VON: Performance Technologies announces customers

Performance Technologies today announced its second customer in a week, saying AirSpan Technologies will use its Segway 3600 Compact-STP, announced last September, in the PROTEL Mexico VoIP network.

Earlier, Performance had announced that Accudata Technologies, a line information database (LIDB) provider, will use the system to replace an aging pair of STPs, achieving lower operating costs in processing more than 1 billion number queries per month. AccuData operates one of 17 LIDB operations in the U.S., and provides verification services, such as name and address or credit card, between diverse protocols, including SS7, IP and the PSTN.

“They reached the point in their growth where it was more cost effective to transition to one of our STPs than to continue maintaining the existing systems or upgrade them,” said Deb Brunner-Walker, director of product management for the signaling group at Performance Technologies.

PROTEL Mexico is a multi-service voice and data provider which offers VoIP, IP Centrex and other voice services, based on part of Airspan’s AS.TONE VoIP system.

“PROTEL Mexico is one of our most valuable customers, so we wanted to implement an STP solution that would separate their SS7 network from a larger carrier’s network and meet their high expectations,” said Alex Paz, vice president of AS.TONE business development for Airspan Networks, in a prepared statement. “We selected Performance Technologies’ SEGway 6300 because it is a proven, cost-effective STP solution that would easily integrate into PROTEL Mexico’s large VoIP system. The system was implemented in less than a week and exceeded expectations at PROTEL Mexico.”

The Segway 3600 Compact-STP provides a variety of signaling types including M2PA, the SS7 equivalent in an IP domain, M2UA for remote layer 2 access, and both M3UA and SUA, which are SS7 over IP protocols. It can be deployed with as few as 24 links and then scale up to 96.

“That enables service providers to pay as they go, and get scaleability without having to pay up front,” said Bruner-Walker. “Companies are reluctant to invest in equipment that is pure legacy gear – this satisfies legacy needs now but also takes you where you need to go. SS7 is still prevalent but there is a migration to SS7 over IP and we enable our customers to take that next step.”