For next generation service providers looking for a competitive edge, the MetaSwitch VP3500 opens up a host of new opportunities to reduce expenses and generate new business.

• Legacy POTS subscribers can be supported by a compact, low-power chassis that is easy to deploy and manage. For carriers migrating from an existing Class 5, signaling links can be shared between the old and new switch, enabling a steady, seamless migration.
• The VP3500 unlocks the potential of carriers' broadband networks, whether ATM or IP based, by delivering broadband voice services natively from the switch. With no additional voice gateway, the network is simplified and unnecessary packet-TDM conversions are removed, improving voice quality. Existing legacy POTS subscribers can continue to be serviced from the same switch.
• The VP3500 reduces operator/support costs with a Web-based self-care option that enables both legacy POTS and broadband voice subscribers to easily view and control their own service profile.
• With new calling features and advanced VoIP services, the VP3500 creates new markets and revenue opportunities. And since these services can be delivered from the same switch as traditional POTS lines, deployment is easy and the network architecture is simplified.
• As the industry moves toward a next generation network model, MetaSwitch customers are at the forefront of the revolution, thanks to the VP3500's support for TDM, cell and packet interfaces, and its open, softswitch design which conforms to the Multiservice Switching Forum and International Softswitch Consortium reference architectures.

While a number of vendors claim to be providing Class 5 "replacements", many of these products are simply TDM-based switches with a smaller form factor than existing legacy switches. MetaSwitch's Voice-over-Broadband support, coupled with innovative IP Centrex and Web self-care services, makes for a genuine next generation solution that enables service providers to increase revenues, reduce costs and build for future growth.

The VP3500's combination of VoIP, VoATM and TDM support enables deployment in a wide range of network configurations and applications. The following scenarios are given as examples to illustrate some of these possibilities.

• In a pure-TDM environment, the VP3500 can deliver POTS lines to replace or augment a traditional Class 5 switch that is running out of capacity or reaching end of life.
• Using the VP3500's ATM voice capabilities, service providers can leverage their investment in DSL networks by delivering voice services alongside data.
• The VP3500's IP capabilities enable delivery of voice services over a wide variety of broadband access networks, including fixed wireless and cable (hybrid fiber coax).
• Using the VP3500's broadband voice capabilities over T1, service providers can deliver traditional T1 interfaces to the customer's network, with increased (and more flexible and profitable) voice and data capacity compared with traditional TDM T1s.
• CLECs looking to move away from UNE-P services, or ISPs looking to offer voice services for the first time, can use the VP3500 to implement a facilities-based strategy for delivering voice services.
• Service providers looking to increase revenue per subscriber look to the VP3500 as a platform for advanced revenue-generating capabilities such as IP Centrex, IP Phones, soft phones, conferencing, unified messaging, Web-based call management and Web-based subscriber self-care.
• Carriers seeking to reduce ISP trunking costs can use the VP3500 to offload dial-up Internet traffic from legacy switches.
• Service providers migrating to a fully converged softswitch-based next generation network with a distributed call agent and media / signaling gateway architecture should consider the VP3500 as a key component in their strategy.

These solutions are by no means the only ones possible with MetaSwitch technology. Please contact us to discuss how we can help solve your network evolution issues, and open up new revenue opportunities.