re: Ericsson to Bring Partners to 21CN Party Ericsson says it will bring in partners to augment its softswitch. Why would anybody think that this had anything to do with Sonus? Sonus supplies competing not complementary product.....
re: Ericsson to Bring Partners to 21CN PartyNo, I don't have any financial interest in SONUS! Or any of the other vendors, although I am a deferred Marconi pensioner :(
Sonus topped my comparative report on Carrier Peering SBCs withthe GSX 9000, and came 6th in my report on Trunk VoIP Media Gateways with the same product. BT realised that their trunk media gateways would be stranded assets, so told vendors they wanted media gateways where the TDM cards could be pulled and IP cards added.
My source on that information wishes to remain anonymous.
A senior BT spokesperson included the information about unpicking bids with multiple partners and cherry picking those wanted in a briefing last year.
re: Ericsson to Bring Partners to 21CN PartyRay's last paragraph is confusing. I've already pointed out that Session Border Controllers and Trunk VoIP Media Gateways are part of the Metro Node, not the i-node.
The i-node partners will be in different areas such as bandwidth management. Since everyone knows that the Marconi offering was technically very good, I could imagine Operax appearing here.
re: Ericsson to Bring Partners to 21CN PartyDoesn't it seem strange that BT selected the major vendors for their key areas (I-Node, Metro, etc.) without knowing all that they are supplying? This makes for a confusing and likely prolonged interop testing period.
It does sound as if Ericsson will bring in a partner for the bandwidth management/policy control area although they do have a piece of that with their IP Service Engine (similiar to P Cube/Juniper SDX technology).
Sonus could have a shot where the MGs are deployed, in the metro nodes, but Alcatel, Cisco and Siemens all have their own solutions, so it's a long shot.
re: Ericsson to Bring Partners to 21CN PartySonus topped my comparative report on Carrier Peering SBCs withthe GSX 9000, and came 6th in my report on Trunk VoIP Media Gateways with the same product.
dude, i read that HR report. your listing Sonus as an SBC vendor is itself a bad sign for the report's credibility. No one considers the GSX a real SBC. The fact your listed partners for sonus are all SBC vendors (acme, kagoor, jasomi, netrake) is kinda telling, dont ya think?
of course your claim that distributed sbc was the way of the future is also way off, but at least that one's defendable as an opinion. (based on marketing FUD, but at least an opinion)
Ericsson says it will bring in partners to augment its softswitch. Why would anybody think that this had anything to do with Sonus? Sonus supplies competing not complementary product.....
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