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Intertex/Ingate and Kapsch CarrierCom form a strategic partnership

Vienna (ots)

Cooperation in the product portfolio, sales and
marketing segments will lead to innovative solutions for network
operators based on the latest technologies.
For telecoms operators the past few years have been characterized
by major structural investment. Increasing competitive pressures and
the associated fall in prices have also led to the current
unsatisfactory situation. In this connection there has been a
continual increase in demand for new services, and these have been
made available to end customers with relative ease and minimal delay.
Previously, operators simply built networks and made their capacity
available. Now a service aspect has been added to the landscape. The
value added chain has therefore expanded in the access sector.
To offer appropriate innovative services to telecoms providers,
Intertex Data AB, its subsidiary Ingate Systems AB and Kapsch
CarrierCom AG have entered a strategic partnership with the specific
aim of providing a complete, open and future-proof solution for
carriers, particularly in the Voice over IP (VoIP) market. The
technology behind this solution is the Session Initiation Protocol,
or SIP for short.
Despite having been designed simply as a communication protocol,
SIP enables VoIP to be linked with a large number of services that
are of great significance for the future telecoms market. The
important thing here is not to search for a killer application but to
opt for a killer technology that is open and flexible enough to
handle a broad portfolio of services and applications.
Intertex/Ingate, with its SIP-based firewall solutions for
enterprises and carriers, is contributing the crucial aspect of
security to the overall concept. The portfolio of Kapsch CarrierCom
ranges from soft switches and application servers to client
implementations on various platforms. The turnkey solution also
includes partner products such as SIP-compatible terminals and
gateways, and the OSS/BSS portfolio of Kapsch CarrierCom.
"Flexible solutions with open interfaces not only pave the way for
Voice over IP and IP-based services but also form the basis for next
generation communication networks." "What is important for the
success of innovative technologies, apart from the added benefits for
end customers and operators, is a full end-to-end solution that can
be tailored to customer-specific requirements", said Thomas Schöpf,
CSO at Kapsch CarrierCom.
"Integration of Intertex und Ingate"s SIP solutions for Network
Address Translation and Firewall Transversals with the SIP solutions
from Kapsch CarrierCom will create a new and powerful generation of
VoIP and IP service solution platforms that will improve user-to-user
communication. A complete SIP-based VoIP solution is now available
for carriers and internet providers", said Olivier Porte, Export
Sales Manager at Intertex.
The first joint activities for implementing international
communication projects involved integration tests. Components from
Intertex/Ingate and those from Kapsch CarrierCom proved their
versatility and in particular their compliance with SIP protocol
guidelines. The successful completion of this first phase was also
the green light to start work on joint customer projects. The simple
scalability of the overall concept enables projects to be implemented
in classic carrier solutions, enterprise hostings and links between
companies and private customers. As far as firewalls are concerned,
products from Intertex are used for the end customer and SME sectors,
and products from Ingate for the enterprise/carrier sector.
The benefits for end customers from this joint solution from
Intertex/Ingate and Kapsch CarrierCom are there for all to see,
namely flexible communication with different terminals and media that
incorporates existing equipment and therefore leaves all options open
without the need for major investment. For network operators, the
advantages are similar. Here too, flexibility and expandability,
particularly integration with existing components, are essential so
that existing investment is not jeopardized.
Intertex Data AB was founded in 1982 by the present CEO Karl Erik
Stahl. The company develops and sells communication and security
products. At present, products for broadband access focusing on the
SIP standard, and user-to-user IP communication are being introduced.
The products include adapted ADSL modems and firewalls prepared for
IP telephony, presence, instant messaging, video conference and home
appliance control. Intertex has received numerous international
awards for creative product design and outstanding business
performance. For further information go to www.intertexdata.com.
Ingate Systems AB produces and markets the world's first
SIP-compatible enterprise firewalls and SIParators(tm), a unit that
provides SIP communication based connections via an existing network
firewall. Ingate firewalls offer total firewall protection and allow
the use of SIP-based communication. For further information go to
www.ingate.com.
The companies of the Kapsch Group have built up an enviable
reputation as Austrian system innovators and integrators for public
and private communication networks and intelligent traffic telematics
solutions. Kapsch is one of the world's leading suppliers in many of
the major segments in the information and communication industry.
Customers of Kapsch CarrierCom include Telekom Austria, Mobilkom
Austria, ORF and Matáv. With around 2500 employees, the Kapsch Group
has subsidiaries and offices in 12 European countries and is
represented by sales partners throughout the world.

Contact:

Kapsch AG
Brigitte Herdlicka
Public Relations
Wagenseilgasse 1
A-1121 Wien
Phone: +43/50811/2705
E-Mail: brigitte.herdlicka@kapsch.net

Kapsch CarrierCom AG
Peter Hofbauer
Produktmanagement
Triesterstrasse 70a
A-1102 Wien
Phone: +43/1/811'11/3138
E-Mail: peter.hofbauer@kapsch.net

Intertex Data AB
Rissneleden 45
SE-174 44 Sundbyberg
Schweden

Olivier Porte
Export Sales Development Manager
Phone: +46/8/706'24'20
E-Mail: olivier.porte@intertex.se
Internet: http://www.intertexdata.com