The Black Box

[dfi trader]

thanks wahz, i appreciate your quick response. However, in the sbc and bls prs, lu specifically mentions their softswitch.

sbc:

SBC companies will deploy Lucent's IMS offering - part of Lucent's Accelerate(TM) Next Generation Communications Solutions portfolio - that consists of products and applications, both with unique Bell Labs developed enhancements and services.

SBC companies plan to implement a managed consumer Voice-over-IP service powered by the Lucent IMS architecture.

Among the products and applications are the Lucent Session Manager, including the service broker function; the Lucent Feature Server; Lucent Unified Subscriber Data Server; Lucent Network Controller; Lucent Network Gateway; Lucent Communication Manager with next-generation features; MiLife® Application Server and MiLife® SurePay® Solutions.


bls:

BellSouth will deploy components of the Lucent IMS portfolio, including the Lucent Network Controller, a softswitch technology-based product that provides the media gateway control functions traditionally found in a softswitch, to enable consumer VoIP services.