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HP and Lucent Technologies Announce Integration of Elemedia and HP OpenCall IN Platform

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The integration of Lucent's elemedia(R) H.323 gatekeeper software and HP's OpenCall Intelligent Network (IN) platform is set to provide unprecedented value-added voice services to data networks, marking a significant milestone in the development of services that work seamlessly on both voice and data networks. This collaboration aims to leverage the strengths of both companies, enabling enterprise service providers to offer new IP telephony services that have not been available for data networks before. The integration is expected to make HP's OpenCall IN platform a highly scalable, reliable, and programmable gatekeeper/SCP capability for data networks.

Key Takeaways:

  • The integration of elemedia and HP OpenCall IN platform will provide enhanced value-added voice services to data networks, leveraging the strengths of both companies.
  • The H.323 protocol is a widely used, industry-standard protocol stack that enables value-added voice and multimedia services to run over Internet Protocol (IP) networks.
  • The new elemedia-based functionality is slated to be made available to all HP OpenCall customers, targeting Internet Telephony service providers who require highly scaleable, reliable, and programmable gatekeeper/SCP capability for data networks.
  • The integration process is optimized by HP to enable service providers and equipment vendors to rapidly deploy advanced IN services over data networks.
  • The HP OpenCall IN platform is a highly flexible, scalable, carrier-grade platform for deploying voice services in worldwide wireline and wireless networks.
  • elemedia, a wholly owned venture of Lucent Technologies, is a leading supplier of H.323 gatekeeper technology, leveraging Bell Laboratories research and expertise in digital communications, signal processing, and software design and development.

Statistics:

  • The $6 billion business for HP in communications IT infrastructure is supported by more than 2,500 professionals worldwide.
  • The HP OpenCall IN platform has been deployed as service control points (SCP), service data points, and service node controllers in worldwide wireline and wireless networks.
  • Lucent Technologies had $42.9 billion in revenue in its 1997 fiscal year, with 127,200 employees worldwide.

Sources:

  • Business Wire: "Hewlett-Packard Company and Lucent Technologies Announce Plans to Integrate Lucent's World-Class Network Solutions and HP's Industry-Leading, Open Telecommunications Computing Platforms" (November 17, 1998)
  • HP Press Release: "HP and Lucent Technologies Announce Integration of elemedia and HP OpenCall IN Platform" (November 17, 1998)
  • Lucent Technologies Website: www.lucent.com (accessed November 17, 1998)
  • HP Website: www.hp.com (accessed November 17, 1998)

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