The rapid growth of LTE networks, cost efficiencies of IP, and changing regulatory requirements are fueling the rise of an all-IP communications world. However, the inherently flexible nature of IP causes many incompatibilities to arise, along with security and handoff issues, when service providers attempt to connect to other IP networks.
The GSMA-defined IP eXchange creates a new service-aware interconnect model that ensures interoperability and performance between service providers and a commercial framework for profitability. IPX rejuvenates traditional interconnect businesses by allowing operators that rely on high-volume origination / termination of voice minutes and data traffic to cap their legacy TDM networks and create new, cost effective monetization opportunities.
GENBAND’s SMART EDGE™ IPX Solution provides standards-compliant IPX capabilities that enable wholesale carriers, International LD providers, Interexchange carriers, GRX operators, Global ISPs, MNOs, and alternate transit providers to deliver end-to-end secure and quality-backed VoIP, HD voice, video, IM, and RCS-e services to their end customers. This Solution also creates new monetization opportunities by enabling the offering of cloud-based, hosted multimedia IP interconnect services to mobile, fixed, cable, and Over-the-Top service providers.
The market-leading IPX Solution has unique advantages that include:
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Ability to interconnect between service providers using a state-of-the-art, field-hardened IPX platform
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Smart capabilities that ensure robust security and network-wide quality and performance of IP sessions at every interconnection point in the network
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Support for multiple service types including multi-service/multi-lateral exchanges, HD VoIP, multimedia, RCS, signaling and media interworking as a service, and wholesale hosted applications
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Network intelligence with advanced reporting, routing, and policy enforcement under a single management umbrella, simplifying management and enhancing service visibility
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Broad support for interconnecting beyond IPX, including multiple other IP and legacy technologies - IP (H.323, SIP, SIP-I, SIP-T, IMS SIP), Legacy Mobile IP (BICC), and TDM
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Lowest cost of ownership while enabling new revenue generating services