Siemens Completes Osmine

BOCA RATON, Fla. -- Siemens Carrier Networks LLC today announced that its SURPASS(TM) Next-Generation Network (NGN) product line has successfully completed the Telcordia(TM) OSMINE Services process for the NMA® System, Telcordia Network Performance Monitor and theTelcordia SWITCH® System, three key elements of the OSMINE program which ensure that SURPASS products will seamlessly integrate with provisioning and other operations support systems in use at incumbent carriers. Siemens also announced that it expects to complete, in the first quarter, the Telcordia OSMINE Services process for the Telcordia TIRKS® System and Telcordia MARCH® System for the entire SURPASS solution."Completion of the OSMINE process is a critical requirement for established carriers and Siemens is committed to meeting this requirement," said Michael Jaschke, vice president and general manager for the SURPASS Business Unit at Siemens. "This accomplishment puts our next-generation network product portfolio at the forefront of the new technology.""In order to complete the OSMINE Services process, equipment must undergo rigorous testing to ensure the integration and interoperability of various network elements with a carrier's existing network," said Dennis Tinley, vice president of Operations Support Systems, Telcordia Technologies, Inc.Siemens AGTelcordia Technologies Inc.