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TECORE
to Showcase Switching Platforms at Wireless 2001
AirCore® at the Heart of Next-Generation
Switching Solutions
LAS VEGAS – March 15, 2001 –
TECORE™ , a leading supplier for software-driven, multi-service
switching systems for the converging wireless, wireline and IP networks,
will be demonstrating its wireless switching platforms based on its
AirCore® platform beginning March 20, 2001 in booth 651.
TECORE will unveil strategy for both 2.5G and 3G networks on the AirCore
platform. Accounting for such variables as market, economy and consumer
demand, the AirCore platform provides a controlled migration as operators
move their networks from a primarily voice-centric 2G network to the
more data-centric and convergent operations provided in 2.5G and 3G
networks. Through the addition of software and minimal hardware, the
current AirCore platform, operating as a second-generation system
today, can expand (at the operator's pace) to support the interfaces
and functions of the 2.5G and 3G network. The platform presented today
offers a GPRS-based home location register (HLR). Support for the
Serving GPRS Support Node (SGSN) and Gateway GPRS Support Node (GGSN)
functions will be available later this year.
The AirCore platform combines all of the capabilities of a network
switching subsystem (NSS) with support for high-speed data and IP
protocols in a compact package and can be deployed in a variety of
applications.
Through its flagship AirCore platform, TECORE's switching innovations
enable carriers to offer new, revenue-producing services while reducing
operating expenses and capital outlay costs. These next-generation
switching solutions will enable carriers to further expand into Internet
and broadband transport mediums for voice, data and SS7 network.
TECORE's innovative switching solutions on display here include:
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AirCore platform —
The AirCore platform is the only switching solution that offers
operators the capability to simultaneously provide multiple
technologies such as GSM, CDMA, TDMA and AMPS. Using the AirCore
platform, operators can capitalize on additional roaming opportunities
that will expand the profitability of their networks. AirCore
can be configured with all or with a specific group of interfaces
that can be expanded cost-effectively at a later time. The AirCore
platform supports the mobile switching center (MSC), visitor
location register (VLR) and HLR functionality required for GSM
and ANSI-41 operation. It features an authentication center
(AuC), an operation and maintenance center (OMC), wireline and
tandeming service, and hot billing and prepaid services —
important functions for operators in smaller markets. AirCore
GPRS HLR — TECORE's software-defined AirCore platform will
enable global service providers to offer their customers such
multiple enhanced communications services as high-speed data
transmission, videoconferencing, wireless Internet and mobile
commerce. The AirCore GPRS HLR can be integrated into existing
AirCore GSM switching platforms as well as be used as a stand-alone
product in GPRS/GSM networks. The AirCore GPRS HLR overlays
onto existing GPRS/GSM networks and is available for immediate
delivery. It supports multiple data profiles per subscriber,
is scalable from 100 subscribers to 1 million subscribers and
features a compact size.
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GSM ANSI-136 Interoperability
Team (GAIT) support — TECORE announces the availability
of GAIT interworking between GSM and ANSI-41 networks. GAIT
provides a definition of the interoperability between GSM and
ANSI-41 networks. These functions are integrated as a software
package on the AirCore platform without the need of external
equipment. This allows operators to provide network service
in their technology of choice while allowing their subscribers
to roam to networks of different technologies. The support of
the GAIT interoperability is a key component of the network
migrations of TDMA and GSM.
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Communications Assistance
to Law Enforcement Act (CALEA) platform — This product
provides call intercept delivery solutions and is supported
across all TECORE protocols. This product features seamless
integration as part of the AirCore platform; CALEA's technical
requirements and FCC punchlist; scalability system capacity;
and GUI-control. By simply adding the CALEA license to their
existing AirCore platform, TECORE customers can upgrade their
systems to provide all these features without the expensive
investment into a separate CALEA unit.
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TECORE's industry-leading
prepaid solution provides real-time debiting for wireless
and wireline carriers, including the support of calling cards,
debit cards and prepaid cards for additional revenue stream.
This prepaid solution can be deployed as an adjunct platform
to existing networks or as an integrated part of the AirCore
platform.
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Corporate Wireless Networks
— The AirCore Mobility Server and Gateway enables telecom
operators, system integrators and OEM suppliers to target the
corporate market with a cost-effective solution. This IP-based
architecture dramatically reduces the costs of deploying wireless
technology in the corporate environment while maintaining full
integration with existing corporate PBX and wireless networks.
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Named one of the "20 Firms
for the Next Generation," TECORE, Columbia, Md., is a global
leader in converging wireless, wireline, IP networks and wireless
enterprise systems solutions. TECORE's wireless switching solutions
support GSM, CDMA, TDMA, AMPS, GPRS, IP and next-generation technologies.
For more information, please visit our Web site at http://www.tecore.com.
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