UTStarcom: 500 Billion Minutes Served

UTStarcom reports the company's mSwitch has carried more than 500 billion minutes of usage from the second quarter of 2005 through the fourth quarter of 2007. Using data from market researcher iLocus, the number would represent 16 percent of global VoIP traffic. In addition, iLocus ranked UTStarcom as the No. 1 vendor for global Class 5 VoIP minutes of usage for the 11th consecutive quarter, giving the company a cumulative 45 percent share of global traffic.

Next Generation Networks (NGN) is a core business area for UTStarcom, as the company capitalizes upon the continuing growth of Internet traffic and the end-of-life of legacy switches. Recent deployment contracts include PLDT in Asia and Jersey Telecom in Europe. UTStarcom includes a comprehensive feature set in the switch and also supports value-added applications such as unified messaging and communications and fixed mobile convergence.

For more:
- UTStarcom NGN Milestone Release
- UTStarcom mSwitch information

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