Toshiba Introduces SIP Trunking to Strata CIX

Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. said it has added SIP trunking capabilities to its Strata CIX IP business communication systems and is now available from Toshiba’s nationwide network of dealers.

Toshiba begins its nationwide rollout of SIP trunking capabilities with SIP carriers Cbeyond and American Broadband Services (ABS) and will expand to additional carriers during 2008.

“Toshiba’s SIP trunking feature gives users ISDN-like features over a data connection without the need to buy separate services for voice and data. In addition, using Toshiba’s SIP trunking capabilities allows enterprises to have increased calling capacity on the same bandwidth,” said David Fridley, senior product manager of IP telephony, for Toshiba America Information Systems, Telecommunication Systems Division.

The new capabilities allow the Strata CIX IP business communication system to communicate with a service provider natively over an IP circuit, which can be used to carry voice and data simultaneously. Inside the CIX, the voice is converted to data and sent to the service provider along with the same circuit as the other data packets. This allows one circuit to be used for voice and data, and it also allows for data to get all the bandwidth when no voice is present. QoS is managed by the service provider, allowing voice to instantaneously take priority over data.

Unlike older solutions where a VoIP gateway is necessary to connect the IP network to the TDM trunks, the Strata CIX system with the MIPU card and SIP Trunking puts the SIP Trunk support natively into the telecommunications system, the company said. The same MIPU interface also supports IP stations, remote users, softphones, Wi-Fi telephones and Strata Net multisystem networking.

The trunking capabilities are available on two IP interface units: Toshiba’s MIPU16 and MIPU24 support 16 ports and 24 channels, respectively. Both are compatible with BeyondVoice with SIPconnect from Cbeyond and VoIPZone from ABS.

ABS www.americanbroadbandservice.com
Cbeyond www.cbeyond.com
Toshiba America Information Systems Inc. www.toshiba.com