Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway
The Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway has the correct capabilities – superior capacity and a strong signaling and IMS solution set - to garner significant market share. However, its late arrival to the market is forcing it to play catch up. (4/7/2008)

Price: $495

Alcatel-Lucent 7520 Media Gateway
The Alcatel-Lucent 7520 MGW, formerly the Lucent Network Gateway, has survived the company’s product rationalization exercise and emerged as Alcatel-Lucent’s media gateway of choice for the North American market. (4/7/2008)

Price: $495

Cisco MGX 8850/ MGX 8880
Cisco continues its lock on third place in the wireline high-density media gateway market -- surpassed by only Nortel and Sonus. With the MGX platform targeting wireline, wireless and MSOs, prospects for future growth are promising. (4/8/2008)

Price: $495

GENBAND 8000 Media Gateway
The GENBAND 8000 Media Gateway is a viable platform in the high-density media gateway market, even though the platform’s wireline market share somewhat declined under Tekelec’s ownership. With GENBAND’s acquisition its future is looking brighter. (4/8/2008)

Price: $495

Nokia Siemens Networks Surpass hiG 1200
The Nokia Siemens Networks hiG 1200 has begun to gain some market share in 2007, placing fifth in a field of fifteen and market leaders Sonus (32.1%) and Nortel (24.9%) holding the majority of high density media gateway market based on revenue. (4/8/2008)

Price: $495

Nortel Media Gateway 15000
Nortel slips from its number one position in high- density VoIP media gateway ports, having been overtaken by Sonus throughout 2007, according to Synergy Research Group. Three other competitors are also gaining on Nortel. (4/10/2008)

Price: $495

Sonus Networks GSX9000 Open Services Switch
Sonus has established significant worldwide customer traction with the GSX9000, a perennial high-density media gateway market leader. Sonus, however, should give the platform a hardware update to maintain its edge in this market segment. (4/10/2008)

Price: $495

Veraz I-Gate 4000 Pro
Veraz continues to win business with its I-Gate 4000 PRO, including Greenfield network environments and another high-profile Tier 1 deployment. These deployments, however, have yet to generate significant market share. (4/10/2008)

Price: $495

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  • Channel Capacity
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    • Data Interfaces
    • PSTN Interfaces
    • Gateway Control Protocols
    • Companion Softswitch
    • Packet Signaling Protocol
    • PSTN Signaling Protocols
    • Codecs Supported
    • Backplane Architecture
    • Total Capacity
    • Card Slots/Chassis
    • Slots for Common Equip.
    • Number of Universal Slots
    • Chassis Dimensions
    • Chassis Per 7' Rack
    • Availability
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    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port
  • Max DS-0s (VoIP or VToA)
    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port
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    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port

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