CHELMSFORD, Mass., Sept. 13, 2006 (PRIMEZONE) -- Airvana, Inc. (www.airvana.com), an innovator and leader in mobile broadband infrastructure based on 3G mobile broadband technology, today announced that it has established a Multimedia/VoIP laboratory to test and demonstrate commercial IP-based mobile broadband 1xEV-DO Rev. A and fixed-mobile convergence systems. The VoIP Lab seeks to identify issues that may arise when voice and other multimedia data packets converge on a single network. From Quality of Service (QoS) to individual call performance, the VoIP Lab will help ensure that wireless VoIP networks run as flawlessly as possible. Current participants include AudioCodes, Brix Networks and Camiant.
"As operators make the important shift to all-IP networks, it is imperative that voice quality is not compromised by competing data on the network," said Vedat Eyuboglu, CTO of Airvana. "To that end, the VoIP Lab demonstrates Airvana's commitment to ensuring that Rev. A performs to its promised standards."
The VoIP Lab has three categories of testing and demonstration: applications, technical performance, and capacity. Applications testing will evaluate live VoIP calls with QoS on a mixed-load network; technical performance testing will measure enhancements to symmetry and reductions in latency; and capacity testing will demonstrate the full commercial viability of the simultaneous voice/video/data triple play. Over time, Airvana will continue to invite applications vendors to demonstrate advanced VoIP applications.
"QUALCOMM believes that the VoIP Lab is an important step in making sure that Rev. A delivers voice quality that is actually better than the current circuit-switched technology," said Chris Davey, VP of Sales for QUALCOMM. "We are pleased to see vendors participating and look forward to the technological enhancements that the VoIP Lab will generate for Rev. A."
Current VoIP Lab participants comment:
-- AudioCodes (www.audiocodes.com): "As an industry leader in providing converged, IMS-ready VoIP media gateways and media servers, AudioCodes is pleased to have our CDMA-enabled Mediant VoIP media gateway in Airvana's VoIP Lab," said Rich Poole, director business development for AudioCodes. "Airvana's VoIP lab should help to accelerate the availability of market-ready Rev. A solutions for service providers." -- Brix Networks (www.brixnet.com): "We are in the business of providing converged service assurance solutions to our customers," said Kaynam Hedayat, vice president, engineering and CTO of Brix Networks. "Working with Airvana allows us to have synchronicity and mutual advancement with other members of the Rev. A community." -- Camiant (www.camiant.com): "Camiant aims to align network applications with network resources," said Susie Kim Riley, founder and chief technical officer for Camiant. "Since Airvana supplies Rev. A infrastructure, it is critical that we participate in the VoIP Lab's simulation of real network conditions so that operators have few, if any, problems when they match services with their networks."
About Airvana
Airvana is an innovative leader providing mobile broadband infrastructure based on third-generation (3G) wireless packet data technology. Airvana is the first company to combine advanced CDMA2000 1xEV-DO broadband technology with an innovative IP-Radio Access Network architecture -providing carrier-class performance and reliability. Networks based on Airvana's technology service millions of consumer and business subscribers; and a wide range of mobile broadband information, communication and entertainment applications.
Worldwide, Airvana's mobile broadband systems are deployed on six continents in 16 major networks by industry-leading service providers who demand high standards of carrier-class performance. In North America, Airvana's largest deployments are Verizon Wireless (USA), Sprint PCS (USA), Bell Mobility (Canada) and Telus (Canada). The company's products are also deployed in networks including Telstra (Australia), Vesper (Brazil), Eurotel (Czech Republic), and Pelephone (Israel).
In addition, Airvana builds solutions for other wireless markets including in-flight, air-to-ground communications; and fixed-mobile convergence (FMC) for the integration of cellular and IP-based access technologies.
Airvana is headquartered in Chelmsford, MA, USA. For more information, please visit the company's Web site at http://www.airvana.com