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SBCs: A New Necessity for Service Providers and Enterprises, Part 3

May 29, 2012

Three weeks ago, I wrote about the benefits that Session Border Controllers (SBCs) can have for both service providers and enterprises. This week, I’d like to talk about some new applications that SBCs can help enable.

Traditionally, there have been  two general "use cases" for an SBC:

  • As an "interconnect" device located at the "peering" border, or Network-to-Network Interface (NNI), between interconnecting carrier network
  • As an "access" device, in which the SBC protects the edge of a service provider network and provides SIP trunking to an enterprise. 
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The Mobile VAS Ecosystem

May 22, 2012

Last week in Thailand, Dialogic held an event for our APAC customers. Although Dialogic is evolving to provide more and more service provider infrastructure products like Softswitches, SBCs and mobile backhaul optimization solutions, the technology enabling part of our business continues to remain vital and important. As such, it was natural for us to hold an “Innovation Panel” where we got a mix of Value Added Service (VAS) solution providers, Dialogic GMs and an analyst to discuss the VAS ecosystem. APAC has always been at the forefront of innovative VAS applications, being the birthplace (on Dialogic enabling technology of course!) of CRBT, Mobile Radio, Voice SMS and countless other VAS applications. 

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Real, Live Video Conferencing of Smart Devices on LTE, WiFi and 3G

May 15, 2012

Last week at CTIA, during a scheduled press conference on May 8th at 11:00AM, Dialogic demonstrated the future of video conferencing by tying together collaborative input including live people and video streams, on various devices, on various advanced networks, in a single video conference.

What is so special about this? Well, it’s believed to be the first public demonstration of its kind.

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SBCs: A New Necessity for Service Providers and Enterprises, Part 2

May 8, 2012

In my blog from last week, I talked about today’s communications network environment and how Session Border Controllers (SBCs) are critical when it comes to interconnecting TDM and IP networks. This week, I’d like to talk about the specific benefits that SBCs offer service providers and enterprises.

Basically, there are many things that an SBC can do well.

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Session Border Controllers: A New Necessity for Service Providers and Enterprises, Part 1

May 1, 2012

Today’s communications networking environment is rapidly changing and very complex. IP has become the new transport methodology for delivering voice and video services, while converged applications are growing quickly and video is expanding at exponential rates. More and more IP networks are being installed and used today as core networks, which until recently were considered "adjunct" networks connected to "core" TDM networks through gateways.

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