Thomson’s Cirpack MultiNode-B is the next-generation telephony switch operators need to launch their next-generation services: VoIP, IP Centrex, Triple Play, Fixed-Mobile Convergence, etc.

Cirpack MultiNode-B is a highly modular, scalable, high-density platform, incorporating all the components of a powerful public telephony switch in a compact, standards-based and easy to manage shelf. It has been designed to replicate the features of legacy TDM switches, enabling existing services and equipment to be maintained in new architectures while deploying new VoIP and multimedia features over broadband local loops.

Based on IBM’s BladeCenterT, a carrier-grade version of IBM’s blade server technology, Cirpack MultiNode-B combines Thomson’s High Velocity SoftSwitch with Thomson’s Public Telephony Gateway and Remote Telephony Gateway products. It is a unique next generation solution to expand legacy PSTN, deliver VoIP services and start migrating to an IMS architecture.

Fully integrated with Thomson’s world leading video technologies, IPTV service delivery platforms and residential gateway products, it is the ideal solution for telecom operators and Internet service providers to quickly deliver feature-rich broadband services that meet the most demanding reliability, modularity, ease of management and cost of ownership requirements.

Cirpack MultiNode-B from Thomson is the platform handling several of the largest European VoIP deployments. It has demonstrated carrier-grade reliability, offering toll-quality telephony services across very large and complex infrastructures.

With Cirpack MultiNode-B, Thomson is further extending its technology leadership in next-generation network platforms enabling carriers, service providers and local loop operators around the world to build powerful infrastructures for delivering profitable multimedia services.