The business and architectural changes propelled by the Internet are accelerating relentlessly. Single-service networks are converging on IP and applications of all types will be delivered as over-the-top (OTT) and on-demand. That’s particularly true when it comes to voice services,…
Communications network infrastructure is on a path to become more software-centric: virtual network functions running on commodity hardware, in the cloud. Intelligent software, separated from hardware, driven by the double-header of both network functions virtualization (NFV) and software defined networking…
With the explosive growth in hosted private-branch exchange (PBX) and unified communications (UC), many service providers are now considering selling hosted communications services to business customers for the first time. The financial rewards can be great for the service providers…
“Two in every five American homes (39.4%) had only wireless phones as of the first half of 2013. About 38% of U.S. adults (or 90 million) and 45.4% of U.S. children (33 million) lived in wireless-only households… The percentage of…
It’s all too easy for network operators of all sizes to bury their heads in the sand of the technology landscape and think that so many new technologies don’t apply to them. But doing so in the case of IP…
Brainpower was on display at the Metaswitch Forum this week in New Orleans, where discussions on the implications of SDN and NFV dominated. These two networking technologies are fundamentally changing the approach and architecture of telecom networks, or as Metaswitch…
LONDON and BOSTON – February 19, 2014 — Granite Telecommunications, LLC, has built a geographically redundant IP-based voice infrastructure using Metaswitch Networks’ software and equipment for its core voice switching functionality. Granite is a provider of phone, data, networking, alarm…
LONDON, August 21, 2013 – Metaswitch Networks today announced it has become the first integration partner named as part of CloudNFV. Metaswitch will be providing support for Project Clearwater as part of CloudNFV’s larger technology demonstration framework. Project Clearwater, an…
Competitive carriers had better pricing and superior sales techniques for their hosted and premises IP PBX offers in a mystery shopping study conducted recently by IP communications vendor Metaswitch. “We’re seeing a wide variety of pricing and packaging for these…
SAN FRANCISCO, CA – July 10, 2013 — Ritter Communications recently launched an enhanced version of its Managed Voice service, which is designed to provide customers with greater accessibility and added flexibility with a hosted telephony infrastructure. Managed Voice is…
Metaswitch Networks today launched Project Clearwater, an open-source code that aims to enable network operators to create a cloud-based IMS core. The code will be available to network operators and others free of charge — although network operators or a…
TDS Telecom has chosen Metaswitch’s Perimeta session border controller to support the carrier’s fast-growing managedIP communications service which, according to TDS Vice President of Network Services Ken Paker, is growing at 60% to 80% per year. TDS believes Perimeta will…
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