SUWANEE, Ga. -- Telchemy, the leading provider of software for real time Voice over IP (VoIP) call quality monitoring, announced today that Acterna has licensed Telchemy¡¦s VQmon„§ call quality monitoring and analysis software for use in the Acterna HST-3000, telecommunication field service¡¦s most integrated, rugged and cost-effective test solution. VQmon provides fast accurate real-time analysis of Voice over IP calls, generating call quality metrics and detailed diagnostic information.

¡§We are very pleased that Acterna selected Telchemy¡¦s VQmon to add call quality monitoring and analysis to their field service product line,¡¨ said Dr Alan Clark, President and CEO of Telchemy. ¡§Acterna¡¦s market-leading HST-3000 represents a great opportunity for VQmon to play a major role in supporting the deployment of broadband Voice over IP services¡¨.

¡§We evaluated Telchemy¡¦s technology and found that it was fast, accurate, and compact and provided the detailed Voice over IP call quality analysis that we needed,¡¨ said Jerry Gentile, general manager for Acterna¡¦s Telecommunications Field Services unit (TFS). ¡§Acterna strives to provide the full breadth and depth of test applications required to meet the diverse needs of carriers worldwide, and with the addition of VQmon, the HST-3000 is ideally placed to support installation and field maintenance of emerging broadband voice services.¡¨

As the first hand-held field test tool for basic turn-up and troubleshooting of VoIP deployment, the HST already supports physical layer analysis through packet metrics, signaling analysis and voice quality determination. Acterna also recently expanded the HST-3000¡¦s signaling support to include Cisco Systems (¡§Skinny¡¨) Protocol and SIP.

Several Acterna customers deploying IP Centrex-based VoIP service have already embraced this solution and the scope of protocols and functionality supported will continue to grow.

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