Written by: Israel Investor Newsletter | November 28, 2007
Marvel Technology (Nasdaq: MRVL) getting rocked and hitting a 52 week low after a weak earnings report. The company posted a loss of $ 6.4 million, or -$.01 per share, on revenue of $758.2 million for the third quarter ended Oct. 27. During the same period a year ago, Marvell earned $6 million, or $.01 per share, on revenue of $520.4 million.
Veraz Networks (Nasdaq: VRAZ) closes a deal with ONEMAX for the first-ever deployment of an IMS over WiMAX network in the Americas.
Internet Gold (Nasdaq: IGLD) announces earnings. We also saw the IPO of IGLD’s subsidiary, 012 Smile.Communications (Nasdaq: SMLC) this quarter.
Shamir Optical (Nasdaq: SHMR) reported earnings with an increase of 50% in adjusted net income. Not too shabby.
We’ll be speaking more about Veraz (VRAZ) in upcoming articles but I thought this piece was particularly good. Jefferies & Co. writes about the VoIP Industry from the ground up. This will help in understanding why VRAZ may be the best pureplay out there on the VoIP industry.
VoIP and Softswitching Networks: A Technology Primer
Media Gateway – Media gateways are the basic building blocks of a VoIP network. Media gateways process voicestreams and convert traffic between traditional TDM and VoIP networks…switching traffic from one network protocol to another. Media gateways interface with the legacy network and also connect end user devices to the VoIP network.
Softswitch – A softswitch (sometimes called a media gateway controller) handles call control (setup andtermination) and signaling. Softswitches are software based, residing on network servers. Softswitches perform routing for a call within the network based on signaling and customer database information.
Signaling Gateway – A signaling gateway is used to transport/convert signaling traffic from a SS7 network to an IPnetwork and vice-versa. Within a VoIP network, signaling gateways provide call control functionality and service processing, working in conjunction with the media gateway and softswitch.
Media Server – A media server is a specialized device (hardware/software) supporting applications such as Interactive Voice Recognition (IVR), speech recognition, conferencing, and video processing. Softswitches and/or application servers control media servers.
Feature/Application Server – A feature or application server is used to support advanced services (such asconferencing, unified messaging and call forwarding) within a VoIP network. Third-party vendors can build customized applications using feature servers.
