The next-generation Softswitch AutoCarrier® approved for interconnection in Latvia
December 10, 2004 (Press Release) --
Munich, Riga, 01 Dezember 2004 – Europe’s number one for intelligent value-added services in mobile and fixed-line networks, the European Computer Telecoms Group (ECT), has received another certification for interconnection to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN), this time in Latvia. The test for interconnection in this Baltic state was based on the strict guidelines of the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) and conducted jointly by ECT’s customers Lattelenet and Telecom Group together with Latvia’s national telecommunications provider, Lattelecom. Testing was completed in less than two weeks and confirms the AutoCarrier®’s compliance with the SS7 protocols MTP2, MTP3 and ISUP. The use of the latest technology based on the SS7 protocol is indispensable when offering high quality services to end customers. With Lattelenet and the Telecom Group, the ECT Group has won contracts with two of the largest alternative carriers in Latvia. Telecom Group offers innovative prepaid services to its end customers and Lattelenet offers telecommunication services to business customers. “We have ambitious expansion plans in the Baltic region, and interconnection in Latvia is certainly a milestone towards reaching our goals”, said Sergej Klunk, ECT Account Manager for the Baltic States and Russia.
The approved interconnection means that carriers and service providers can employ the AutoCarrier® Softswitch in the Latvian market and interconnect with the country’s PSTN. The softswitch can be used both as an interconnection switch and as an innovative and powerful platform for intelligent value-added services within the same system. This enables particularly young carriers to gain a foothold in the Latvian telecommunications market, which is in the process of liberalization.
“The Latvian telecommunications market is ideal for a product such as the AutoCarrier®. In particular, new carriers can employ this platform to realize intelligent value-added services, thereby generating new sources of revenue and distinguishing themselves from competitors,” said Dr. Marshall E. Kavesh, who stressed that a major advantage of the platform is its cost-effectiveness. “Carriers with legacy switches use additional equipment, which is expensive and takes up costly collocation space. With its next-generation technology, the Softswitch AutoCarrier® replaces the large amount of equipment and the complicated architecture normally required for intelligent value-added services,” said Dr. Kavesh.
Known for its technology and business competence, ECT has emerged as a premier developer of next-generation softswitches. Over the past few years, the AutoCarrier® has been approved for interconnection in numerous European countries. Carriers and service providers throughout Europe such as BT Global Services, the Deutsche Telekom Group, the TeliaSonera Group, Vodafone, Omnitel, Tele2, and many others use the AutoCarrier® and other ECT solutions to realize various intelligent value-added services such as ring back tone services, televoting, service numbers, prepaid services, teleconferencing or the personal number service.
The approved interconnection means that carriers and service providers can employ the AutoCarrier® Softswitch in the Latvian market and interconnect with the country’s PSTN. The softswitch can be used both as an interconnection switch and as an innovative and powerful platform for intelligent value-added services within the same system. This enables particularly young carriers to gain a foothold in the Latvian telecommunications market, which is in the process of liberalization.
“The Latvian telecommunications market is ideal for a product such as the AutoCarrier®. In particular, new carriers can employ this platform to realize intelligent value-added services, thereby generating new sources of revenue and distinguishing themselves from competitors,” said Dr. Marshall E. Kavesh, who stressed that a major advantage of the platform is its cost-effectiveness. “Carriers with legacy switches use additional equipment, which is expensive and takes up costly collocation space. With its next-generation technology, the Softswitch AutoCarrier® replaces the large amount of equipment and the complicated architecture normally required for intelligent value-added services,” said Dr. Kavesh.
Known for its technology and business competence, ECT has emerged as a premier developer of next-generation softswitches. Over the past few years, the AutoCarrier® has been approved for interconnection in numerous European countries. Carriers and service providers throughout Europe such as BT Global Services, the Deutsche Telekom Group, the TeliaSonera Group, Vodafone, Omnitel, Tele2, and many others use the AutoCarrier® and other ECT solutions to realize various intelligent value-added services such as ring back tone services, televoting, service numbers, prepaid services, teleconferencing or the personal number service.
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