Had to share this release. I was bemused to read that VoIP has reached the coldest, darkest, farthest reaches of the Earth!
Og Vodafone to Offer VoIP Services with Cirpack MultiNode
Fixed & Mobile Telco Deploys TISPAN-Ready Infrastructure Enabling Migration Path to IMS
3GSM World Congress, Cannes, France, February 14, 2005 – CIRPACK, a developer of next generation voice switches for operators’ infrastructures, today announced that Og Vodafone, the alternative fixed & mobile operator in Iceland, upgraded its wireline voice switching infrastructure with Cirpack MultiNode. Og Vodafone can now provide legacy POTS & ISDN services as well as voice over IP and IP Centrex services from the same switching platform, further optimizing operations and enhancing service packages.
With Cirpack MultiNode, Og Vodafone has the ability to deploy multiservice access networks compliant with the TISPAN architecture, an industry initiative targeting seamless integration of legacy wireline phone services with an IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Leveraging Cirpack’s open architecture and compliance with IMS standards, Og Vodafone can offer innovative voice over IP services to residential and business customers and now has its networks ready for delivering convergent services including fixed and mobile networks.
“Og Vodafone has been using Cirpack voice switches for several years and we have always been impressed by the flexibility and the reliability of the platform. It matches the Class-5 feature set of legacy systems and scales very easily,” explains Örn Orrason, VP Networks, Og Vodafone. “Upgrading our Cirpack LEN switch to a Cirpack MultiNode allows Og Vodafone to meet the increasing demand for our services and launch innovative packages on a large scale such as voice over IP over DSL and IP Centrex. With the Cirpack switch, we can now think of merging our wireline and wireless networks into an IMS delivering new value added and converged services to all types of users: narrowband, broadband and mobile.”
“Operators around the world are all looking at offering new innovative voice over IP services to their broadband customers. To ensure success of a massive VoIP deployment, operators must deploy next generation voice switching platforms that can really scale and maintain legacy telephony services while share the existing back office and information systems,” explains Jean-Pierre Dumolard, Cirpack’s CEO. “Og Vodafone has been delivering POTS and ISDN services with a Cirpack switch for about 3 years. We are now upgrading the platform for launching VoIP services. Tomorrow, Cirpack will enable both these narrowband and broadband wireline users to be seamlessly integrated into a converged fixed-mobile IMS architecture.”
The Cirpack MultiNode is a carrier-grade telephony platform designed to deliver a full set of voice services to hundreds of thousands of subscribers simultaneously. It is made of a Class-5 and Class-4 softswitch running on IBM eServer and highly scalable media gateways connecting IP, ATM and TDM networks together. Cirpack MultiNode enables low cost deployments of toll-grade VoIP and IP Centrex services on a very large scale while maintaining existing POTS and ISDN services and connecting to the PSTN using any flavors of SS7. Cirpack switches comply with the TISPAN architecture for integrating wireline voice services into a 3GPP’s IMS.
About Og Vodafone
Og Vodafone is the second largest telecom operator in Iceland offering fixed and mobile services to almost one-quarter of the market, ensuring secure communications for tens of thousands of individuals, as well as many of the country’s largest corporations. Og Vodafone operates its own carrier-grade mobile and fixed line telecommunications network with several secured international connections to ensure maximum quality. Through the wide-reaching co-operation agreement with Vodafone in marketing and sales as well as service and technological matters, Og Vodafone brings Icelanders world-class telecommunications services. Og is listed on the Main List of the Icelandic Stock Exchange, ICEX. For more information: www.ogvodafone.is
About CIRPACK
CIRPACK develops next generation voice switching platform that can be connected to TDM, ATM and IP networks to deliver advanced phone services to all types of subscribers simultaneously and provide seamless migration of wireline networks to IMS/TISPAN architecture. It provides carrier-grade reliability, scalability and regulatory features for massive deployments of broadband telephony and IP Centrex for instance as well as of legacy PSTN infrastructures delivering ISDN or POTS services. CIRPACK switches have successfully passed all certifications in a dozen countries. CIRPACK works with industry leaders such as IBM Global Services to provide global solutions. With over 2 million Class-5 licences deployed, and over 40 telco customers in 15 countries, CIRPACK is a leading player in the softswitch market. For more information, please visit www.cirpack.com.
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Wait, isn't it Iceland that is green and Greenland that is icy and cold? We're such ignorant Americans
yeah, iceland is more high tech than the U.S.
and its green.
LOL!
Well, Iceland isn't as warm and "green" as you say it is according to this link:
http://aol.countrywatch.com/aol_country.asp?vCOUNTRY=77
January: -0.3°C / 31.5°F
July: 11.1°C / 52°F
If mid-summer (July) is only 52 degrees and January is below freezing, that's cold in my book! : )
But yes, Greenland and of course Antarctica are obviously colder. But I say anything north of Maine is cold - wherever on the globe it may be.
Iceland was in fact the first country to have a completely digital telephone system.
http://www.iceland.is/economy-and-industry/Services/Communications/
I guess you can actually have 11 years of telecom experience without knowing that...
>>Iceland was in fact the first country to have a completely digital telephone system. I guess you can actually have 11 years of telecom experience without knowing that...
Yeah, so? A digital telephone system isn't VoIP - a commmon misconception. You can have a digital telephone system that is 15 years old that pre-dates VoIP.
Besides the post was about Iceland and VoIP not digital telephone systems.
Thanks for sharing the link though. Very interesting that Iceland is so high-tech.
Have you tried the FERRARI of VOIP phones?
Kazil my communication provider is live!
Now I can enjoy low rate calls everywhere in the world and totally free to other Kazil members. And you dont even have to have a computer to use VOIP!!
See how: www.kazilphone.com Signup at www.kazil.com/island. (As low as $10 for useraccount and $100 for agent/distributor account) Be a Kasil distributor an get your slice of the huge turnover in the telecommunication business!!!
Her is a link to som photos from Iceland
HERE IS A LINK TO PHOTOGRAPSH FROM ICELAND:
http://www.internet.is/digitalphoto/gallery.htm
THE NORTHERN LIGHTS OVER ICELAND:
http://www.internet.is/digitalphoto/gallery2.htm
regards
stefankazil
The true:
No one is operating VOIP yet.
1) SIMINN is on a big legal fight to give DID's and terminating services
2) OG Vodafone is far from being ready for VOIP
3) The players now are SKYRR that is leading the fight to get his service up with a Broadsoft network supported by SS7 Media gateways provided by Atlassimi this ss7 media gateways believe it or not are Sysmaster and are the only ones that could talk to vodafone point codes and to Siminn at the same time
4) That market is going thru the tipical pain of sharks trying to get the best byte.
I know about this because I installed the systems 3 years ago and still no GO from the legislators.
Regards,
Saul Bejarano
Procomm Consulting Inc.
WHO needs them?
(Eccept for the "landlines")
NOW ITS OUR TIME TO PROFIT FROM THE HUGE TURNOVER!
Here is an exsample of a 20 min call from Iceland to Sweeden total cost $ 0,91!!.
With my Kazil Communication Provider I can connect evry two phones in the world!
Try it it only costs you $10 for an account and thereof is $5 in airtime (so you only pay $5 for the program!!!)
Sign up as an agent and start making money!
Within 2 years 75% of all call will be over the internet (VOIP) so why wait- You have to use it sooner than later!
Have a nice call!
stefan
Island
www.kazil.com/island
ps:
copy from my call account:
Call history – Kazil callback.
Username: kazil user
Account ID: zzzzz
Remaining Credit ($): $23.7264
List of Calls:xAll Months June-2006 Missed Calls Download
Date and Time Called Number Destination Duration Cost ($) Caller ID
14 Jun 2006 15:39:50 464xxxxxxx Sweden 19:52 0.35 0354xxxxxx
14 Jun 2006 15:38:42 354xxxxxxx Iceland 20:08 0.56 0354xxxxxxx
-------------------------
Use of Callback means connection to two landlines! Total call time 20:08 total cost $0,91!. NOW WE ARE TALKING!!!
If both these numbers will sign up for an Kazil account at $10 ( www.kazil.ws ) buy an Voip addaptor for ca $ 85 each - They can talk to gether for free!
(And without turning on theyr computer!!!).
I'm sure I can clearify a few things here, being from Iceland and running a VoIP system for my company.
I've actually been running a VoIP PBX for our company for 2 years and our hospitals have been running one for 6 years now.
The large telecos in Iceland however have been very reluctant to offer this service because they are still getting rich of selling us residential phones through their old systems.
God forbid us to be able to choose our carrier from day to day.
At least with the help of Asterisk and VoIP providers in the US it's been really easy to cut costs and enjoy the freedoms of VoIP.
Regarding our country; its green most times of the year. We had a pretty bad summer this year but usually june and july are around 20-25 degrees celcius.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Thorsmork2005.jpg
This f.e. was taken by me last fall