May 14th, 2010
Unique Solution for Providing VoIP Services over ADSL2+, Ethernet or Fiber
RAD Data Communications has introduced the IPVgate-30, a VoIP gateway that serves as an IP-PBX for small and medium-sized businesses. The IPVgate-30 uniquely enables service providers to deliver VoIP telephony and SIP trunking services economically over ADSL2+, Ethernet or fiber broadband connectivity.
Fully interoperable with standard SIP equipment, the IPVgate-30 allows service providers and wholesellers to expand their portfolios by providing a complete communications solution that frees customers from having to install and maintain their own private PBXs. The device performs least cost routing, a particularly attractive feature for providing flexible service packages. In addition, the IPVgate-30 features two built-in ports for direct connection of analog devices such as fax and POS (Point of Sale) terminal, and, as an option, integrated WiFi. Read the rest of this entry »
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April 13th, 2010
Covage, a French “operator of operators” that enables local access operators and Internet service providers to deliver IP services to government and business customers, has selected the
ETX-201A Carrier Ethernet demarcation device from RAD Data Communications to offer wholesale broadband services to service providers, as well as deliver similar services directly to its own customers.
Covage currently has direct and indirect interests in 14 long-term network concession areas, allocated by the French government in exchange for a commitment to roll out FTTH connectivity to diverse government and business customers. The national transmission network that Covage has deployed utilizes 3,700 kilometers of dark fiber infrastructure to create a ringed network from Arras in the north to Montpellier in the south, serving 2,372 communities with over five million inhabitants, as well as almost 158,000 businesses of all sizes.
“To meet the needs of major operators throughout its network, Covage developed a Layer 2 Ethernet service that ensures flow-based, transparent delivery of customer data regardless of the protocols used and without changing the customer’s VLAN definitions,” states Norbert Blanchard, Director of Operations. “To implement the service, Covage required an Ethernet demarcation device with data rates up to 1 Gbps to mark the boundary between customer and operator networks,” he adds. While a number of competing devices were tested in its laboratory, Covage found that only RAD’s ETX was compatible with Covage strict technical requirements.
Moreover, Covage has recently deployed with success an Ethernet VPN for a major French service provider using RAD’s ETX-201A demarcation device. This Ethernet VPN is spread across three Covage network concession areas based in Burgundy – Creusot Montceau Networks, Grand Chalon Networks and 3CNET – and allows high bandwidth service capacity to 18 high schools.
“Working with RAD distributor FONEX, which was already a long term supplier to both Covage in France and Covage’s sister company Axia in Canada, made things happen smoothly,” concludes Blanchard. “FONEX helps up us in providing competitive yet adequate telecom solutions and services to our customers, in a very supportive way.”
Combines Added User Value with Quick RoI and Sustained Revenue
“Customers are embracing Carrier Ethernet services because they offer higher bandwidth, competitive pricing, flexibility, and scalability,” notes Sammy Elalouf, Sales Director at RAD Data Communications. “On their end, carriers and service providers see an opportunity to enhance their business networking solutions portfolios with Next Generation services that are cheaper to operate and that combine added user value with quick return on investment and sustainable revenue potential,” he explains. “RAD is helping lead the industry in developing the solutions required to make such advances possible.”
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March 20th, 2010
Company Wins Seven Major Tier 1 European Operator Deployments in 2009; Warns on Consumer Disappointment with LTE if Operators Don’t Solve Backhaul “Intelligence Crunch
RAD Data Communications today announced it has seen a major increase in demand for its backhaul solutions due to unprecedented mobile broadband usage. The company has scored backhaul equipment wins with 7 major tier-one European carriers in 2009 with several extending across numerous national markets. RAD has also outlined the nature of the LTE backhaul challenge which will require a significant intelligence shift to the cell-site to support the all-IP backhaul architecture.
RAD’s operator deployments include several of Europe’s earliest all-IP backhaul networks which required resolving the synchronization challenge – the single greatest obstacle to next generation backhaul deployments. All-IP networks are inherently unreliable for clock recovery or distribution and unless synchronization technologies are implemented, calls are dropped and hand-overs are fumbled. Read the rest of this entry »
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