Vanguard Networks Introduces Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

VOIP Subscribers Can Lower Costs Using Vanguard Routers and Add SIP Phones

MANSFIELD, Mass., Aug. 30 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Vanguard Networks announces new SIP (session initiation protocol) gateway to allow customers to reap the benefits of IP Telephony. With the addition of SIP functionality Vanguard customers who subscribe to VOIP services from an IP telephony service provider will now be able to save on monthly charges, while keeping high quality and reliability. Customers can continue to use existing phones connected to a Vanguard Gateway router to keep initial expenses low, and also add SIP phones to lower administrative costs.

Vanguard Networks provides voice over IP with SIP, QoS, Security & Routing in a single platform to:

-- Allow Internet Telephone Service Providers (ITSP) to offer single edge

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-- Provide analog/digital phone to SIP gateway capabilities

-- Provide (FXO) PSTN back up to ITSP service

-- Support SIP IP-Phones

-- Route IP and non IP data

Vanguard Networks routers support both SIP and analog phones, and corporate PBX and key systems, supporting a full mix of data and telephony services as networks evolve.

With this announcement, Vanguard Networks routers now act as a Media Gateway and a Signaling Gateway between Voice over Frame Relay service and VOIP service. This powerful feature enhances the abilities of Voice over Frame Relay customers to migrate to VOIP on their own timeline. Mixed networks of Voice over Frame Relay sites and Voice over IP sites can easily interoperate.

Download our product introductory kit at http://www.vanguardnetworks.com/products/solutions/ip_telephony/

SIP Gateway functionality is available on all Vanguard Network routers equipped with voice option cards, running Applications Ware release 7.0 or higher with Advanced Voice Applications Ware software license.

Download our Software Release Information 7.0 at http://www.vanguardnetworks.com/products/applications_ware_software/

About Vanguard Networks

Headquartered in Mansfield, Mass., Vanguard Networks offers a portfolio of advanced multi-service protocol gateway solutions, IP routing products and system support maintenance services for use in enterprise and government networks. Vanguard Networks portfolio of multi-service access gateways and IP routers feature leading edge support for telephony over data networks, delivering integrated telephony gateway function supporting analog/digital phones and PBX's and leading edge voice packetization compliant with G.729, G.723, G.711 and supporting H.323 and SIP signaling.