At SUPERCOMM '99, Company Will Demonstrate Switching System that Delivers Wireless, Wireline, and Prepaid Services with IP and ATM Integration
COLUMBIA, Md., May 27, 1999-TECORE, a privately held company that develops and markets software-driven, multi-service switching systems for the converging wireless, wireline, and IP networks, announced today the development of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP), SS7/IP signaling integration, and asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) uplinks for its flagship AirCore Platform switching system. These developments position the AirCore Platform for the current migration of voice and data networks to packet-based communications as well as the future evolution of wireless technologies to the third generation.

TECORE will demonstrate its AirCore system at the company's exhibit booth (#8439) during SUPERCOMM '99, June 8-10, at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta.

This next generation switching system provides true integration between IP-based broadband networks and traditional circuit-switched narrowband networks. Carriers now can transport voice, data, and SS7 signaling traffic through IP and ATM networks, as well as through traditional T1/E1 circuits. By sending real-time voice, data, and SS7 traffic through data networks such as the corporate LAN, WAN, and the Internet (rather than through the traditional PSTN), carriers can decrease communications costs through the reduction of circuits needed to support the traffic.

AirCore is the first and only switching platform on the market that can support multiple wireless protocols AND wireline applications simultaneously to give carriers in small-to-medium-size, rural, and emerging markets unique competitive advantages in the new age of converging services. The AirCore platform interfaces with all major wireless technologies (including GSM, CDMA, TDMA, and AMPS) for cellular and PCS operators, provides a fully integrated prepaid package, and offers tandem switching and wireline services for IXCs and CLECs.

"The integration of VoIP, SS7/IP, and ATM technologies into the AirCore Platform provides a new dimension in network flexibility for operators in small-to-medium-size markets," said Jay Salkini, TECORE president. "With these new capabilities, operators now can take advantage of the Internet and broadband networks to carry voice, data, and SS7 traffic reliably, as well as offer a new class of services to compete effectively in the converging wireless, wireline, and IP networks."

Founded in 1991 and based in Columbia, Md., privately-held TECORE develops and markets scalable multi-service switching systems for the converging wireless, wireline, and IP networks. TECORE supplies its products to carriers in small-to-medium-size, rural, and emerging markets directly and through system integrators and OEM partners. For more information, call Steve Chen at (410) 872-6000 or visit http://www.tecore.com.

Founded in 1991 and based in Columbia, Md., TECORE develops and markets scalable multi-service switching systems for the converging wireless and wireline networks. The privately held company has the first and only switching platform on the market that can simultaneously support multiple wireless protocols AND wireline applications to give its customers unique competitive advantages in the new age of converging services. The company supplies advanced, cost-effective switching systems to carriers in small-to-medium-size, rural, and emerging markets directly and through system integrators and OEM partners. Its innovative AirCore Platform supports all major wireless technologies (including GSM, TDMA, CDMA and AMPS for cellular and PCS operators), provides an integrated prepaid package, and offers tandem switching and wireline services for IXCs and CLECs.