Patapsco Distributes ISDN and IP Solutions in Asia-Pacific

Today we received an announcement from Patapsco Communications that they are extending distribution of their products in the Asia-Pacific region through a relationship with Promptus Communications. I haven't seen this news item covered elsewhere, so I thought it was worth drawing attention to here. The full release is available here:

Patapsco’s ISDN and IP Solutions Available in Asia-Pacific

Promptus will be marketing Patapsco's Liberator ISDN cross-connect multiplexer and PacketBand Pseudo-Wire systems in Asia-Pacific markets, including Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong, Singapore, Thailand and China. I understand from the release that Promptus is a US company and will work through its Australia division for this relationship. Patapsco is a UK company.

This distribution deal will focus in some interesting ways on carrier and large enterprise markets. Here's how today's release describes the capabilities of Patapsco's PacketBand systems:

"PacketBand ISDN enables clocked, synchronous clear-channel ISDN PRI and BRI circuits to be delivered across Packet Networks, such as IP. It preserves the 'B' channels and all the signalling and data performance characteristics required by ISDN to provide totally seamless transmission.

"It offers full SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) capabilities making it ideally suited to carriers wishing to extend their range of services, enabling them to record call information and provide central billing to their clients. PacketBand ISDN also allows carriers to ‘break out’ into national or international networks, so providing significant cost savings on international calls.

"Corporate users can profit by running their legacy systems over IP. They will enjoy financial benefits by using the cheaper network to transport ISDN services and simplify their infrastructure by using a single transport system.

"PacketBand TDM offers full leased line emulation, so enabling CESoIP or TDM over IP. It allows clocked synchronous or legacy data to be transported over IP, MPLS, Metro and Ethernet networks, so offering financial savings for users and opportunities for carriers to offer additional high-margin services."

AB -- 9/13/05