offer the business segment a complete and converged communications solution, with a unified user experience across all communication terminals; significant improvement in business communications processes (whether internal or external) and innovative tools to manage communications' expenses (voice and messaging). Based on IPgallery's All-in-One Application server, IPgallery implemented Class 5 IP Telephony, IP Centrex, and FMC features for the Business Segment.
The Business Applications platform enables Operators to launch unified services that are device and media independent, enabling flexible, easy configuration and implementation of new features.
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The IPgallery Service Delivery Platform is device, access, and network independent. It allows the convergence of multiple applications and content through multiple devices (Mobile phone, PC, TV, Fixed line) . It also integrates seamlessly with 3rd party applications for widgets, video, and web for social networking applications, content delivery services, and instant messaging. It supports legacy as well as advanced telephony features, such as Class 5, IP Centrex, Virtual PBX, and FMC.
IPgallery's Family Application platform allows Operators to deliver a whole gallery of basic and advanced services to private consumers, including the following features:
• Individual Personalization: Ringback tones, Individual extensions, selective features implementations
(self provisioning of features)
• Advanced Routing: Warm Line, Wake up / reminder call, Missed Call Notification, Virtual Number,
Time Dependant Routing, SimRing, Serial Hunt, SMS to Email
• Parental Control: Kids quota, Kids white/black list, Multimedia access control, Prepaid, Collect Call
• Convergence: One Number, Voice Call Continuity, IM / Presence, Click to Call, Click to conference
• Video: Video Telephony (TV Notifications, Click to X )
IPgallery's Consumer Applications platform delivers a truly enhanced and converged solution that leverages the fixed broadband and mobile networks, simplifying users' home, work, and mobile communications environment to a unified experience.
The telecommunication and Internet domains convergence is characterized by new technologies such as Web 2.0 and application mashups, together with successful attempts of big Internet players to offer alternative telecommunication services.
Based on its All-in-One Applications Server, enabling Class 5 IP Telephony, IP Centrex, and FMC features and services, IPgallery enables Operators to offer Community applications, to come up to par with Web 2.0 companies achieving true Next Generation services and maximizing their position in the convergence process. By integrating with the Service Providers' SDP or with any major web 2.0 site, IPgallery allows them to operate within a rich Web 2.0 environment while still leveraging on their unique service offering including for instance Presence, Location, and Billing.
Class 5
IPgallerys Class-5 IP Telephony application runs on top of IPgallerys All-in-One Application Server. It enables high-performance, scalability, and advanced implementation of IP telephony services over any broadband network environment.
IPgallery has extensive know-how in delivering advanced VoIP services based on its innovative modular architecture. Commercially deployed since 2002, IPgallerys VoIP solutions support millions of subscribers around the globe on various core-network configurations (legacy and NG) and service delivery platforms.
Products Overview
With unique flair and expertise, IPgallery provides an integrated, end-to-end product platform enabling Service Providers to deliver quadruple-play voice, Internet, video and mobile services.
IPgallery end-to-end platform integrates with every level of the providers network to support a variety of applications and product offerings. The IPgallery Product Platform diagram displays a classification of the companys products according to their network location (core network, mediation layer, access applications).
Core Network Softswitching
Class 5 & CAssiopea softswitch
In early 2002, IPgallery was first in commercially deploying an all-IP, fully PacketCable compliant softswitch telephony over cable solution with full D-QOS and security features. Since then, the CAssiopeia softswitch has been deployed worldwide and has evolved to enable Service Providerss to effectively compete in the quad-play marketplace by offering VoIP and multimedia services.
IPgallery's CAssiopeia softswitch include the following features:
• Network based architecture
• Modular interoperable components
• Rich set of telephony features for residential and business subscribers
• Simple routing
• Robust yet flexible system meeting Carrier-grade requirements for
o Unmatched performance
o High reliability
o High availability
o High scalability
o Geographical redundancy
o Built-in recovery mechanisms
• Easy operation and management
Converged Services Delivery
Tandem Routing Engine (TRE)
IPgallerys Tandem Routing Engine (TRE) serves as a Class 4 enhanced routing server, creating a centralized routing logic to manage all routing requests from different network elements (PSTN, PLMN, VoIP, IMS). It efficiently simplifies the mix-and-match of different switches, eliminates the need for pre-defining and publishing numbers ranges, and entirely masks the network topology to protect Core Network from AS access.
IPgallerys TRE also provides the following benefits:
• Improved network routing efficiency
• Simple provisioning and subscriber data management
• Easy multimedia session management
• Smooth migration path to IMS
• Significant reduction in CaPEX and OpEX
Service Broker (SB)
IPgallerys Service Broker (SB) mediates between the operator's existing multi-vendor switching environment and various Application Servers. It manages the interactions among services hosted on single or multiple Application Servers, enables seamless orchestration between existing legacy IN/CAP services (such as prepaid or VPN) and allows multiple services on the same event (IN trigger). By supporting a vast variety of protocols (among them SIP, ISC, SS7 INAP, CAMEL, and WIN), the Service Broker enables fast and flexible deployment of new services, and the implementation of existing legacy applications in all-IP networks (and vice-versa).
With IPgallerys Service Broker, Service Providers can deliver value-added services in hybrid networks, independently of protocols and switching technologies.
Consumer Applications & Services
All-in-one Application Server (AAS)
The telecommunications arena is characterized by strong competition over customers' ownership, driving Service Providers to constantly surpass their telephony services offering to their residential and business customers.
IPgallery's All-in-One Application Server offers a rich set of Class-5 IP telephony features, advanced routing services, multimedia support, FMC, and IP Centrex. To manage multiple services in an efficient, high-performance, scalable yet flexible way, IPgallery's All-in-One Application Server includes a centralized customer-centric database, managing static and dynamic data and an internal SCIM layer managing the interworking and orchestration of all services. It implements a group-based architecture providing operators a simplified User Interface to define groups, sub groups, relationship between groups and between individuals, services definitions, and a variety of associations between services, groups and individuals.
My Contact Zone Application Suite and Portal
IPgallerys exclusive Web 2.0 Gateway, used in MyContactsZone, brings the Holy Grail of applications delivery with total convergence of devices and services , so Service Providers can reach that business goal fast, regardless of their network infrastructure.
MyContactsZone is a unique web-based application for Web 2.0 Telephony, allowing users to connect their friends and communities to all their devices with the following capabilities:
o Fix-Mobile Convergence (FMC)
o Social Networking Integration
o Manage Voice Services, One Number Capability, and Click to Dial
o IM Friends on other Social Networks
o Manage Buddy Lists
o Share Videos and Video Chat
o Locate Friends with Mobile Presence
TV 2.0 Video Distribution Platform
Over the past few years, Content Providers have leveraged the Internet technology to reach out directly to end user, often bypassing the Service Provider. A combination of growing bandwidth and better efficient encoding has enabled Over the Top Providers to get high quality video to the PC or, using external boxes, to the TV. Yet, most of the video consumption at home is done through the old fashioned TV set, so Content Owners and Providers have tremendous amount of content that is not reachable to the digital TV viewers. IPgallery offers a branded VoD portal (independent or part of the Service Providers VoD portal) with unlimited content and complete, infallible control, for ultimate viewer reach and retention.
IPgallerys VDP (Video Distribution Platform), is a centralized system that enables providers to bring content to the digital Set Top, integrate with existing Video on Demand (VoD) systems, add applications such as time shift TV, widgets, advertisement and P-EPG (Personal Electronic Program Guide). The centralized single platform can be used to distribute content to different Service Providers: Cable, Telco and ISPs.
Benefits to Service Providers are multiple: They can derive additional income from existing content, have access to unlimited number of subscribers in the world including places where their broadcast channels are not part of the local offering, use part of the CapEx that was invested for web services, keep their unique branding and build or access social networks on TV. Its truly the world of TV 2.0 with IPgallerys Video Distribution Platform!
Enterprise Applications
Bussiness Solutions
gallery's Business Applications platform enables Operators to offer the business segment a complete and converged communications solution, with a unified user experience across all communication terminals; significant improvement in business communications processes (whether internal or external) and innovative tools to manage communications' expenses (voice and messaging). Based on IPgallery's All-in-One Application server, IPgallery implemented Class 5 IP Telephony, IP Centrex, and FMC features for the Business Segment.
Class 5 & Cassiopeia Softswitch
IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)
IPgallery is a pioneer and market leader in designing an all-IP, modular network-based architecture, delivering standard-based IMS products. Thanks to a unique Software Grid Architecture approach, the IPgallery solution is uniquely equipped to built and expand IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) functionalities.
IPgallery's IMS core-network solution offers the following:
• Serving Call Session Control Function (S-CSCF)
• Proxy- Call Session Control Function (P-CSCF)
• Interrogating - Call Session Control Function (I-CSCF)
• Access Gateway Control Function (AGCF)
• Signaling Gateway Control Function (SGCF)
• Breakout Gateway Control Function (BGCF)
• Media Resource Function Controller (MRFC)
IPgallery is actively involved with worldwide organizations such as the IMS forum and CableLabs in order to promote the completely interoperable, best-of-breed deployment of Next Generation Networks. The Company has developed IMS solutions that comply with 3GPP, Tispan and PacketCable2.0 standards.
The IPgallery OSS/BSS Mediation platform integrates seamlessly with existing OSS/BSS systems, and is able to provision all existing services, requiring only minimal change in settings and network configuration. It creates a large variety of reports and statistics both at the application and at the service levels.
The platform allows for business logics and operating information to be including in SDP decision processes. It provides Call Data Records (CDR) generation, collection and formatting as part of the application execution. The platform offers a great level of granularity: CDRs are generated in standard format, including all service billing information per each call leg. CDRs are also periodically collected and transferred to the clietns IT system. In addition, the DIAMETER Ro interface allows easy integration with IMS-enabled billing platforms. The platform presents SysLog and SNMP traps for OSS integration.
Notwithstanding your current systems and network infrastructure, there is no better and more seamless integration than with the IPgallery OSS/BSS Mediation platform.
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Services Overview
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Products & Network Consulting
We know that Service Providers constantly face new and rapidly changing market demands. IPgallery delivers professional consulting services to help Operators with their evolving network architecture and promptly deliver advanced services competitively, minimizing disruption on their critical OSS / BSS environments and their service level while maintaining low costs of maintenance and support.
IPgallery's consulting services utilize the company's vast skill sets and expertise in the areas of legacy, all-IP networks and multimedia services. IPgallery's portfolio of consulting services includes:
• Network planning and integration
• Quick-start network go-to-market
• Migration from legacy to IMS networks
• Services and applications development
• System deployment, assimilation and enhancements
Integration & Support
IPgallery's provides 24 x 7 support services to its customers and partners worldwide. IPgallery's all-IP technology was designed to enable easy integration, fast deployment of core network and advanced applications, providing user-friendly tools to ongoing provisioning, overall system management, updates and upgrades. IPgallery's Customer Support & Integration team offers prompt attention and resolution ensuring high customer satisfaction.
Training
IPgallery provides a complete suite of training courses, both formal and hands-on, covering all aspects of Operations, Maintenance, and Provisioning.
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CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access)
Mobile digital radio technology where channels are defined with codes. CDMA permits many simultaneous transmitters on the same frequency channel, unlike TDMA (time division multiple access). CDMA2000 is a hybrid 2.5G / 3G technology of mobile telecommunications standards that use CDMA, a multiple access scheme for digital radio, to send voice, data, and signaling data (such as a dialed telephone number) between mobile phones and cell sites.
Caas (Communications as a Service)
Type of outsourced enterprise communications solution where a third party vendor (known as CaaS vendor) is responsible for the management of hardware and software required for delivering Voice over IP (also known as Voice as a Service), instant messaging, and video conferencing applications using fixed and mobile devices. Gartner defines CaaS as IP Telephony that is located within a third-party data center and managed and owned by a third party. The assets are not carrier-grade, the service is not "in the network" and the assets are multitenant in terms of usage. IP Centrex is an example of one type of CaaS. SIP trunking where you calls go over an IP network instead of TDM is another example.
FMC (Fixed and Mobile Telephony Convergence)
A clear trend is emerging in the form of fixed and mobile telephony convergence (FMC). The aim is to provide both services with a single phone, which could switch between networks ad hoc. Implementations of Voice call continuity claim "seamless mobility between VoWiFi and cellular networks" and on mobile handsets are designed using a software voice engine. Closed User Groups make it economically feasible to let the cellular net handle local voice calls, allowing the use of cellular-only handsets.
GAN (Generic Access Network)
Unlicensed Mobile Access or UMA, is the commercial name of the Generic Access Network, or GAN standard. GAN is a telecommunication system that extends mobile voice, data and IP Multimedia Subsystem/Session Initiation Protocol (IMS/SIP) applications over IP access networks. The most common application of GAN is in a dual-mode handset service where subscribers can seamlessly roam and handover between wireless LANs and wide area networks using a GSM/Wi-Fi dual-mode mobile phone. GAN enables the convergence of mobile, fixed and Internet telephony, sometimes called Fixed Mobile Convergence.
GSM (Global System for Mobile communications)
GSM services are a standard collection of applications and features available to mobile phone subscribers all over the world. The GSM standards are defined by the 3GPP collaboration and implemented in hardware and software by equipment manufacturers and mobile phone operators. The common standard makes it possible to use the same phones with different companies' services, or even roam into different countries. GSM is the world's most dominant mobile phone standard.
GPRS (General Packet Radio Service)
Packet oriented mobile data service available to users of the 2G cellular communication systems global system for mobile communications (GSM), as well as in the 3G systems. In 2G systems, GPRS provides data rates of 56-114 kbit/s. GPRS extends the GSM circuit switched data capabilities and makes the following services possible: "Always on" internet access; Multimedia messaging service (MMS); Push to talk over cellular (PoC/PTT); Instant messaging and presence; Internet applications for smart devices; and Point-to-point (P2P) service - inter-networking with the Internet (IP) .
IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem)
Architectural framework for delivering Internet Protocol (IP) multimedia services. Its original formulation represented an approach to delivering "Internet services" over GPRS. This vision was later updated by requiring support of networks other than GPRS, such as Wireless LAN, CDMA2000 and fixed line.
Internet Protocol (IP)
Protocol used for communicating data across a packet-switched internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite, also referred to as TCP/IP. IP is the primary protocol in the Internet Layer of the Internet Protocol Suite and has the task of delivering distinguished protocol datagrams (packets) from the source host to the destination host solely based on their addresses. The first major version of addressing structure, now referred to as Internet Protocol Version 4 (IPv4) is still the dominant protocol of the Internet, although the successor, Internet Protocol Version 6 (IPv6) is being deployed actively worldwide.
IP Centrex
The original Centrex was a simulated PBX providing similar features to the Central Telephone Exchange in the 1960s. The term has come full circle with the emergence of VoIP technology, and now m odern IP Centrex systems offer the same array of services than advanced PBX, although obviously completely different in concept and implementation. IP Centrex represents one type of CaaS.
NGN (Next Generation Networking)
NGN is a broad term to describe some key architectural evolutions in telecommunication core and access networks that will be deployed over the next 510 years. The general idea behind NGN is that one network transports all information and services (voice, data, and all sorts of media such as video) by encapsulating these into packets, like it is on the Internet. NGNs are commonly built around the Internet Protocol, and therefore the term "all-IP" is also sometimes used to describe the transformation toward NGN.
OSS/BSS
Operations Support Systems (also called Operational Support Systems) are computer systems used by telecommunications service providers. The term OSS most frequently describes "network systems" dealing with the telecom network itself, supporting processes such as maintaining network inventory, provisioning services, configuring network components, and managing faults. The complementary term Business Support Systems or BSS is a newer term and typically refers to "business systems" dealing with customers, supporting processes such as taking orders, processing bills, and collecting payments. The two systems together are often abbreviated BSS/OSS or simply B/OSS.
SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
Signaling protocol, widely used for controlling multimedia communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol (IP). Other feasible application examples include video conferencing, streaming multimedia distribution, instant messaging, presence information and online games. The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party (unicast) or multiparty (multicast) sessions consisting of one or several media streams. The modification can involve changing addresses or ports, inviting more participants, adding or deleting media streams, etc.
VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol)
General term for a family of transmission technologies for delivery of voice communications over IP networks such as the Internet or other packet-switched networks. Other terms frequently encountered and synonymous with VoIP are IP telephony, Internet telephony, voice over broadband (VoBB), broadband telephony, and broadband phone.
WLAN (Wireless LAN)
Wireless Local Area Networks link two or more computers or devices to enable communication between devices in a limited area. This gives users the mobility to move around within a broad coverage area and still be connected to the network.
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