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NetNumber, a provider of converged, next-generation, SIP, SS7/C7 and SIGTRAN addressing and routing technology to the global communications industry, says its Transactional IP Telephony Addressing and Numbering (TITAN) server has been certified as XConnect-Ready.

 

XConnect is a provider of Voice over IP (VoIP) and Next Generation Network (NGN) peering. The XConnect (News - Alert) Ready Partners Program is designed to create an ecosystem of pre-tested vendors and solutions to accelerate peering. The NetNumber TITAN has received the XConnect Ready designation after completing interoperability testing based on SIP signalling and ENUM queries with XConnect federations.

 

The NetNumber (News - Alert) TITAN server, as stated by the company is licensed and deployed by several tier-one mobile-operators, fixed-line carriers, and cable companies as a centralized addressing and routing infrastructure for both TDM and IP-based voice services, messaging services, number-portability services and least-cost routing services. TITAN is a converged ENUM, SIP, SS7/C7 and SIGTRAN addressing and routing engine.

 

“Fixed-line carriers and mobile operators that have deployed the NetNumber TITAN server can now query the XConnect registry via SIP and ENUM methodologies to identify routing details for millions of telephone numbers operated by service providers globally,” said Douglas Ranalli, NetNumber’s founder and chief strategy officer.

 

“Future Carrier-ENUM and number-portability implementations will depend on the smooth integration of routing data from multiple registry providers, and this certification moves us in that direction.”

 

This interoperability certification assures service providers deploying the TITAN server can enable registry lookups and routing information with the XConnect ENUM registry. This allows calls between the service provider’s network and XConnect federation members to be routed over IP, bypassing the PSTN. With the PSTN hops circumvented, call quality is preserved, termination costs are reduced and advanced services such as high-definition voice and video can be carried across networks.

 

“The TITAN server is the first addressing and routing engine that XConnect has certified,” said Eli Katz (News - Alert), XConnect chief executive officer and founder, who added that the company previously has certified signalling platform elements, such as SIP proxies and session border controllers.

 

“This new interoperability will enable service providers utilizing TITAN to efficiently access XConnect Registry information and interconnect to XConnect Federations by enabling cascading queries from TITAN to the XConnect Registry,” said Katz.