INNOMEDIA VOIP CPE FULLY INTEROPERABLE WITH CIRPACK’S LOCAL EXCHANGE SWITCHES

Paris, France and Milpitas, CA – Jan 20, 2003 – InnoMedia™, a leading supplier of Internet and broadband access IP telephony solutions, and Cirpack, a leading vendor of next-generation public telephony switches for telecom operators, today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between InnoMedia’s VoIP CPEs and Cirpack’s Class-5 Local Exchange Switch using MGCP, NCS/PacketCable and SIP protocols.

InnoMedia’s IP Phone and MTAs enable voice communications over an IP network. All are SIP and MGCP compatible, can be auto provisioned, and are simple to deploy. When used with MGCP or NCS signaling, they are managed by CIRPACK’s Class-5 SoftSwitch which owns the intelligence needed to provide services and control calls. When a call is heading to or coming from outside of the operator’s IP network, CIRPACK’s Gateway converts voice traffic accordingly (to SS7, ISDN or ATM for instance).

This architecture enables operators to provide legacy TDM voice services as well as next generation IP telephony from the same voice switching platform, further simplifying network infrastructure and lowering CAPEX and OPEX expenditure.

“We are excited about the highly successful interoperability testing that have been carried out between InnoMedia’s VoIP appliances and Cirpack’s switches. The combination of our high performance VoIP CPE and Cirpack’s universal voice switching carrier-class platform enables operators to smoothly introduce IP-based public telephony services,” said Dr. Amine Haoui, InnoMedia’s Executive VP for Business Development. “This partnership further solidifies InnoMedia’s strategy of delivering flexible, high-performance packetized voice solutions and will facilitate the widespread adoption of IP telephony technologies.”

“Deploying voice over IP services in a public network requires that several different devices developed by various manufacturers work together,” explains Thierry Dassetto, Cirpack’s VP of Business Development. “We are pleased to welcome InnoMedia as a Premium Cirpack Partner as this gives service providers a new choice of feature-rich and cost effective CPEs to enable innovative IP telephony services and accelerate return on investment (ROI).”

About InnoMedia
Founded in 1995, InnoMedia is a privately held multinational organization with operations in the United States, Singapore, Taiwan and China. The company delivers Internet and broadband access IP telephony solutions to broadband service providers, as well as OEM and distribution partners. InnoMedia has the most advanced, award-winning portfolio of IP telephony solutions available in the market today, delivering high-quality voice and video over any IP network. For more information on InnoMedia, visit the company’s website at www.https://www.innomedia.com.

About CIRPACK
CIRPACK develops next generation telephony platforms for telecom operators infrastructures: Local Exchange and Transit switches with native support for TDM, ATM and IP networks and protocols simultaneously. CIRPACK deployed the world’s largest SoftSwitch-based TDM/Packet PSTN as early as 1998. CIRPACK’s carrier-class solutions can be used to build and/or extend TDM networks at a very low cost as well as to introduce a wide range of revenue generating applications: VoDSL, VoIP, VoWLL, VoCable, ISDN PRI/BRI, POTS, exchanging voice traffic, etc. CIRPACK is a European company headquartered near Paris. For more information, please visit www.cirpack.com or contact info@cirpack.com.

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