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March 28, 2008
Pannaway Adds New Switch Suitable for Carriers Looking to Provide Mobile Backhaul Services
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Pannaway (News - Alert) Networks, which offers next generation Ethernet/IP
Multi-Service Access Platforms for telecommunications service providers, has added a new switch to its product line which is suitable for carriers who currently provide -- or plan to provide -- backhaul services to mobile operators.
With the high demand for advanced mobile services coming from both the consumer and business market segments, wireless providers are now on “full tilt” and are making major investments in new 3G and 4G networks. These new wireless networks will deliver advanced mobile broadband services such as mobile VoIP, mobile TV and live mobile video communications. But backhauling all the signals from these bandwidth-intensive applications between the base stations is going to be a challenge -- and mobile operators will be looking to get in on a wide variety of, shall we say, “leasing arrangements” to backhaul their signals across existing fixed line networks. This, in turn, creates new revenue opportunities for fixed line operators. Furthermore, wireless operators will be looking for broadband access solutions that make it simple and affordable for them to establish advanced, fully-flexible TDM/IP backhaul networks.
The new Broadband Access Switch (BAS)-150, with its pseudowire technology, enables service providers to establish "virtual wires" for the transport of traditional TDM services along the same cost-effective, high performance, converged Ethernet transmission path. An integral component of Pannaway’s Service Convergence (News - Alert) Network (SCNTM) architecture, the BAS-150 lets wireline providers leverage Ethernet pseudowires to provide business services and to transition existing T-1 based services off of platforms that are nearing their end of life.
Just as with all of Panaway’s highly-flexible, carrier-grade broadband access solutions, the BAS-150 gives service providers the ability to transition their legacy networks to Ethernet/IP at their own pace, and roll out new IP-based services quickly, effortlessly and with very low cost.
"Pannaway’s BAS-150 is of tremendous value to the service provider community because of its unique capabilities, standards-based implementation and price performance,” said Brad Hansen, Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Operations for Nsight, in a press release from Pannaway. “It won’t be long before mobile base stations evolve to Ethernet backhaul,” “The BAS-150 allows for growth based on T1’s and stands ready in its current form to provide GigE backhaul when the radios are ready for it.”
The BAS-150 employs an IETF standards-based approach to circuit emulation over Ethernet via Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3), including both SAToP (Structure Agnostic Transport over Packet) and CESoPSN (Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network) modes, ensuring multi-vendor interoperability. In addition it is fully interoperable with other PWE3 compliant devices, and backwards compatible with Pannaway’s existing line of products, including its Broadband Access Manager (BAM).
Pannaway Networks, formerly Panaway Technologies, made news in February when it introduced new 2.5 GPON access modules, as well as a higher speed 10GbE transport fabric, for its award-winning MAGNM-20 Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP) -- which is at the center of its is an integral component of its Service Convergence Network (SCNTM) architecture. With these new product offerings, Pannaway customers can leverage high-density copper, active Ethernet and 2.5 GPON using the same, fully-managed carrier-grade Ethernet/IP platform.
As per a company press release, the new MAGNM-20 2.5 GPON OLT blade provides four, 2.5/1.2 OLT ports, resulting in a capacity to service that exceeds 2,300 end points per chassis. Pannaway claims service providers can seamlessly upgrade to include 2.5 GPON “without any service disruptions.”
The new MAGNM-20 10GbE Fabric enables operators to boost the speed of transport along the fiber ring to 10Gbps. Pannaway claims the resultant increase in throughput means “the network is never starved on bandwidth and can support popular subscriber functions like streaming Internet video and IPTV.”
The company also made news in February when it announced that it had added new Ethernet/IP capabilities to the Inteleflex broadband loop carrier (BLC) platform, which it acquired last year from TelStrat -- and that it has renamed the platform MAGNM-FX. Using the MAGNM-FX platform in conjunction with Pannaway’s SCN IP access system, telcos can make the transition to all-IP networks at their own pace. In addition, these products allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively roll out new services and add new features to their existing IP-based services. In addition, Pannaway has added holistic remote management capabilities within its Broadband Access Manager (BAM).
For more information about Pannaway Networks, visit www.pannaway.com.
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Multi-Service Access Platforms for telecommunications service providers, has added a new switch to its product line which is suitable for carriers who currently provide -- or plan to provide -- backhaul services to mobile operators.
With the high demand for advanced mobile services coming from both the consumer and business market segments, wireless providers are now on “full tilt” and are making major investments in new 3G and 4G networks. These new wireless networks will deliver advanced mobile broadband services such as mobile VoIP
, mobile TV and live mobile video communications. But backhauling all the signals from these bandwidth-intensive applications between the base stations is going to be a challenge -- and mobile operators will be looking to get in on a wide variety of, shall we say, “leasing arrangements” to backhaul their signals across existing fixed line networks. This, in turn, creates new revenue opportunities for fixed line operators. Furthermore, wireless operators will be looking for broadband access solutions that make it simple and affordable for them to establish advanced, fully-flexible TDM/IP backhaul networks.The new Broadband Access Switch (BAS)-150, with its pseudowire technology, enables service providers to establish "virtual wires" for the transport of traditional TDM
services along the same cost-effective, high performance, converged Ethernet transmission path. An integral component of Pannaway’s Service Convergence (News - Alert) Network (SCNTM) architecture, the BAS-150 lets wireline providers leverage Ethernet pseudowires to provide business services and to transition existing T-1 based services off of platforms that are nearing their end of life.Just as with all of Panaway’s highly-flexible, carrier-grade broadband access solutions, the BAS-150 gives service providers the ability to transition their legacy networks to Ethernet/IP at their own pace, and roll out new IP-based services quickly, effortlessly and with very low cost.
"Pannaway’s BAS-150 is of tremendous value to the service provider community because of its unique capabilities, standards-based implementation and price performance,” said Brad Hansen, Chief Operating Officer of Fixed Operations for Nsight, in a press release from Pannaway. “It won’t be long before mobile base stations evolve to Ethernet backhaul,” “The BAS-150 allows for growth based on T1’s and stands ready in its current form to provide GigE backhaul when the radios are ready for it.”
The BAS-150 employs an IETF standards-based approach to circuit emulation over Ethernet via Pseudowire Emulation Edge to Edge (PWE3), including both SAToP (Structure Agnostic Transport over Packet) and CESoPSN (Circuit Emulation Service over Packet Switched Network) modes, ensuring multi-vendor interoperability. In addition it is fully interoperable with other PWE3 compliant devices, and backwards compatible with Pannaway’s existing line of products, including its Broadband Access Manager (BAM).
Pannaway Networks, formerly Panaway Technologies, made news in February when it introduced new 2.5 GPON
access modules, as well as a higher speed 10GbE transport fabric, for its award-winning MAGNM-20 Multi-Service Access Platform (MSAP) -- which is at the center of its is an integral component of its Service Convergence Network (SCNTM) architecture. With these new product offerings, Pannaway customers can leverage high-density copper, active Ethernet and 2.5 GPON using the same, fully-managed carrier-grade Ethernet/IP platform.As per a company press release, the new MAGNM-20 2.5 GPON OLT blade provides four, 2.5/1.2 OLT ports, resulting in a capacity to service that exceeds 2,300 end points per chassis. Pannaway claims service providers can seamlessly upgrade to include 2.5 GPON “without any service disruptions.”
The new MAGNM-20 10GbE Fabric enables operators to boost the speed of transport along the fiber ring to 10Gbps. Pannaway claims the resultant increase in throughput means “the network is never starved on bandwidth and can support popular subscriber functions like streaming Internet video and IPTV
.”The company also made news in February when it announced that it had added new Ethernet/IP capabilities to the Inteleflex broadband loop carrier (BLC) platform, which it acquired last year from TelStrat -- and that it has renamed the platform MAGNM-FX. Using the MAGNM-FX platform in conjunction with Pannaway’s SCN IP access system, telcos can make the transition to all-IP networks at their own pace. In addition, these products allow service providers to rapidly and cost-effectively roll out new services and add new features to their existing IP-based services. In addition, Pannaway has added holistic remote management capabilities within its Broadband Access Manager (BAM).
For more information about Pannaway Networks, visit www.pannaway.com.
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Don’t forget to check out TMCnet’s White Paper Library, which provides a selection of in-depth information on relevant topics affecting the IP Communications industry. The library offers white papers, case studies and other documents which are free to registered users. Today’s featured white paper is Best Practices for Deploying a Virtual Call Center: Tips, Techniques and Best Practices, brought to you by LiveOps (News - Alert).
