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MTN chooses Cambridge Broadband Networks for multi-service wireless network in Rwanda, October 6, 2007

Brazilian government to publish 3G bidding rules soon, October 6, 2007

KTF 3G service suffers from technical problems, October 6, 2007

Argentina’s Personal lunches 3G service in Rosario, October 6, 2007

Russia has it's first 3G network, October 6, 2007

AT&T could drop Alcatel-Lucent as 3G mobile network supplier, October 6, 2007

Enea Extends License Agreement with ZTE for 3G Handsets, October 2, 2007

LG to unveil premium handsets in Brazil, October 2, 2007

KTF 3G subscribers doubled in less than 3 months, October 2, 2007

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AudioCodes introduces high density converged media servers

October 18, 2004

AudioCodes, a provider of Voice over Packet (VoP) technologies and Voice Network products, announced the addition of two high density converged (wireless/wireline) media server platforms to its existing IPmedia Media Server product line. The IPmedia 8000 and IPmedia 5000 are the latest members of AudioCodes' scalable media servers product line that addresses carrier requirements for mid and high-density, reliable media servers that enable a wide range of applications, such as business communications, wireless personal communications, fixed-mobile-convergence applications and residential broadband services.

"The time is right for high-density media server deployments," said Matthias Machowinski, Directing Analyst at Infonetics Research. "In the last few years, lower density media servers have been deployed as the building blocks of emerging voice services, such as residential VoIP and IP Centrex. Increased adoption of these services is driving the need for higher density media servers."

The IPmedia 8000 media server provides support for up to 18,000 low-bit- rate VoIP/VoATM channels of media processing whereas the IPmedia 5000 media server offers up to 8,000 low-bit-rate channels. Those media processing channels can be used to provide centralized announcements, conferencing, Interactive Voice Response (IVR), media transcoding, IP multicasting / IP forking, record & playback, Web-based playback and other media server functions. Both platforms are carrier-grade platforms which are targeting high available, high reliable, mission critical applications and services. They are planned to be released in the first quarter of 2005.

The IPmedia 8000 and 5000 platforms are also designed and optimized to serve as a Multimedia Resource Function Processor (MRFP), supporting both Wireline and 3G (UMTS & CDMA) Wireless networks that have adopted the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) architecture. The IPmedia servers allow mixing wireline and wireless subscribers on the same platform. Therefore, they are ideally suited for service providers seeking to deploy harmonized core networks and advanced applications.

"We are seeing an increased adoption of the 3GPP IMS architecture in both wireline and wireless network deployments. This architecture drives some of the density requirements we are seeing in the market place. These media servers can be used as a shared, aggregated resource across multiple applications," said Lior Weiss, Director of Product Marketing at AudioCodes. "The scalability and feature richness of the IPmedia 8000 and IPmedia 5000 make them ideal solutions for carriers seeking to increase revenue-generating applications and services."