mediaWays chooses Ericsson's ENGINE for IP network in the UK

mediaWays chooses Ericsson's ENGINE for IP network in the UK mediaWays, Germany's second-largest Internet Service Provider and a subsidiary of the Telefonica Group, has chosen Ericsson's Open Network Gateway (ONG) SS7 solution for Voice over IP and Internet access. The contract is for a three-year agreement and will provide around one million subscribers with next generation Internet services. The ONG is a part of Ericsson's ENGINE offering that will provide multimedia services. The first implementations at mediaWays are already ongoing in the United Kingdom. The agreement is valid for all countries in which mediaWays operates around the world. Ericsson's standards-based ONG is one of the industry's first open solutions supporting SS7 signaling in a distributed architecture. This architecture separates call control and connectivity. ONG is a step to Ericsson's ENGINE Multimedia, which will allow full multimedia functionality over IP. "Ericsson's ONG solution is the only viable solution we have seen with a Universal Port that is data, voice and SS7 enabled," said Martin Kütter, Managing Director, mediaWays.uk. "This integration will allow us to rapidly offer new services to customers and give us quick time-to- revenue." "We are very pleased that mediaWays has chosen Ericsson's ENGINE for the upgrading of their network, and confident that the robust ONG solution will help them become even more competitive on the market," said Einar Lindquist, President, Ericsson Division Multi-Service Networks. Ericsson is shaping the future of Mobile and Broadband Internet communications through its continuous technology leadership. Providing innovative solutions in more than 140 countries, Ericsson is helping to create the most powerful communication companies in the world. Read more at http://www.ericsson.com/press FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT Jonas Lihnell, Public Relations Manager, Division Multi Service Networks Phone: +46 8 719 3591, E-mail: jonas.lihnell@etx.ericsson.se Paula Angel-Jones, Head of Communications Ericsson Data Backbone and Optical Networks Phone: +1 781 505 6245, E-mail: paula.angel-jones@ericsson.com mediaWays GmbH As a network service provider, mediaWays operates one of Europe's largest communication networks based on IP, the Internet protocol. Founded in 1996 in Germany, the company is positioned second only to Deutsche Telekom with its Internet and network services, placing it as the leader among alternative carriers. mediaWays designs and implements complex corporate networks and virtual ISP's with voice-/data integration, offers broadband technologies such as xDSL and powerline and implements Web and Server hosting facilities. With 2.5 billion online minutes per month, users of the mediaWays network account for one of the highest densities of online minutes in Germany. mediaWays' clients include media companies and multi nationals such as DaimlerChrysler, Deutsche Bank, Bertelsmann, AOL, Hewlett Packard, Lycos, RTL and Toyota as well as providing networking for 30 of Germany's largest online services. The mediaWaysGroup operates companies in Germany (Headquarter in Gütersloh) and in UK the mediaWays.uk.Ltd (London). The building of a UK- wide network is the beginning of an internationalization plan which will strive to duplicate the success in Germany. The goal now is to play in the same league as the top five British IP network operators within the year. www.mediaways.net About ENGINE ENGINE is Ericsson's global multi-service network offering for operators of fixed networks, designed for real-time services; a network able to carry large and growing volumes of IP-based traffic. The ENGINE concept efficiently builds new and migrates operators' current circuit-switched networks into a single next generation network, based on ATM and IP packet switching technologies. www.ericsson.se/engine About the Open Network Gateway The Open Network Gateway is a SIP-based open standard solution supporting industry standard protocols specified by the MEGACO Working Group of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). The system is designed as a next generation PSTN/IP gateway for future multimedia services. The standard ONG platform consists of three components: 1. Signaling Gateway designed to communicate with the SS7 network via SIP or H.323. 2. Media Gateway Controller designed to manage Media Gateway resources 3. A series of Media Gateways (MG) that provide the bearer channel for voice, fax or data. "Universal port" technology, i.e. data, voice & SS7 ready, enables full flexibility and increased potential for services revenue. In addition, voice quality has been designed to meet the stringent E.168 protocol, Ericsson's highest standard.