Media Contacts
Americas
Lori Scribner / Natasha Grach
JHG-Townsend
ContinuousComputing_Team@jhg.com
T +1.858.457.4888
Europe
Nicola Smart / Sarah Rhodes
AxiCom
ContinuousComputing@axicom.com
T +44 (0) 20 8392 4050
Continuous Computing Enables Spatial Wireless To Create 3G Wireless Softswitch
SUPERCOMM/ATLANTA, GA - June 4, 2002 - Continuous Computing Corporation (CCPU), the leading provider of High Availability, network-ready computing platforms for telecom equipment manufacturers, today announced that Spatial Wireless has incorporated CCPU's Hi-5 PICMG 2.16 platform to enable 3G-like features and functionality in its wireless softswitch. The Hi-5 PICMG 2.16 compliant platform replaces the CompactPCI bus with communication via Ethernet, greatly increasing fault-tolerance and simplifying HA programming while increasing bandwidth, reducing external cabling, and leveraging the increasing intelligence of the I/O cards currently on the market. Continuous Computing has a long and extensive history in delivering platforms utilizing Ethernet as the backbone.
The Spatial Wireless Portico and Atrium products are overlay servers which deliver 3G services on today's 2.5G networks. These servers embed Continuous Computing's SPARCBlade IIe-500 processor boards that utilize CCPU's 30GB IDE and SCSI transition boards, 24+2 PICMG 2.16 Ethernet Switches, NetCCN, and disk storage technology. In addition, CCPU provided system architecture, product realization and integration services to create a turnkey telecom platform. This platform enables Spatial Wireless to scale their systems from small to large installations, making the servers ultra scalable and flexible for different communications protocols. "Density, footprint, adaptability, and flexibility were all important features to us," said Spatial Wireless Founder and Director of Systems Engineering, Mike Tatachar. "Continuous Computing provided a platform that fits our environment as it allows us to target small, medium, and large scale deployments and customers, the system met our price performance targets, and their solutions allowed us to go to market very quickly."
"CCPU hardware components are the building blocks of telecom applications for the VoP, IP Optical, and Wireless central office network," said Ken Kalb, CEO, Continuous Computing Corporation. "We leveraged our expertise in HA solutions to provide a complete turnkey platform for our customers utilizing our full line of proprietary hardware so we can get Spatial Wireless to market quickly and cost effectively with their first-class mobile switching solutions."
About Spatial Wireless
Founded in January 2001, Spatial Wireless enables switching solutions that accelerate the progression of packet based wireless voice and data communications. The Spatial Wireless product line currently consists of two solutions: Spatial Portico and Spatial Atrium. Spatial Portico is an overlay gateway product that supports the introduction of voice, data and converged services. Spatial Wireless has recently announced a successful trial of its Spatial Portico product with SUNDAY, a leading wireless service provider in Hong Kong. The Spatial Atrium is a natural evolution of the Spatial Portico. For further information visit www.spatialwireless.com.
About Continuous Computing
Continuous Computing provides integrated systems and services that enable telecom equipment manufacturers to rapidly deploy Next Generation Networks (NGN). Over 150 customers worldwide benefit from the company's unique blend of customized professional services, Trillium protocol software, AdvancedTCA and CompactPCI systems, and BladeCenter hardware. Continuous Computing helps customers reduce platform lifecycle costs, optimize data delivery, and accelerate deployments of NGN, 3G/4G Wireless, and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) infrastructure. The company is ISO-9001 and CMMI certified and based in San Diego with development centers in China and India. For more information, visit www.ccpu.com.
Continuous Computing is a member of the Intel Embedded and Communications Alliance (www.intel.com/go/ica), Communications Platforms Trade Association (www.cp-ta.org), Femto Forum (www.femtoforum.org), IMS Forum (www.imsforum.org), Service Availability Forum (www.saforum.org), and the Blade.org ecosystem (www.blade.org).
Continuous Computing, the Continuous Computing logo, Create | Deploy | Converge, FlexTCA, Flex21, FlexChassis, FlexCompute, FlexCore, FlexDSP, FlexPacket, FlexStore, FlexSwitch, FlexTCA, Network Service-Ready Platform, Quick!Start, TAPA, Trillium, Trillium+plus, and the Trillium logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Continuous Computing Corporation. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.
###
