Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway
The Alcatel-Lucent 7510 Media Gateway has the correct capabilities (i.e., superior capacity and a strong signaling and IMS solution set) to garner significant market share. However, its late arrival to the market is forcing it to play catch up. (11/6/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Alcatel-Lucent 7520 Media Gateway
The Alcatel-Lucent 7520 MGW is positioned within the session control level of its IMS offering. Having its roots from the Lucent side of the organization makes it Alcatel-Lucent’s media gateway of choice for the North American market. (11/6/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Cisco MGX 8850/ MGX 8880
Cisco is losing its grip on its third place position in the wireline high-density media gateway market – historically surpassed by only Nortel and Sonus, now Alcatel-Lucent, GENBAND and Veraz are approaching it in market share. (11/13/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

GENBAND 8000 Media Gateway
The GENBAND 8000 Media Gateway is gaining momentum in the high-density media gateway market, pushing GENBAND to third place during the first half of this year ahead of industry giants such as Cisco and NSN, according to Synergy research. (11/6/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Nokia Siemens Networks Surpass hiG 1200
The Nokia Siemens Networks hiG 1200s had begun to gain some market share, attaining a fifth place position in a field of fifteen, when it decided to OEM media gateways from GENBAND for global fixed networks and sell them the hiG product line. (11/4/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Nortel Media Gateway 15000
Nortel slips from its number one position in high-density VoIP media gateway ports, having been overtaken by Sonus throughout 2007, according to Synergy Research Group. Three other competitors are also gaining on Nortel. (11/4/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Sonus Networks GSX9000 Open Services Switch
Sonus maintains its lead position in the high-density media gateway market, outpacing the nearest competitor, Nortel, by as many as ten percentage points. But it's forecasting a weak outlook for Q3 and year end in this uncertain environment. (11/11/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Veraz I-Gate 4000 Pro
Veraz continues to hang tough in the high- density media gateway market segment with its I- Gate 4000 PRO, largely through product enhancements and feature packing it has managed to hang onto sixth place while surrounded by the Tier 1s. (11/4/2008)

Price: $495

| Client Access |

Purchase Reports Online Purchasing and downloading reports online is quick and easy. 1. Accept the license agreement prepared by our lawyers.* 2. Select the reports you wish to purchase by clicking the "Purchase" button just below the report name and description. 3. Follow the checkout steps on our secure e-commerce site. All information you exchange with the secure site cannot be viewed by anyone else on the Web. All information is confidential and is used for internal purposes only. Under no circumstance will Current Analysis sell or otherwise redistribute this information. We accept the following credit cards: 4. Once your credit card is confirmed, you can download the reports. Reports are in a PDF format. We recommend you view the reports with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 5. Special Offer: If you purchase two or more reports in one category, we will send you a free Head-to-Head product comparison in one business day. More information. Contact us for special requirements. *The license grants rights to a single user for internal business or personal use only. Please contact us regarding licenses for enterprise-wide use, external use, and reprint rights. Contact Information Email: Back to Top

• Sections
  
• - Current Perspective Rating
• - Product Strengths & Weaknesses
• - Product Buying Criteria
• - Product Metrics

Page count: 6-7 pages

Special Offer: Purchase two or more Product Advisors and get a free Head-to-Head product comparison of those products at no cost. Get more information.

Top

• Buying Criteria
  • Channel Capacity
    • Describes the capacity, in terms of DS0s, in a single shelf and rack for both circuit switched and packet switched configurations.
  • Customer Traction
    • Describes the platform’s overall market share and penetration of Tier 1 service provider networks.
  • Softswitch Strategy
    • Softswitch strategy is the manner in which the vendor plans to support advanced voice switching services. The vendor may choose an internal solution, for example, or interoperability with a third-party vendor solution.
  • Equipment Partnerships
    • These are the strategic partnerships or interoperability alliances made with vendors of periphery equipment that are necessary for a full network buildout. Such partnerships could include IAD vendors, ATM switch vendors, DSLAM vendors, or any number of industry-wide consortiums.

Top

---

• Product Metrics
  • Metrics
    • Data Interfaces
    • PSTN Interfaces
    • Gateway Control Protocols
    • Companion Softswitch
    • Packet Signaling Protocol
    • PSTN Signaling Protocols
    • Codecs Supported
    • Backplane Architecture
    • Total Capacity
    • Card Slots/Chassis
    • Slots for Common Equip.
    • Number of Universal Slots
    • Chassis Dimensions
    • Chassis Per 7' Rack
    • Availability
  • Max DS-0s (circ-switched)
    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port
  • Max DS-0s (VoIP or VToA)
    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port
  • Max DS-0s (G.729a)
    • Common Equip. Redundancy
    • with Redundancy, 1:N port
    • with Redundancy, 1:1 port

Purchase Reports Online Purchasing and downloading reports online is quick and easy. 1. Accept the license agreement prepared by our lawyers.* 2. Select the reports you wish to purchase by clicking the "Purchase" button just below the report name and description. 3. Follow the checkout steps on our secure e-commerce site. All information you exchange with the secure site cannot be viewed by anyone else on the Web. All information is confidential and is used for internal purposes only. Under no circumstance will Current Analysis sell or otherwise redistribute this information. We accept the following credit cards: 4. Once your credit card is confirmed, you can download the reports. Reports are in a PDF format. We recommend you view the reports with the latest version of Adobe Acrobat Reader 5. Special Offer: If you purchase two or more reports in one category, we will send you a free Head-to-Head product comparison in one business day. More information. Contact us for special requirements. *The license grants rights to a single user for internal business or personal use only. Please contact us regarding licenses for enterprise-wide use, external use, and reprint rights. Contact Information Email: