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Tadiran Telecom will be providing advanced communication solutions for the Beijing Subway, which is planned to become the largest subway in the world by 2015. Under the new agreement, Subway Line 15 and Daxing, which is a subway line in the southern city quarter, will include 87 units of IPx3000 system and FlexiCom 5000 system connected across 57 km of tracks. That will provide converged voice, data and video communications, dispatch and system-wide management applications for the monitoring of the whole network in real-time.

“Mission critical, converged communication systems that support voice, data, video and advanced communications have become a necessity in the transportation market. Tadiran has been leading this technological ground,” said Zeev Aviv, VP Sales & Marketing of Tadiran Telecom. “The Beijing Subway is an ambitious project with special communication requirements. Tadiran Telecom will make use of the experience, customization capabilities and know-how that it has accumulated in the transport industry over the past decade. Our flexibility and reliability have yielded success in past projects and have made Tadiran the company of choice for China’s transportation projects.”

According to the company:

Tadiran Telecom solutions are already providing mission-critical communications to much of Beijing’s public transportation, including the Beijing Subway lines 4 and 5, the Airport Express subway line, and the Beijing Airport Command Center. Due to the successful installations, Tadiran Telecom has been chosen again over competition from major players such as Siemens, Alcatel, Feihong, Ericsson and Harris. Line 15 is the sixth line awarded in the Beijing subway to KTT, Tadiran’s subsidiary in China.

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Vertica Systems and Sigma Systems are holding a webinar about new internet protocol detail record mediation and data warehousing solutions for cable and telecom service providers. The solution being discussed allows providers to analyze terabytes of usage and subscriber data at any level of detail and in real time.

Here’s the detes:

DETAILS:
Attendees will learn how to:
– Do fast, ad-hoc reporting on real-time IPDR and other telecom data
with minimal impact on equipment and systems performance.
– Gain better insight into service fulfillment, rating, charging,
billing and profitability that result in competitive advantage, tight
regulatory compliance and a better customer experience.
– Examine network and call data in real time to improve quality of
service.
– Query years of data at any detail level.
– Eliminate revenue leakage and reduce customer churn.

– Identify fraud.

WHEN:
Tuesday, June 16, 2009, 10:00 AM Eastern time

To register: http://www.vertica.com/.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Providers that use PortaSwitch from PortaOne can now offer users the ability to reliably read voicemails and process info instantly.  The company has successfully integrated GOtVoice G2 voicemail transcription into its PortaSwitch IP multimedia subsystem.

“The addition of GotVoice gives PortaSwitch users a highly flexible and strategic service option,” said Roman Khalenkov, sales and marketing director for PortaOne, Inc. “GotVoice can create a new revenue stream as a value-add for subscribers, or it can be offered at no cost as a way to attract or retain customers. In whichever form, this service is a unique differentiator-one with proven and lasting appeal for both business and non-business users in today’s competitive VoIP marketplace.”

GotVoice is available to carriers on a pay-as-you-go basis. It requires zero upgrades to infrastructure or capital outlays.

“One of the highest marketing priorities for any VoIP provider is to set itself apart from its competitors by offering valuable services that people want. The combination of PortaSwitch and GotVoice clearly satisfies this need,” said Colin Lamont, vice president of marketing for GotVoice. “PortaSwitch users will also appreciate the rapid time-to-market assured by the integration between both of our platforms.”

Source: www.voip-news.com

The latest report from Light Reading’s VoIP Services Insider indicates that VoIP service providers aren’t taking the steps needed to prepare from impending security threats.

According to Light Reading:

VoIP Security: Vendors Prepare for the Inevitable examines applications in the VoIP security market, including security trends and the evolution of products, as well as target markets for VoIP security and the managed services strategies of various vendors. It also examines the outlook for the next 12 to 18 months for VoIP security, including threats the market faces, the impact of economic troubles, the buildout plans of various vendors, and the partnerships, investments, and acquisitions vendors have made. Finally, the report provides a comparative analysis of 12 of the top vendors in the VoIP security industry.

“Despite the hard lessons learned through security breaches in the earlier days of email and Internet, most VoIP users are not securing their networks adequately,” says Denise Culver, research analyst with Light Reading’s VOIP Services Insider and author of the report. “Some vendors believe this is a matter of VoIP users simply not understanding how to adequately secure their networks, while others believe it is necessary to better educate the VoIP marketplace about security issues, as well as create better tools to combat threats themselves.”

Always plan for the worst … seriously. To ignore that security threats will happen is like leaving your wallet on a subway.

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Cox Business will be providing business solutions to Burnham Composite Structures.

“Our partnership with Cox Business for voice, data, and video solutions simplified the task of providing our employees the wide variety of communication tools they need,” said Ron Moore, chief financial officer for Burnham Composite Structures, Inc. “Whether it is a wireless portable phone, a standard desktop phone or even a fully functional PC phone, we have been able to tailor service to each end user’s specific needs. By integrating all of these services & equipment through Cox Business, we have significantly reduced our costs and gained a long term partner for future growth.”

Cox will be providing voice, data and video services to Burnham.

“Cox Business can now provide a complete telecommunications solution for businesses that prefer to work with one trusted provider,” said Nick DiPonzio, vice president for Cox Business Kansas/Arkansas. “Today’s business climate is in constant flux and we want to help businesses gain a competitive advantage with state-of-the-art technology and services.”

Source: www.voip-news.com

Geeks On Call Holdings, Inc.has partnered with Tech Solutions, Inc. Geeks On Call will provide IT and VoIP support for Allstate insurance agents in the D.C. Metro area through Tech Solutions.

“The partnership between Geeks on Call and Tech Solutions will give our franchise partners another advantage over the competition by allowing them to provide another essential office component in a cost-driven business environment. By providing VoIP phone solutions in addition to our current services, our franchise partners will be able to offer a single company solution to all network, computer, service and communications needs for any business,” said Geeks On Call Business Manager Bob Beatty.

According to the companies:

Through the partnership, Geeks On Call’s certified computer professionals are able to provide on-site installation and support of hardware, ISP issues, Local Area Networks and PCs. Phones and firewalls will be configured by Tech Solutions, and off-site phone support will come from their network of trained technicians. The companies plan to expand the partnership to cover more of the country as the relationship develops.

“It is with great pleasure that we have partnered with a classy organization like Geeks on Call,” said Putiyon. “During our recent ribbon-cutting ceremony for our new location, we announced that Tech Solutions and Geeks on Call will jointly pursue the Allstate opportunity: Allstate agents have been given 16 months by their corporate office to convert to their own independent technology and find tech support elsewhere … . We have developed a high quality and efficient turnkey solution for Allstate agents … and take pride in helping [them] make this conversion a smooth one. Together with Geeks on Call, we will expand across the country and beyond the Allstate opportunity to offer solid, broad tech services to small, medium, and large business that will be unrivaled in this market.”

Source: www.voip-news.com

Los Angeles County has signed a $233 million, five-year contract with AT&T to provide the county’s voice and data services.

AT&T will manage and maintain the IP network and MRS.

According to the company:

AT&T will continue to provide all voice and data services to the County of Los Angeles including Frame Relay and Asynchronous Transfer Mode data transport; remote access; Managed Internet Service; Virtual Private Network (VPN); all local and long distance voice, Web, video and teleconferencing services; and AT&T Voice DNASM.

AT&T Voice DNA, a network-based Voice over IP (VoIP) service, provides the benefits of a premises-based telephony service, while maintaining flexibility, control and reduced capital expenditures. The service will enable the County of Los Angeles to converge data and voice applications on the same reliable, secure and scalable network infrastructure. Additionally, the service will provide consistent Internet service and secure access to the county network and client records, whether employees are using terminal or remote access.

“The County of Los Angeles was seeking to converge voice and data networks and to gain a 24-hour managed services environment,” said Tom Lang, program manager for the County of Los Angeles. “Converged IP services will give us increased management efficiency and greater functionality.”

The contract can be extended for up to 12 years.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Having 911 services for VoIP is without a doubt extremely important. In fact, 911 is an essential service for winning over new customers. Vixxi Solution’s E-911 service for their VoIP network will come from Level 3.

According to the companies:

Under the terms of this agreement, Vixxi will leverage Level 3’s extensive geographic presence to route 911 calls to the Public Safety Answering Point (PSAP) over the nationwide 911 infrastructure, thereby expanding Vixxi’s coverage to provide FCC compliant nomadic E-911 capabilities to service providers. Vixxi’s database capability will identify the customer’s location and then send the call to Level 3 with routing instructions to terminate the call to the geographically relevant PSAP.

“Aligning ourselves with the Level 3 network enables expanded coverage of our Enhanced 911 services to customers across the nation,” said Christopher Camut, Chief Executive Officer of Vixxi Solutions. “With a comprehensive solutions portfolio and proven E-911 expertise, Level 3 will help us to provide a better, more extended reach in support of public safety.”