Company's Security Gateway Interoperable with BridgePort's Open, Standards-
Based MobileVoIP Convergence Solution for Mobile Carriers
Fall VON Conference, BOSTON, Sept. 20 /PRNewswire/ -- Reef Point Systems
(http://www.reefpoint.com) a leader in carrier-class security solutions for
converged wireless and wireline networks, announced today it has joined the
MobileIGNITE Program, after completing interoperability testing between its
Security Gateway and BridgePort Networks' NomadicONE Network Convergence
Gateway (NCG).
Established in early 2005, the MobileIGNITE Program was created to bring
together leading MobileVoIP companies to speed time to market of MobileVoIP
convergence solutions for service providers, by working on open standards
based interoperability.
MobileVoIP services create many times more endpoints than wireline
networks today. With potentially millions of subscriber endpoints requiring
simultaneous authentication and access to the network, operators need Reef
Point's massively scalable Security Gateway to ensure network availability and
a reliable user experience.
"MobileVoIP is widely seen as a first step service providers can take
toward providing IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS)-enabled services. Voice traffic
running over Wi-Fi is open to eavesdropping. The Reef Point solution ensures
calls are confidential and conversations can't be recorded. To do this,
comprehensive security capabilities must be built into operator networks,"
said Stephen Diamond, CEO, Reef Point Systems. "We are delighted to bring
security to this important industry effort through the MobileIGNITE Program."
"Because our MobileVoIP solutions are based on an open standards approach,
service providers can offer new convergence services easily and quickly while
maintaining service continuity across their existing networks with easy
evolution to IMS," said Sanjay Jhawar, SVP of Marketing and Business
Development, BridgePort Networks. "An important part of assuring the
performance and availability of these services is ensuring they are secure. We
are pleased that Reef Point's Security Gateway works with our solutions based
on the NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway and complementary elements
provided by other MobileIGNITE Program members to make this happen."
BridgePort Networks is the first vendor to offer a platform for MobileVoIP
convergence that bridges cellular roaming technology compatible with today's
mobile networks and VoIP based on the open SIP (Session Initiation Protocol)
standards. The company has developed MobileVoIP solutions for service
providers that enable seamless roaming, network presence detection and the
ability to cost effectively deliver mobile services over VoIP networks and
VoIP calls to mobile phones.
The Reef Point Security Gateway
Reef Point Systems' massively scalable, carrier-class multiservice
Security Gateway provides comprehensive security for converged wireless and
wireline networks. Unlike other solutions, such as session border controllers,
the Reef Point solution is massively scalable, securing up to half a million
simultaneous connections enabling operators to reduce capital and operational
costs. It provides robust threat defense with every major security feature in
one platform including stateful firewalls with Denial of Service attack
prevention, intrusion detection services, custom firewall filtering, dynamic
virtual routing with Network Address Translation, and session limiting to
protect against external threats. The purpose-built security gateway provides
uncompromising high-performance and reliability through Reef Point's patented
Flow Application Streaming Technology(TM) and optimum mix of custom
ASICs/FPGAs and network processors.
About BridgePort Networks
BridgePort Networks is the leader in MobileVoIP convergence -- combining
the personalization and mobility of mobile phone services with the
flexibility, innovation and outstanding cost economics of the rapidly growing
VoIP sector. The core product, the NomadicONE Network Convergence Gateway
(NCG), uses roaming technology to extend single identity phone number services
over multiple access networks, including: mobile, cable, DSL and Wi-Fi. The
NomadicONE NCG is a key component of an open standards partner ecosystem, the
MobileIGNITE Program that comprised end-to-end solutions that improve the
quality, coverage and cost of mobile service delivery and the mobility of VoIP
services. BridgePort Networks is a global company, headquartered in Chicago,
Illinois. To learn more about BridgePort Networks visit:
http://www.bridgeport-networks.com.
About Reef Point Systems
Reef Point Systems (http://www.reefpoint.com) is a privately held company
that delivers extreme security for a converged world. Reef Point supports the
migration to global converged services by offering massively scalable,
carrier-class multiservice security solutions for converged wireless and
wireline networks. Reef Point's extreme security solutions enable service
providers to secure the network infrastructure and protect multiple revenue
streams, eliminate the cost and complexity of installing and managing separate
devices, and reduce operating costs. Reef Point Systems is located in
Burlington, Massachusetts.
BridgePort Networks logo, NomadicONE, MobileFIND, and MobileIGNITE are
trademarks of BridgePort Networks Inc. All other trademarks are properties of
their respective owners.
Reef Point Systems, Extreme Security for a Converged World, iQOS8000,
iQOS4000 and iQOS are trademarks or registered trademarks of Reef Point
Systems. Other company names, product names and company logos mentioned herein
are the trademarks, or registered trademarks of their respective owners.
Contact:
Betsey Rogers
Red Javelin Communications, Inc.
603-886-7087
betsey@redjavelin.com
http://www.redjavelin.com
SOURCE Reef Point Systems
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Related links:
http://www.reefpoint.com
http://www.bridgeport-networks.com
CONTACT:
Betsey Rogers for Reef Point Systems,
+1-603-886-7087, betsey@redjavelin.com
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