Mainstream Digital Chooses The Covergence Eclipse Session Border Controller To Deliver Next-Generation Services To Fixed-Mobile SMEs In Europe
Covergence, the provider of next-generation session border control solutions, recently announced that Mainstream Digital Ltd., a UK-based service provider working in conjunction with British Telecom, has selected the Eclipse Session Border Controller to deliver a suite of fixed and mobile VoIP services directly to Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) in the United Kingdom and Europe. Mainstream Digital will also provide a whitelabel VoIP solution to allow small service providers to launch VoIP services more quickly and efficiently.
With Covergence, Mainstream Digital is able to remove the barriers to secure VoIP access and offer reliable, controllable business-class VoIP service to the SME market. Eclipse ensures that Mainstream Digital is able to meet the unique challenges of the access edge - processing registration traffic, authenticating users, protecting the service from attacks and encrypting and decrypting signaling and media - without sacrificing the performance or quality business users expect. Eclipse also supports interoperability with over 75 endpoints, including endpoints from Avaya, Polycom, Microsoft, Counterpath, Nokia and many others, so users can choose the right tool for the job. As a leading "best-of-breed" solution, Eclipse provides the unparalleled security, control , monitoring and deep, policy-based inspection required to provide one of the UK's first SIP-based interconnects directly into British Telecom's network.
"We chose Eclipse because it is a next-generation SBC that provides unparalleled security, control and monitoring, and because it helps us deliver new, value-added services to our customers," said Ian Medlock, managing director for Mainstream Digital. "For instance, the Eclipse rich integration to the BroadSoft BroadWorks platform allows our subscribers to use their Windows Communicator clients to make calls between registered SIP endpoints or PSTN phones."
"Covergence is committed to helping service providers address the needs of the business user and to giving users the means to add new revenue-generating services to their portfolios," said Bob O'Neil, president and CEO for Covergence. "With Eclipse, Mainstream Digital can offer organizations the ability to maximize their investment in next-generation applications, delivering greater value and functionality with the assurance of complete security and reliability."
The Eclipse family spans the needs of the Small to Medium-sized Business (SMB) market and continues all the way up to the world's largest service providers with recently-announced support for the industry standard AdvancedTCA chassis. All Eclipse models are available from Covergence today and can be purchased by contacting sales@covergence.com or by calling (+1)978.823.5200.
About Covergence
Covergence is the leader in scaling, securing and controlling VoIP and other real-time services. The Covergence Eclipse series of next-generation session border controllers combines traditional session-border-control functionality with comprehensive security features and management tools. Eclipse is purpose-built to securely and reliably connect users to VoIP and multi-media services while giving organizations the complete control and visibility they require. www.covergence.com.
About Mainstream Digital
Mainstream Digital specialises in the supply of high-quality carrier grade voice, digital, mobile and internet services, in association with BT, Europe's top convergence provider. Mainstream Digital is at the forefront of the industry, producing innovative Hosted IP Telephony solutions created specifically for the European Reseller Channel. It offers an exclusive ‘business only' managed data network, and business-specific applications such as call center, video and audio conferencing, presence awareness, consolidated billing, SIP Trunks and network stats to reduce cost and improve efficiency. Their platform provides carrier grade services with full enterprise telephony features allowing partners to enter this rapidly-growing market, secure new business and provide customers with advanced, feature-rich telephony services. Further information is available at www.msdigital.com
SOURCE: Covergence