TELOS Announces the World's First Carrier-Class, Wireless SoftSwitch for IP Telephony
Sonata SE supports existing 2G and 2.5G wireless standards (IS-136, CDMA and GSM) as well as future 3G (UMTS, CDMA2000) protocols on the same platform, and provides full mobility management via ANSI (IS-41) and ETSI (GSM-MAP) standards.
After successfully demonstrating IP telephony for wireless services in December 1999, TELOS completed the development of Sonata SE, a cost-effective, scaleable SoftSwitch for wireless operators, regardless of their size or technology. Sonata SE is scaleable from wireless enterprise to very large cellular /PCS networks demanding high availability, capacity and performance.
Market analysts estimate the total aggregate wireless community will grow by 400 million subscribers over the next 5 years. Similarly, growth in Voice over IP usage is expected to climb from 9 Billion minutes in 1998 to 93 Billion minutes in 2002. With ubiquitous wireless communications and the Internet mesh enveloping the globe, an evolution to packet data network technologies was inevitable.
As networks converge to an "all packet" architecture, Sonata SE gives operators the ability to support both subscriber and data services growth through investment in their data network, while minimizing "throwaway" investment in circuit switched components.
Operators benefit from adopting an IP network architecture since the packet addressing scheme of IP telephony minimizes the hierarchical routing and port consumption problems of traditional circuit based calls and telephone exchanges. Ultimately this gives consumers faster, cheaper and ever-greater access to all modes of communication and data transfer.
"Most carriers agree that IP telephony is the way of the future, but in order to replace their existing TDM networks, IP based solutions had to address carrier class availability, SS7 signaling and IN capability." says Jack Mar, President of TELOS Technology, Inc. "With the introduction of the Sonata SE, the solution is available today!"
TELOS Technology Inc., is a leading developer of innovative and cost-effective telecommunications solutions for any sized network. TELOS offers carrier-class infrastructure products for the Cellular, PCS, IP Telephony, Wireless Enterprise and Carrier markets.