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WirelessDevNet.com Press Release
Global Crossing Becomes First 'Avaya SIP-Compliant' Global VoIP Provider
FLORHAM PARK, N.J., Oct. 19 -- Global Crossing
(Nasdaq: GLBC) today announced that it is the first global VoIP provider whose
enterprise Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solutions portfolio is fully
compliant with Avaya's (NYSE: AV) Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) telephony
solutions.
SIP is an open signaling standard that allows carrier and enterprise voice
equipment to interoperate with each other over an IP network via SIP trunks.
SIP trunk services are an important enterprise networking category that
leverages new efficiencies in network design and capabilities via SIP-enabled
applications.
"We're proud to be the first global service provider to receive SIP
interoperability compliance certification from Avaya," said Anthony Christie,
Global Crossing's chief marketing officer. "While many service and equipment
providers are implementing VoIP with disparate configurations, we're committed
to simplifying the adoption of converged services for enterprises around the
world."
GlobalCrossing is a member of the Avaya DeveloperConnection Program, an
initiative to develop, market and sell innovative third-party products that
interoperate with Avaya technology and extend the value of a company's
investment in its network.
Businesses transitioning to VoIP can now confidently add best-in-breed
capabilities to their network without having to replace their existing
infrastructure, speeding deployment of new applications and reducing both
network complexity and implementation costs.
"The Avaya DevConnect community has become a catalyst for rapid
innovation, creating new multivendor applications that help enterprises around
the world embed secure, reliable communications capabilities into the fabric
of their business," said Eric Rossman, vice president, developer relations and
technical alliances, Avaya. "Today's announcement is a big step towards
establishing SIP as an open standard for call signaling across both enterprise
and service provider networks. We're delighted to add Global Crossing to this
prestigious roster and are confident that they'll deliver increased value to
their customers and to the VoIP community at large."
Global Crossing's portfolio of Enterprise VoIP Services includes VoIP
Outbound, VoIP Toll Free and VoIP Local services. All three VoIP services have
been tested and certified as interoperable with the Avaya SIP Enablement
Services and Avaya Communication Manager Release 3.0 and Avaya 4600 Series SIP
telephones.
All of Global Crossing's enterprise VoIP services offer carrier-class
quality, backed by end-to-end converged IP service level agreements (SLAs) for
jitter, packet loss, availability and latency.
A leader in fully interoperable, secure VoIP services for enterprise and
carrier customers, Global Crossing currently runs more than two billion
minutes per month of VoIP traffic over its private, global backbone. Global
Crossing was one of the first service providers to announce the replacement of
legacy switches with VoIP switches in its network core, enhancing the seamless
delivery of converged IP services.
Avaya's Converged Communications Server 3.0 and its SIP Enablement
Services module works with Communication Manager software, the company's
flagship IP telephony software, supported by Avaya media servers, gateways and
SIP telephones. In March, Avaya's SIP telephony solutions received the "Well
Connected" Award from Network Computing magazine, an industry-leading
publication for information technology and networking professionals. Following
extensive testing, the magazine cited Avaya's SIP solution for providing the
best interoperability with third-party phones and a rich set of features.
The Avaya DeveloperConnection program currently includes more than 1,300
software and hardware developer companies, integrators, service providers and
customers. Members have created hundreds of innovative solutions tested for
Avaya compliance, including natural language speech recognition applications,
wireless services, specialized computer telephony integration and reporting
capabilities, and applications tailored for specific vertical industries.
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over
the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network
connects more than 300 cities and 30 countries worldwide, and delivers
services to more than 500 major cities, 50 countries and 6 continents around
the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network
footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience
worldwide.
Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's
enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners
worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business
applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range
of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service,
Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to more
than 40 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators
and ISPs.
Please visit http://www.globalcrossing.com for
more information about Global Crossing.
ABOUT AVAYA
Avaya Inc. designs, builds and manages communications networks for more
than 1 million businesses worldwide, including over 90 percent of the FORTUNE
500(R). Focused on businesses large to small, Avaya is a world leader in
secure and reliable Internet protocol (IP) telephony systems and
communications software applications and services.
Driving the convergence of voice and data communications with business
applications -- and distinguished by comprehensive worldwide services -- Avaya
helps customers leverage existing and new networks to achieve superior
business results. For more information visit the Avaya website:
http://www.avaya.com. For more information on the Avaya DeveloperConnection Program,
visit http://www.devconnectprogram.com
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