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Network Evolution

Telecoms = Painfully Slow Obsolescence

May 3, 2023 By Andrew

I read a fascinating article this week by Doug Dawson from CCG Consulting. You can read it here – I’d encourage you to read it all. I’ll wait. For those who were too lazy to read it, I’m not angry, but I am disappointed… Unfortunately, for the sake of my article, I can’t help but… Continue Reading

A brief history of phone numbers

February 15, 2023 By Andrew

Today we’re announcing a new service for our clients: If you sign up for our LERG Refresh service we’ll provide quarterly updates to your Metaswitch translations that include the latest information from the LERG (new NPA-NXXs in your rate centers and LATAs) so that you’re able to successfully route and bill all calls correctly. Please… Continue Reading

How to move an 11,000 ton central office building – without interrupting service

July 29, 2022 By Andrew

I recently came across the video below, which shows how Indiana Bell physically moved their 8-storey, 11,000 ton central office building, while still providing access to employees and customers, and without any interruptions to phone service. I’m tempted to say something about how modern technology is amazing, except that this happened in 1929! You can… Continue Reading

SIGTRAN – a 5 minute introduction

February 10, 2022 By Andrew

Have you considered converting your physical SS7 links to SIGTRAN? This article will give you a short introduction to the topic so you can knowledgeably consider your options. SS7 links can be kind of a pain. They’re critically important to the network, but they are usually expensive, and you’ve got to carefully transport these two… Continue Reading

Partnership with TelcoBridges

January 5, 2022 By Andrew

As announced on TelcoBridges blog, we have signed on to be a TelcoBridges Alliance Partner. I’ve previously shared how pleased I was by the announcement that Metaswitch and TelcoBridges have entered into an interoperability agreement, and it’s that agreement that has led to this partnership. Metaswitch has always been primarily a software company, and in… Continue Reading

Metaswitch partners with TelcoBridges for media gateways. And all the people rejoiced.

November 11, 2021 By Andrew

On November 3 TelcoBridges and Metaswitch announced a new partnership. “We are delighted to be certifying TelcoBridges to provide another media gateway option with proven interoperation with the Metaswitch Call Feature Server product family and integrated with the always-on diagnostic capability provided by our MetaView Service Assurance Server.” Joe Weeden, VP of Voice Core infrastructure at… Continue Reading

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