• ENUM support: the IMG 1010 translates phone numbers into SIP addresses and lets SIP users call each other directly without a PSTN service, for faster connection times and lower phone charges
• Load balancing support: a feature not available in competitive products, the IMG 1010 works with load balancers to provide better distribution of SIP traffic for improved scalability and fault tolerance
• Enhanced any-to-any signaling: adds complete mapping between ISDN and SS7, based on ITU Q.699 standard, and CAS support for more connectivity options with worldwide telecom operators
• SNMP enhancement: adds three more industry standard MIBs to allow more centralized configuration and monitoring in a network operation center
• Additional Radius features: for prepaid applications, accepts messages from the Radius server for call duration and call redirection services, for faster processing of prepaid user agreements at the edge of the network

The award-winning IMG 1010 is an integrated media and signaling VoIP gateway that provides any-to-any network connectivity, enabling delivery of SIP services into legacy SS7, PRI and CAS networks, as well as IP-to-IP transcoding to connect IP networks using different protocols. The IMG 1010 offers the widest range of network interfaces in a compact, high density 1U package, allowing service providers to deploy applications across fixed and mobile networks worldwide. The IMG 1010 has already been deployed by more than 55 carriers in 20 countries, spanning five continents.

What the Industry is Saying
"Cantata has entered the Service Provider gateway market with a unique product that positions them well to strategically address the growing Low Density Gateway market—a VoIP market segment that has posted strong growth over the last 12 months," said Jeremy Duke, CEO, Synergy Research Group.

“Cantata’s IMG has been a popular choice among carriers within the Voice Peering Fabric. Its unique attributes include a compact form factor, SS7, and transcoding. The recent addition of ENUM support makes this product one of a kind,” said Shrihari Pandit, CEO of Stealth Communications (http://www.stealth.net/). “With ENUM support, the IMG 1010 can now provide ‘on-the-fly’ routing between telephone numbers and SIP addresses allowing telephone calls to move completely within the IP domain.”

“We have been successfully using the IMG 1010 with its PRI and SS7 interconnections and transcoding capabilities as the foundation for our service-rich, next-generation network solutions we deployed to many of our carrier-type customers in EMEA,” said Gurkan Ozturk, director of sales and marketing at Verscom (http://www.verscom.com/). “Cantata’s new software release for the IMG 1010 gives us even more options to enhance our IMS-ready, all-IP, fixed-mobile and multi-media carrier architecture solutions to serve wireless and wireline markets with state-of-the-art, any-to-any IP Voice services.”

Availability
The new version of the IMG 1010 will be available in April. For a complete list of the new enhancements, visit the Cantata website at www.cantata.com/products/img1010/1033_enhancements.cfm

For additional information about VoIP Gateways, download Cantata’s whitepaper “Paving The Way With Next Generation Media and Signaling VoIP Gateways” at http://www.cantata.com/whitepapers/pdf/paving_the_way.pdf

About Cantata Technology
Cantata Technology, established in 2006 through the combination of Brooktrout Technology® and Excel Switching Corporation, provides enabling communications hardware and software that empowers the creation and delivery of anytime, anywhere IP-based communications applications. Leveraging more than 20 years of experience, Cantata offers the broadest range of products, along with a worldwide network of partners that allows service provider and enterprise customers to develop new products, introduce new services and cost-effectively transition networks to IP. Headquartered in Needham, Mass., Cantata maintains multiple locations worldwide in North America, Asia and Europe.