Newport Networks Ltd and Marconi Communications Ltd Sign MOU
CHEPSTOW, UK - December 22, 2003 - Newport Networks Limited announced that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding with Marconi Communications Limited. Marconi is a global designer, manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications equipment and services. Newport Networks manufactures and delivers carrier-class session controllers to Service Providers, enabling them to offer commercial voice and multimedia services on top of existing data and Internet services.
Under the terms of the agreement, Newport Networks and Marconi Communications will work together to deliver joint solutions that can be marketed and sold to meet the existing and future needs of telecommunication service providers. This solution provides policing functions, inter alia, for IP Interconnects between Network Operators and for IP Interconnects between IP PBX CPE's and New Generation public networks.
About Newport Networks Limited
Newport Networks' mission is to accelerate the commercial launch of voice and multimedia services over IP networks and extend their reach to a global market. The company develops the critical solutions that Service Providers need in order to sell these services to business and residential customers. The Newport Networks 1460 session controller is a new breed of IP networking equipment that enables Service Providers to deliver increased value to their subscribers and capture new revenue more quickly by combing the best features of traditional circuit switched technology with that of the Internet. It provides the features, scalability, performance and reliability that Service Providers need to deliver successful managed voice and multimedia services over IP.
For further information, please visit www.newport-networks.com.
About Marconi Communications Limited
Marconi is a global designer, manufacturer and supplier of telecommunications equipment and services. The company's customers include a number of the leading telecommunications operators throughout the world, with whom they have a large base of installed equipment.
Marconi's Core businesses include the provision of optical networks, broadband routing and switching, broadband access, outside plant and power, other network equipment and associated installation, maintenance and other value-added services. Marconi's customer base includes telecommunications companies and providers of Internet services for their public networks, and some large corporations, government departments and agencies, utilities and educational institutions for their private networks.
For more information, visit www.marconi.com
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