IP TELEPHONY: Who’s offering What?

3Com—Commworks Corporation

A wholly owned subsidiary of 3Com, CommWorks Corporation offers versatile

solutions for multi-service packet-based networking. The CommWorks architecture

claims to allow service providers to deliver narrowband-enhanced data services,

IP telephony, wireless data, and broadband access over a single converged

network.

Commworks IP telephony solution has surpassed one billion minutes of live

voice traffic and is based on a carrier-class, three-tier architecture that

meets the demands of service providers on two fronts. It provides for the

seamless interconnection of existing infrastructure, such as the PSTN, IP

networks and the SS7 network. This allows for transparent delivery of

traditional telephony and new IP-based services. At the same time, the CommWorks

solution features standards-based, open Application Program Interfaces (APIs)

throughout its architecture, reducing time-to-market for new enhanced services

and applications.

The company is involved in some major SIP-based projects with carriers such

as Telia and Level 3.

Web site: www.commworks.com

Amoeba Telecom

Amoeba Telecom has developed a customizable solution called CTA VQ Metrics 1,

which is aimed at helping service providers in meeting service level

expectations and realizing the benefits of differentiated services. The solution

can be distributed across a service provider network at strategic locations, to

monitor and manage the infrastructure to deliver the service level commitments

to subscribers. The solution also includes automated standards compliance

monitoring, real time and historic trend analysis, and integration of SLA and

QoS policies amongst various other value-added services.

Web site: www.amoebatel.com

Arbinet-Thexchange

Thexchange is a centralized, on-line exchange to buy, sell and physically

deliver voice, fax and Internet Protocol (IP) minutes across PSTN, data, Voice

over IP (VoIP) and wireless networks.

Thexchange claims that by using its electronic, web-based trading platform,

carriers can buy, sell and deliver capacity with only a mouse click. Thexchange’s

patented process integrates online trading capabilities with a world-class

switching platform, providing its members with on-demand transaction execution

— reliably and anonymously, for only a fraction of what it costs to move

traffic via traditional sales and delivery methods.

Web site: www.thexchange.com

ArelNet

Focussing on carriers and next generation telcos, AreInet focuses on

developing technology solutions for IP telephony and advanced integrated

messaging systems. Arelnet focuses very much on customizing products according

to the needs of the customers.

i-Tone Prime, a carrier class VoIP gateway, is Arelnet’s flagship product.

It is a fully redundant, hot, swappable gateway, supporting high availability

and providing a complete IP telephony solution including a Gatekeeper, Network

Management System, SS7 and Store and Forward servers.

Arelnet’s other product, i-Tone system is an IP telephony platform that

converges two network infrastructures, facilitating voice and fax transmissions.

The company’s other product, i-Tone Primo, offers a flexible solution

providing Real Time voice and fax services over IP networks and is designed

specifically for deployment in offices (SOHOs), small and medium sized

enterprises (SMEs) and corporate branch offices.

Web site: www.arelnet.com