Ulticom Inc. has introduced Signalware for MontaVista Linux Carrier Grade Edition 3.1, a complete software development and deployment environment based on SS7, the standard global telecommunications protocol. Previously available only on Solaris and Red Hat Linux, Signalware addresses messaging, switching, location, mobility, and payment services for Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) involved in wire-line, wireless, and IP networks, and it supports traditional SS7 links, IP-based M2PA links, M3UA connectivity, and SIP.

Signalware represents a full suite of products, including Signalware SS7, SIP, SIGTRAN and Gateway. Signalware SIP, for example, is a modular product for multimedia applications, while Signalware SIGTRAN targets convergence SS7/IP implementations using SCTP, M2PA, M3UA and SUA signaling for voice, video and data networks to converge, “allowing carriers to incrementally take advantage of the benefits provided by the all packet network,” according to the company.

Signalware Gateway, in turn, is a bridge between legacy circuit networks and all-packet networks, helping NEPs and service providers to migrate platforms, applications and services to evolving protocols and networks.

“Open computing system support has long been the philosophy embodied in the Signalware product, allowing NEPs to select best-of-breed computing platforms that optimally match deployment requirements,” said Osman Duman, vice president of marketing at Ulticom. “MontaVista shares this philosophy with an operating environment and development platform that enable NEPs to leverage commercial, off-the-shelf computing platforms ranging from server-based systems to rack-mountable AdvancedTCA (ATCA) systems.”

 
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