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
Network Evolution
SIGTRAN – a 5 minute introduction
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
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.
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
Voice is just another application. Discuss.
I’m 41. My Dad was really into technology and computers, so I grew up in a home where personal computers were always present. I learnt to code in BASIC on a Sinclair QL. We got dial-up internet when I was in high-school. I got my first cell phone when I was 20, and my first… Continue Reading
How redundant should our network be?
The telecoms network has high standards in terms of availability. For years we’ve talked about “five nines” reliability, meaning that service is available 99.999% of the time – equivalent to about 5 minutes of downtime per year. I wish my internet service was that good. The only way to attain such a high standard of… Continue Reading