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AppTrigger has reportedly expanded its features for the Unisys (News - Alert) Application Session Controller (ASC) offering and has expanded its Application Session Controller (ASC) with the Unisys UVMS/VSE550 solution.

 

AppTrigger’s core technology powers the Unisys ASC (News - Alert) enabling Unisys and their customers to maintain their existing voice messaging solutions while migrating to a NGN (next generation network) architecture. All this can be achieved at a dramatically lower cost than the cost of rewriting their existing large-scale applications for the new environment.

 

The Unisys Application Session Controller is a highly scalable, carrier-grade network element that enables IMS, VoIP and legacy intelligent network (IN) applications to be resistant from the changes in converging networks. By using Unisys ASC, Unisys’ more that 150m customers can seamlessly migrate and modernize their existing Unisys network layer platforms.

 

According to company sources, new key performance enhancements to the ASC include support for Bearer Independent Call Control (BICC) and Media Server Markup Language (MSML).

 

Noting that this is telecommunications modernization at the network layer, Patrick Fitzgerald (News - Alert), SVP of sales and marketing at AppTrigger said that currently a large number of Unisys customers around the world are utilizing intelligent network (IN) applications over legacy technology. He indicated that leveraging the expanded capabilities of the Unisys ASC solution, those customers can migrate their IN applications to IMS and NGN networks at a much lower cost.

 

The Unisys ASC Solution has the ability to extend the life of current stove pipes while making an investment towards IMS, according to company sources who also explain that the solution uses the principles of software-oriented-architecture (SOA) to service providers’ network layer.

 

Jim Tanner, president, Global Communications Group at Unisys said that traditionally, applications are not easily extended to new networks without costly custom integration, which often results in profitable applications being retired or replicated when NGN service networks are introduced.

 

“The Unisys ASC extends the life and investment of these legacy applications while enabling the creation of new service bundles at a faster time-to-market,” he added.