Product category: Design and Development Software
News Release from: Ulticom | Subject: NSignia
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial Team on 07 December 2006
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Ulticom has announced an AdvancedTCA implementation of its nSignia product, providing a complete, ready to deploy, high density signalling gateway application
Ulticom, a leading provider of network signalling, has announced an AdvancedTCA (ATCA) implementation of its nSignia product, providing a complete, ready to deploy, high density signalling gateway application on industry-standard, carrier-grade computing blades Built on Ulticom's market-leading Signalware signalling platform, nSignia on ATCA delivers a high performance and cost effective solution for next generation communication equipment to seamlessly interconnect IP-based applications with existing SS7 networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 12 Dec 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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Many of the traditional Signaling Transfer Point (STP) functions such as routing, translations and screening can also be re-implemented by nSignia in a distributed and flexible manner, replacing the need for costly legacy STP upgrades.
Unlike other signalling gateway products built on closed, proprietary routing or computing platforms, nSignia on ATCA changes the game by providing a base that simplifies design and upgrading to take advantage of new technology introduction.
It thus allows the system and service providers to exploit rapid new technological innovations such as multi-core processing and mezzanine card technology for I/O while still maintaining an architecture and packaging suitable for high-performance, signalling-intensive applications.
nSignia coupled with ATCA delivers on the promise of an open, industry-standard, modular computing platform capable of bridging networks utilising SS7 signalling with IP-enabled communication applications.
"The telecommunications industry is in the early stages of ATCA adoption by major network equipment and service providers," said Osman Duman, senior vice president and CMO at Ulticom.
"Developers of wireless network equipment, softswitches, or application servers can take advantage of nSignia on ATCA by easily embedding the signalling gateway functionality within their ATCA-based solutions".
nSignia is currently available on a Network Equipment Building System (NEBS) compliant, rack-mountable server built to carrier-grade standards to ensure reliable performance.
Ulticom also offers customers the ability to integrate nSignia Signaling Gateway software and SS7 hardware on a range of pre-supported platforms for even greater deployment flexibility.
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