MEDIATION DEVICES: Shouldering the Load

摘要

How fast do the generations pass on a carrier network? When it comes to VOIP gateways, try six months. In just that amount of time a whole new crew of vendors has rolled out equipment designed from the ground up to bridge traffic between new packet-based networks and legacy time-division multiplexed (TDM) voice networks. Not to be outdone, makers of phone gear are introducing suites of existing products that together deliver the same functions.