MARKHAM, Ont. -- Navtel Communications Inc., a leading developer and global provider of test equipment for the laboratories of network equipment manufacturers and operators today announced the integration of its extensive SIP Performance and Scalability test solution with its powerful voice generation capabilities.

Hosted on Navtel's InterWatch platform [named as Frost & Sullivan's Test & Measurement Product of the Year 2004], the SIP User Agent Functional & Performance Test Tool now provides the user with "one-click" voice generation across all interfaces including POS, Ethernet and ATM. As calls are established, emulated User Agents can begin sending real voice traffic which subsequently allows for both connectivity verification as well as voice quality measurements. Navtel's InterWatch is capable of emulating up to 32,000 User Agents per port or 256,000 per chassis as well as generating over 1000 concurrent voice calls calls per port. The InterWatch platform provides network equipment manufacturers and operators with the most complete & scalable High-Performance Voice over IP test solution in today's market guaranteeing a reliable and upgradeable investment through its support for UMTS extensions along with other VoIP protocols such as MEGACO, MGCP, SIGTRAN IUA or SIGTRAN M3UA .

The unmatched ability of the InterWatch to perform functional, conformance, interoperability, performance and scalability testing across multiple technologies that include IP, ATM, MPLS and GMPLS substantially reduces a user's overall financial investment required for test equipment. Thomas Borrel, Navtel's Product Manager for VoIP solutions believes that "the powerful infrastructure and the range of applications run on an InterWatch help VoIP implementers, whether equipment manufacturers or operators, to reduce their time to market and ensures a reliable service to their customers. The emulation capabilities provided by the platform accelerate the troubleshooting process and enables performance assessments which are crucial to providing quality from the outset".

Navtel Communications Inc.