Nokia Siemens Networks launches Open Multimedia Gateway

Nokia Siemens Networks has launched its Open Multimedia Gateway, based on ATCA off-the-shelf hardware. Multimedia gateways handle data and call traffic for IP-based and legacy networks. Michael Clever, head of voice and IP transformation, Nokia Siemens Networks, said, “As the telecom industry evolves and matures, it is important that we transform the way we design our products. Our aim is to decouple hardware and software, making our network applications more hardware independent. Decoupling creates a more open environment that gives service providers greater flexibility to meet their hardware requirements and reduce their operational costs.” By relying on open ATCA platforms, service providers can also combine several core network applications into one hardware rack, again helping reduce space requirements, and improving the management and maintenance of spare parts by having the same hardware used by multiple telecom applications. Nokia Siemens Networks' gateway software can be used in either legacy hardware or the new ATCA-based Open Multimedia Gateway. This means that service providers can benefit from having the same software running on multiple hardware options.