Thomson provides technologies, systems and services to help the media and entertainment industry create and distribute new multimedia services made of voice, data and video. With its CIRPACK brand, Thomson is one of the leading suppliers of softswitch solutions enabling operators to offer advanced phone services to any types of broadband and legacy subscribers simultaneously, including ISDN, VoIP, IP Centrex and Fixed-Mobile Convergence with a migration path to IMS/TISPAN architecture.
CIRPACK’s solutions are softswitches and media/signalling gateways providing carrier-grade reliability, scalability and regulatory features for massive deployments of broadband telephony and IP Centrex as well as of legacy PSTN infrastructures delivering ISDN or POTS services. CIRPACK switches are fully compliant with all local protocol variants and regulatory requirements such as lawful intercept, number portability and emergency numbers.
Fully integrated with Thomson’s SmartVision IPTV platforms, CIRPACK switches allow operators to easily deploy quadruple play services on a large scale, offering primary line telephony services with carrier-grade reliability. CIRPACK switches can be enhanced with software options turning the platform into a future proof core IMS/TISPAN solution for multimedia services delivery. The CIRPACK technologies are the foundation of the new PSTN, leveraging previous investments to maintain existing services and ensuring a smooth migration to NGN and IMS.
Thomson deployed the world's largest SoftSwitch-based PSTN as early as 1998 and is now at the heart of some of the largest European VoIP services. With over 4 million Class-5 licences deployed, and some 80 telco customers in 30 countries, Thomson is a leading player in the softswitch market.
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