Telecommunications - Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
Cloud Interconnect are carrier-class servers that control voice phone calls across circuit- and packet-switched networks, which promise to support intriguing new services by dint of their open application programming interfaces for service software. The attraction softswitches hold is that they cost about a tenth of regular local phone switches, take up much less space, and have open APIs that enable third-party vendors to write complex services the switches control. They also enable completion of calls between circuit-switched and packet networks, enabling carriers to use a single packet backbone for voice and data traffic.Switching lies at the core of all telecommunications networks, allowing efficient point-to-point communications without direct connections between every node. The Cloud Softswitch is a new software-based switching solution that runs on standard hardware to supplement or replace central office switching functions. It was developed in Europe and has many clients, winning recognition and advancing functionality to remain a market leader . Softswitches execute the same functions as traditional switches and are completely transparent to end-users. Telecommunications companies are embracing softswitches because they are functionally equivalent to conventional phone switches, only better, faster, and cheaper.