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Quintum is dedicated to providing innovative solutions to the network convergence market. Quintum has expanded on the limited capabilities of standard VoIP gateways by introducing the concept of an intelligent VoIP Switch with the Tenor product line. Tenor products provide much more than just simple gateway functionality70;they provide all the elements required to deploy a VoIP switching network. The Tenor AF / Tenor AX products offer from 2 FXS/FXO port solutions, up to 24 FXS/FXO, as well as 48 FXO only ports.

Quintum has developed a complete line of intelligent Tenor VoIP access switching and gateway solutions that are deployed in enterprise and service provider networks around the world. Along with the Tenor AX product, Tenor DX offers from 1 to 8 T1, E1, PRI spans and the Tenor BX offers 2, 4 or 8 BRI/ST ports.
Benefits

* Survivability to assure telephony communications remain live in branch office locations, even if the IP PBX network fails
* Unmatched protection of voice quality and availability
* Ease of Ownership with scalability, security and remote management capabilities
* Ease of installation because Tenors are designed to fit into virtually any network offering and compatibility across PBX and IP PBX environments
* Lower TCO because Tenors require no PBX modifications, no additional equipment, and no provisioning expenses

Success Story

Often, organizations don't have any problem using their IP network to carry voice. But unforeseen problems with minor aspects of their communications environment wind up undermining convergence plans.

Deer Valley School Unified District encompasses 37 schools across 400 square miles in Phoenix, AZ. 60-70% of the District's call volume was between its own facilities. The district had three T-1 lines delivering 4.5Mbs of bandwidth to each location - so network capacity wasn't an issue.

The challenge was integrating a variety of analog devices, including fax machines, and facilities systems, such as those for energy management and monitoring fire sprinklers, which communicated via modems.

"Replacing fax machines and facilities systems would have been cost-prohibitive," says Dave Hatfield, District Manager of Technical Services. "The only way we could move forward with VoIP and reap the substantial potential savings was to solve the other convergence issues."

Quintum's Tenor switches, Nortel Compatible Products, offered a complete, economical solution. With the Tenor switches in place, all the District's analog devices could function over the IP network just as they had previously, and the District could move ahead with its convergence initiative and eliminate its local toll costs.

Any team planning a convergence project should carefully assess its environment and determine which analog devices will be disabled by a move to all IP. They should also carefully pilot the planned VoIP architecture to ensure that all current voice capabilities will be maintained. And to address these issues that may potentially jeopardize the project, they should call Quintum right away - because Quintum's solutions directly and cost-effectively address these common problems, while providing the reliable performance so important for convergence success.