Sonus Networks, a supplier of IP-voice infrastructure technology, said that IntelePeer has expanded its Sonus based network to accommodate the growth of IP voice traffic. The expansion reportedly provides an increase in IP capacity across IntelePeer’s network nodes, increasing the number of sessions available for IP traffic. IntelePeer has selected a Sonus based network to support its on-demand voice peering infrastructure back in 2006.
Phillip Bronsdon, senior vice president of engineering and operations at IntelePeer, said: Today, IP voice traffic entering our network represents about 60% of all traffic and we expect an upward trend in IP-based traffic to continue for the foreseeable future as additional networks join our peering grid infrastructure.
The Sonus platform has proven to be robust, secure and scalable, and the support provided by the Sonus professional services teams has enabled us to quickly respond to changing market needs and grow our business to offer new voice and IP services to our carrier and enterprise customers.
IntelePeer has chosen the Sonus Network Border Switch as a standalone session border control (SBC) product, for IP-peering, session control and media management. This is expected to allow IntelePeer to offer services including media transcoding that is said to extend the reach of its Voice Peering Network to both newer IP and TDM connectivity.
Shailin Sehgal, vice president of product management and marketing at Sonus Networks, said: Like many service providers, IntelePeer needs to manage the changing mix of TDM and IP traffic seamlessly, efficiently and cost effectively within the same network.
The Sonus solution is flexible and can be integrated with the media gateway function or used independently. In today’s cost conscious environment we believe that this approach provides a more cost effective way to transform carrier networks to all IP.
IntelePeer said that it has deployed the full suite of Sonus products, including the GSX9000 Open Services Switch, the PSX Call Routing Server, the SGX Signaling Gateway, the Sonus Insight Management System and the Sonus Network Border Switch (NBS). It is now routing traffic using the Sonus platform in conjunction with its SuperRegistry and Voice Peering Network services.
