Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway
With its recently increased channel capacity, the Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway has the correct blend of capabilities to make it a critical element within its end-to-end solution strategy for NGN, IMS, LTE, IPX, and IP peering. (6/3/2009)
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Alcatel-Lucent 7520 Media Gateway
The Alcatel-Lucent 7520 MGW is an important component of the company’s IMS offering. With its roots from the Lucent side of the organization, the 7520 is Alcatel-Lucent’s media gateway of choice for the North American market. (6/1/2009)
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Cisco MGX 8850/ MGX 8880
Cisco is losing its grip on third-place position in the wireline high-density media gateway market – historically behind Nortel and Sonus. Now Alcatel-Lucent, and GENBAND have passed them and Veraz and Huawei are close to Cisco in market share. (6/1/2009)
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GENBAND G9
GENBAND has been increasing its market share, more than doubling it based on revenue from 2007 to 2008, according to Synergy Research Group, while it simultaneously executes its product convergence strategy for all its acquired technology. (6/1/2009)
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Nokia Siemens Networks Surpass hiG 1200
The Nokia Siemens Networks hiG 1200s had begun to gain some market share, attaining a fifth place position in a field of fifteen, when it decided to OEM media gateways from GENBAND for global fixed networks and sell them the hiG product line. (11/4/2008)
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Nortel Media Gateway 15000
One of Nortel’s remaining bright spots is with its VoIP or Multimedia solutions that allow the company to demonstrate and execute on its visions of being “a” if not “the” market leader for any given segment in which it competes. (6/1/2009)
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Sonus Networks GSX9000 Open Services Switch
Sonus maintained its number one position in high- density media gateways for 2008, based on revenue, outpacing competitors Nortel, Alcatel- Lucent et. al. But its lead is diminishing as Sonus faces a challenging economic climate in 2009. (6/1/2009)
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Veraz I-Gate 4000 Pro
Veraz continues to hold its own in the high- density media gateway market with its I-Gate 4000 PRO, through solution improvements and product enhancements, garnering a seventh place position in this highly competitive segment filled with Tier 1s. (6/1/2009)
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• - Current Perspective Rating
• - Product Strengths & Weaknesses
• - Product Buying Criteria
• - Product Metrics

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• Buying Criteria
  • Channel Capacity
    • Describes the capacity, in terms of DS0s, in a single shelf and rack for both circuit switched and packet switched configurations.
  • Customer Traction
    • Describes the platform’s overall market share and penetration of Tier 1 service provider networks.
  • Softswitch Strategy
    • Softswitch strategy is the manner in which the vendor plans to support advanced voice switching services. The vendor may choose an internal solution, for example, or interoperability with a third-party vendor solution.
  • Equipment Partnerships
    • These are the strategic partnerships or interoperability alliances made with vendors of periphery equipment that are necessary for a full network buildout. Such partnerships could include IAD vendors, ATM switch vendors, DSLAM vendors, or any number of industry-wide consortiums.

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• Product Metrics
  • Metrics
    • 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
  • Max DS-0s (circ-switched)
    • 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
  • Max DS-0s (G.729a)
    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port