Veraz Networks introduces its Multimedia Generation Network Architecture (MGN)

Veraz Networks, a provider of application, control, and bandwidth optimization products, has announced its IMS enabled Multimedia Generation Network (MGN).

The new architecture enables service providers to rapidly deploy customized multimedia services while preserving and extending the capabilities of legacy application suites. The MGN concept derives, at least partially, from the merging of two existing terms such as Next Generation Network (NGN) and IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). Veraz's MGN does indeed incoprprate many of the key elements of NGN and IMS networks, including the exposure of the network's resources to third-party services and the separation of the application/media and network/control layer.

The Veraz MGN network optimizes the end-user experience by being client-aware and seamlessly supports multiple access network technologies to ensure consistency of service as well as service mobility.  The MGN opens the telecom service creation environment to partners and third-party developers for new revenue generating service opportunities, and greatly lowers the cost of delivering today's services while providing the flexibility to enable new services in the future.

"The Veraz MGN solution consistently meets service providers' strategy requirements, supports multiple technologies, protocols and network architectures," said Becky Watson, Program Manager, Communications Infrastructure and Convergence, Stratecast, a division of Frost & Sullivan.  "Veraz has routinely proven its products and solutions are interoperable in multi-vendor environments in real-world implementations."

Veraz's MGN architecture consists of three layers: Media, Control and Service Delivery, tied together by a unifying management layer. By eliminating the silo approach to service creation and delivery and replacing it with a unified service delivery and management platform, operators can quickly introduce new revenue generating services and lower the cost to deliver their existing services. 

"Service providers today want to easily complement existing offerings and compete with new applications without having to forklift their network or being forced into a vendor-specific migration path," noted Doug Sabella, CEo of Veraz,  "Our MGN architecture creates a unified foundation and service delivery layer that gives our customers the flexibility needed to deploy IP-based services such as presence-enabled video chat alongside traditional applications."