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Telecommunications
Systems
Network Systems Company
NSC offers total solutions to the telecommu-
nications market.
Carrier Networks
With broadband networks becoming the standard,
carriers are rapidly refocusing their investments
from voice to IP networks. In providing asym-
metric digital subscriber lines (ADSLs), IP
media integration, high-value-added services and
high-speed Internet access services such as fiber-
to-the-home (FTTH), they are moving fast to
adapt to the broadband era.
To respond to the needs generated by these new
carrier services, NSC launched the Carrier-VoIP
system in October 2000. This soft-switch
architecture-based system enables carriers to
offer VoIP and outsourcing services for advanced
intranets. The system features carrier-class
scalability and reliability and offers a unified
multimedia messaging solution for enterprises,
combining VoIP services with unified messaging
and customer contact center functionality.
In September 2000, NSC opened the Network
Competence Center, a facility for integrated
functionality and interoperability testing of net-
work systems and services using the latest broad-
band network equipment, such as wide area
networks (WANs), local area networks (LANs),
VoIP, multimedia-over IP (MMoIP), optical
access equipment, network management systems
(NMSs) and operation support systems (OSSs).
The Network Competence Center is a step in our
efforts to provide customers with products with
better security, quality and scalability.
Enterprise Networks
The speed at which information and communica-
tions technology (ICT) is spreading throughout
the economy is rapidly increasing, as is the
pressure to reduce the total cost of ownership
(TCO) by switching to advanced IP-based multi-
media networks which integrate voice and data.
In response to the needs
generated by this trend, NSC
launched Office stageTM in
September 2000. Office
stageTM is a business commu-
nications system for small to
medium-sized companies
that utilizes cutting-edge IP
technology to offer IP tele-
phony over the Internet or
the enterprise intranet.
NSC also added advanced
functions to the CTstage®
CTI system, including cellu-
lar phone and voice recognition capabilities,
facilitating customer relationship management
(CRM) and customer contact and improving
overall business efficiency. The IPstage® family
of products, which includes IPstage®, a PBX
based on IP that supports extension lines, and the
Internet Voice Gateway and Gatekeeper series,
was expanded. Through these moves, NSC has
established a comprehensive lineup of Internet
telephony solutions that can be optimized for any
enterprise network.
Video and Other Communications Networks
In November 2000, NSC launched software for
video monitoring, video distribution and visual
collaboration systems using MPEG4 to offer
economical, high-quality video solutions over
the Internet. We expect rapidly growing demand
for video over the Internet in the future and are
preparing to expand our business in this area.
In October 2000, NSC launched M-NetLiaison,
a new business assistance system for mobile
intranet services. Using Sun Microsystems
Corporation’s latest Java/Jini technology,
M-NetLiaison features advanced functions
such as “plug and work” for services over
the network and automatic recognition of
subscriber terminals.
Office stageTM, a business communi-
cations system utilizing the latest IP
technology, helps reduce communi-
cation costs and conserve space.
Cooperating with business applica-
tions, it offers a broad variety of fea-
tures, from CTI such as call center
and telephone reservation functions
to digital cordless functions.
Yoshikatsu Shiraishi
Company President
The Carrier-VoIP system
is a carrier-class server
that converts signaling
information from existing
public switched telephone
networks (PSTNs) into IP,
functioning as a signaling
gateway between PSTNs
and IP networks. The sys-
tem allows carriers to
offer integrated data and
voice services with VoIP
at the core. The Carrier-
VoIP system can accom-
modate several million
users and is designed to
be fault-tolerant.
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