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iBurst is a leading provider of Internet Service (ISP) and IP Voice Solutions within Africa. By providing a dedicated voice service iBurst enables customers to benefit from high quality, inexpensive calls over IP from both landline and mobile phones.

iBurst required an upgrade to unify their core network while providing SS7 to VoIP, specifically SIP & G729. This would ensure the company would meet the growing communication needs of their customers while simultaneously reducing costs for future expansion.

"When investigating the market Squire Technologies came highly recommended. Their products, price, expertise and customer service was exactly what we were looking for." says Mr Nazeer Adam Project Manager at iBurst, "I was impressed with their offering and their transparency. We discussed enhancing our existing network infrastructure with a Squire Technologies Media Gateway Controller (SVI-MGC), however we found the long term strategic advantage of a single vendor solution provided through the Media Gateway (SVI-MG) far more compelling. It has been an absolute pleasure working together with the Squire Technologies technical team. They were professional and efficient with a phenomenal turnaround time."

By implementing the Squire Technologies Media Gateway Solution, iBurst was able to significantly reduce power consumption, physical footprint, increase network stability and, with off-site dual redundancy, the assurance that customers experience 100% uptime. Managerial time was also greatly reduced by consolidating to one management system, thereby increasing productivity and efficiency.

Sanjeev Verma, Squire Technologies Regional Sales Director commented "With their sights set on the future, iBurst also saw great advantage in the scalability that the Squire Technologies Media Gateway offers. They have a strong vision for the future and as iBurst grows our products will grow with them. We strive to be completely transparent with clients, by engaging with them to identify the best possible network solutions. Squire Technologies products and services are continually being developed to ensure we support our customers growth."

With the end-user as the priority iBurst has ensured they invested in a product and a company that provides the technical expertise, strong Return On Investment (ROI) and a relationship that will support them into the future.

Squire Technologies, the Telecoms Signaling Specialists, have gained official certification from the major USA based operator Transaction Network Services (TNS), a world leading provider of data communications and interoperability solutions, to provide a complete range of Value Added SS7 Services.

Certification allows Squire Technologies to now deliver CNAM, LNP, LIBD & 800 services across the full 'SVI' SS7 to VoIP product range. This provides customers looking to take advantage of the TNS network with some of the most reliable and flexible network products available that are scalable to suit their growing business needs.

When combining the technical expertise and industry leading services of these two companies, global service providers and enterprises are able to benefit from expedient, robust and reliable services as well as easy access to a world full of potential clients.

"Interoperability between TNS' systems and our equipment was a very smooth, professional, process. Our technical teams worked together and achieved outstanding results. We are proud to have TNS recommend our products to access their network, our current and future customers will be able to experience the great advantages available of our combined services," said Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director of Squire Technologies.

"TNS operates one of the largest real time community-based networks in the world, enabling industry participants to simply and securely interact and transact with other businesses, while connecting to the data and applications they require over highly available platforms," said Sean Kent, Director of Product Management at TNS. "We are pleased to be able to approve Squire Technologies to access our network and database services. With all customers we work hard to ensure our stringent criteria are met and that all customers receive the very highest standards of service."

This new raft of services ensures customers will receive the strength and stability of Squire Technology products with the comprehensive services of one of the world's leading network organizations TNS.

Lightspeed Communications, Bahrain’s alternate service provider, has again seized the opportunity to improve their customers experience through the acquisition of a new voice platform, allowing them to provide high quality and affordable Voice Calling services in addition to their current product portfolio.

To initiate this new service Lightspeed Communications was looking to revamp their complex network of legacy equipment by simplifying the Network, easing management and increasing service reliability.

Squire Technologies, the Telecoms Signalling Specialists, worked with both France Telecom and Orange with great success. As part of the same group of companies Lightspeed Communications was offered a comprehensive SS7>VoIP signalling gateway solution the Media Gateway (SVI-MG) that exceeded all expectations.

"The solution recommended by Squire-Technologies simplified the core network infrastructure with only one piece of equipment. By unifying the network it replaced multiple existing units, reduced power demands, increased the quality and stability of our service. The dual redundancy assures 99.999% uptime and the highly intuitive management system increased management efficiency while making complex configurations very simple to apply. "Abdulrahman Ghazal, Lightspeed Project Manager concluded this was "the ideal solution".

"We were very impressed with how the solution seamlessly integrated with a wide range of different protocols including: Call Centre, Alcatel, PPC Platforms with the Netcentrex C5 IP Softswitch." Thierry Milard Lightspeed's CEO Continued "Lightspeed's customers are the priority; this robust and highly reliable solution impacted immediately with a positive reaction from customers as well as partners who are also pleased with the improved Average Success Rate (ASR) and quality of speech."

"We are very content that Lightspeed Communications has had such a positive experience, I can say that we found working together with their technical team was highly professional and efficient. It is good to know that the Customers of Lightspeed are in such competent hands." Sanjeev Verma, Squire Technologies Regional Sales Director It is a priority of Squire Technologies to ensure each and every customer receives robust products and the technical modifications needed for their business to succeed.

The engineers of Squire Technologies have been developing unique telecommunication network interconnect solutions for over 20 years. By taking advantage of this unparalleled expertise clients have received efficient, creative and highly specialised solutions developed to their specific needs at a fixed price.

As competition continually increases within the Telecommunications industry companies are focused on new, cost effective ways to differentiate and develop a competitive advantage. Companies often do not have the available resources, the technical ability, nor the time to turn visionary ideas into bespoke development projects. To expediate this process Squire Technologies has now officially opened their Research and Development service ‘Squire Labs’ to the world’s Telecommunications industry.

The level of service available is flexible according to the client's needs. Whether it is idea brainstorming with an expert, feasibility study, execution strategy or custom development; taking the time with professionals makes an idea reality quickly and efficiently.

The key to our efficiency is our experience. Throughout our history we have been collating a ‘Solution Module Library’. By combining various modules we are able to greatly shorten the development process, reduce the costs, remove the risk and expediently deliver competitive advantage.

Ensure you get the most out of your innovative ideas. Avoid mistakes, delays and over stretched resources. At Squire Technologies we deliver quick, risk free, professional services.

The world is changing quickly. Ideas make a difference only when they become a reality. Develop your Competitive Advantage before someone else does.

Discuss your plans for the future with an expert at Squire Technologies now.

Enabling IP Exchange interconnect with BT would allow Core Telecom to exceed customer demands well into the future. There was one clear choice.

As an independent Telecommunications Network, Core Telecom specialise in supplying bespoke, industry leading, inbound and outbound call solutions specifically designed to improve the way corporations handle their telephony infrastructure. Having an interconnect though several of BT's TDM Exchanges for a number of years, Core Telecom made the strategic decision to enable IP Exchange interconnect with BT. This would allow Core Telecom to continue exceeding the demands of their customers well into the future by quickly establishing and expanding services, including their '08 Direct' brand.

A number of strong competitors are able to support this move, "There was however one clear choice", says Sam Richardson, Project Manager at Core Telecom, "Squire Technologies and their Class 4 SoftSwitch SVI-C4. It was because of their experience with BT IP Interconnect, their robust product, the intuitive GUI, their technical aptitude and the clear Return On Investment."

Squire Technologies was able to remotely integrate the software only Softswitch with the engineered solution, allowing for incredibly expedient deployment, flexibility and readily available technical expertise. The SVI-C4 also provides the security of dual redundancy, scalability up 10,000 simultaneous calls and the ability to support transcoding as required.

By delivering 'on time, on specification, and on budget' Squire Technologies was able to ensure Core Telecom initiated their strategic policies and advanced their competitive advantage to its maximum potential.

"We continue to be pleased with how the project progressed and how the product continues to deliver. It has been extremely reassuring to have a dedicated team of technical experts in both the R&D and Support departments when building the future of our organisation. I have already recommended Squire Technologies to others in the industry." added Sam Richardson.

Sanjeev Verma, Regional Sales Manager said, "It is always satisfying to support clients using BT's IP Exchange service. We have a strong history of providing BT IP interconnect and so are able to deliver very efficiently. It is interesting to see the continued take-up of VoIP services through offerings like BT's IP Exchange as our industry moves to take advantage of benefits Next Generation Networks (NGN) provide. We have very much enjoyed working with such a professional organisation as Core Telecom and we look forward to working with them in the future."

StarNet, Moldova’s technical pioneer and leading internet provider, required a SIP to SIP-I solution for their VoIP only telephone service that, in the future, will interconnect with SS7 via an existing AudioCodes Media Gateway.

StarNet chose the Media Gateway Controller SVI-MGC from Squire Technologies to provide a fully scalable, easily managed, end-to-end, carrier grade 'VoIP only' and 'SS7 to VoIP' solution.

"Naturally we investigated the market" says Suprunov Gherman, Marketing Director of StarNet, "Not only was it apparent that Squire Technologies shared our philosophy of exceeding customer expectations with robust services but their product reliability, user interface & technical expertise was exactly what we needed to be assured of long term success." Suprunov continued, "We were particularly impressed with the remote deployment of this 'software only' solution. It allowed for very efficient integration, highly specialised testing and excellent Return On Investment (ROI)."

StarNet - www.starnet.md

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director at Squire Technologies, said "It has been a pleasure to work with StarNet on this deployment. We are experiencing much greater demand for SIP-I as industry moves towards Next Generation Networks (NGN); StarNet has a bold vision for the future and we are pleased to have provided another client with a product that matches not only their current requirements, but also support their growth into the future. Our focus has always been to deliver flexible, future proof technology that provides outstanding ROI to our clients. StarNet has a bright future and we are looking forward to supporting them all the way there."

Squire Technologies worked together with IP Directions to ensure their existing Media Gateway Controller SVI-MGC achieves Microsoft OCS inter-op certification.

Franck Maloubier, Directeur Associé of IP Directions

The French Telephony over IP (ToIP) solutions provider said "The future of our customers: system integrators, ISPs and telcos, is dependent on comprehensive and robust Unified Communications (UC) services that are interoperable with mobile, fix phone, mail and data. Our ability to offer Microsoft OCS compliant SIP trunks to the market clearly shows our commitment to Unified Communications. We are currently working with Orange, France’s first OCS compliant carrier, to deliver full end-to-end OCS connectivity."

IP Directions - www.ipdirections.net

With this OCS approval Squire Technologies is now able to efficiently provide OCS compliant services to existing and new customer requiring scalable, future proof inter connectivity.

Andrew Cooper
Managing Director, Squire Technologies

"IP Directions has been a valued customer of ours for nearly 2 years and we were very excited to work with them in enabling full OCS compliance on their existing SVI product. This is another example of how we are able to work with our clients, on their existing equipment, to deliver the future of our industry, today. This philosophy ensures a significant Return On Investment (ROI) for our customers and greatly increases the value of our products and services."

Andrew continues "We are very proud to have supported IP Directions to become the first French operator to offer this service. With the quality of service IP Directions can now offer to their customers their growth should be exponential, we will of course be there to support them well into the future."

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"When building your future VoIP Empire you need to ensure every investment in current technology provides future flexibility and a maximum long term return on investment."

Deploying Squire Technologies SS7 VoIP Gateways and Controllers, to bridge PSTN and VoIP allows you to seamlessly adapt to the increasing market demands for 'VoIP only' Next Generation Networks. With a built in Class 4 Softswitch our Gateways can be upgraded to manage VoIP traffic, up to 10,000 simultaneous calls, simply by using a software license key.

Not only are we prepared for the move to ‘VoIP only’ but also, if your demand increases for SS7 to VoIP, more media cards can be added to provide scalability from 8 E1s to 1000 E1/T1s.

This future proof scalability provides you the flexibility to grow your VoIP empire well into the future while providing substantial cost savings.

• No need to purchase a new Softswitch
• No service affecting down time
• No re-installation
• No re-training – all Squire Technologies products are operated via the same web based GUI interface
• No replacement equipment

When building your infrastructure on the world class equipment of Squire Technologies, with the on-going support our Industry leading technicians provide, you are building for the future, however it transpires.

Speak to an advisor now to discuss your plans for the future.

As VoIP technology expands rapidly throughout the world, Eastern European Communication companies are ensuring their long-term success by demanding the very best services from Industry experts.

By interfacing VoIP networks to traditional SS7 PSTN based telephone networks, companies are looking to rapidly and cost effectively launch VoIP services and distributed networks with incumbent VoIP Media Gateways. Simon Dinnage of Squire-Technologies speaks about the importance of a robust Media Gateway Controller to control third party gateways.

"We developed our SVI-MGC SS7 Media Gateway to enable SS7 on leading VoIP Media Gateways, using industry based standards – MGCP, MEGACO H.248, SIGTRAN, SIP, SIP-I, SIP-T and H.323. This helps operators to reduce costs, increase the speed of deployment and provides a future proof NGN solution. Our system has had to be fully featured to exceed the demands of East European and CIS providers while still reducing the cost per installed E1 port. We are able to scale the SVI-MGC to match clients bandwidth requirements as and when needed through software based license key updates. Our rapid remote deployment removes the time, cost and issues of shipment."

World leading providers IPVOIP s.r.o, based in the Czech Republic, are a universal Carrier providing both TDM and VoIP services to wholesale and retail markets throughout Europe and CIS.

"We adapt our network in accordance with our partners and clients needs" says Dmitry Shubin Director of Business development at IPVoIP s.r.o "We offer a premium quality service at the lowest and most competitive prices in the market. To ensure this level of service we chose the SVI MGC management to maintain SS7 calls on our existing Cisco gateways. We can see why Squire-Technologies are the industry experts they are providing unprecedented levels of control while delivering astounding results, as a result our customers will experience best service available in the market".

Simon Dinnage concluded "As the UK’s premier provider of SS7 / VoIP technology our focus on delivering to industry leading standards of customer service, evolving technology, adaptable solutions and highly competitive pricing structures has been the key to our success throughout the world."

Squire Technologies, equipment manufacturer of NGN and TDM telecommunication products and network solutions, and Teanet, a leading provider of IP Telephony services in Italy, have announced the successful completion of PSTN interconnect acceptance tests with Telecom Italia. The approval ensures the Squire Technologies media gateway solution provides a smooth migration for operators between the Telecom Italia’s PSTN network and IP based services.

Wholesale VoIP providers need to continually address the challenge to cut costs and increase efficiencies, and the scalable SVI-MG media gateway enables entrants to compete with newly added value services. Connection to the PSTN/SS7 backbone is a regulatory requirement in many countries offering the benefits of lower operational costs and additional services. With over 70 deployments worldwide, Squire Technologies is a proven solution delivering competitive carrier grade products worldwide.

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director, Squire Technologies
"We are delighted to have passed the Telecom Italia interconnect process and this adds to Squire’s existing carrier product certifications including France Telecom and British Telecom. The service benefits are immediately apparent for SS7 interconnect and the SVI media gateway consistently delivers greater access to competitive IP solutions, for which providers are more commonly demanding today."

Matteo La Cognata, Project Manager, Teanet Servizi, Italy.
"The incumbent system was becoming challenging to manage and after comparing other solutions the Squire media gateway fulfilled our proposal for a single box system that supported G.722, our existing infrastructure and the interface ensured swift user adoption. The Telecom Italia approval means as a service provider we can press on streamlining our IP services to our fixed and mobile customers."

Teanet Servizi - www.teanetmantova.it
Teanet Servizi offers IP telephony services to a customer base of 3500 users comprised of consumer, business, and government offices, providing businesses and government with Virtual Office telephony services and consumers with a home Broadband Telephony service.

Squire Technologies is proud to announce the availability its new fully featured, carrier-grade SS7 STP 1000 and 8000, catering for both small interconnects up, and large international points of presence. These new STPs will be exhibited in the Convergence India trade show in New Delhi, India next week.
The SVI-STP provides a comprehensive and flexible SS7 STP solution for transporting SS7 signalling over traditional TDM based networks and next generation IP based networks.

Supporting any-to-any interworking between traditional and next generation networks allows both fixed line and mobile networks to take advantage of the cost saving and next generation service offerings of IP networks.

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director, Squire Technologies

"Our product strategy has evolved to meet the changing needs of customers and this an extremely important development for Squire Technologies. This clearly shows how the extensive SVI product range allows clients to enhance and extend their existing networks."

Squire Technologies the SS7 to VoIP Signalling Specialists and PortaOne a leading global vendor of carrier grade software for modern telecommunication service providers successfully complete a formal inter-op between the SVI-MGC SS7 Media Gateway Controller and the PortaOne's PortaBilling100, a converged rating, billing, and service provisioning platform

RADIUS AAA integration between SVI-MGC and PortaBilling100 allows real-time call authorization. In practical terms, this enables wholesale carriers and Internet telephony service providers to offer a mixture of pre-paid or post-paid telephony services with minimal financial risks exposure. The CDR information is processed immediately after the call completion using PortaBilling100 flexible rating engine and the results are available to administrators via web interface or to customers through the self-care portal. The joint performance of SVI-MGC and PortaBilling100 optimizes most of the processes a service provider has to deal with, such as rate upload and management, invoice generation, reporting, and reconciliation.

Andrew Cooper
Managing Director, Squire Technologies

"We have deployed the SVI-MGC on a number of occasions with clients who are using PortaBilling100 - it has always been a smooth process. Strategically we wanted to arrange a formal inter-op with PortaOne to align ourselves with the industry leading converged VoIP billing product and to insure any existing customers wanting to move to this platform a smooth migration process."

Roman Khalenkov
Sales and Marketing Director, PortaOne

"We were happy to add Squire Technologies' innovative SS7 to VoIP solution to the stable of products that inter-op with PortaBilling100, our market leading converged VoIP billing and service provisioning system. I hope we can continue to provide our mutual customers with the dual benefit of these innovative market leading products."

About PortaOne: Based in Canada, PortaOne is a leading global vendor of carrier grade software for modern telecommunication service providers. The company enables service providers and carriers to run a broad line of telecommunication services with a single software package, and offers a complete product consisting of fully converged VoIP billing and provisioning platform, class 4 and 5 SIP softswitch to support hosted IPPBX or IPCentrex services, unified messaging, IVR, conferencing applications, callbacks and more. The company's products are a fundamental part of the business infrastructure at over 330 service provider locations worldwide.

To learn more, visit www.portaone.com

Building on Squire Technologies' expansion into Asia, the global provider of carrier grade telecommunications products confirms the opening of its new satellite support offices in New Delhi.

The opening of the new site will support the growing customer base, firmly positioning Squire Technologies within the region and strengthening the delivery of its SS7 VoIP telecoms products.

Simon Dinnage
Business Development Director

"We continue to expand our international business and recognise to achieve continued success in the Asia region the provision of a focused support office in India is critical in achieving this."

Ambrish Shukla, Head Regional Support

"We've established relations with various customers in the region and the aim is to increase the service we offer by providing superbly trained dedicated support staff."

With the continuing growth and success of SMS traffic worldwide, the SMSC Short Message Service Center and SMS Gateway can offer operators with existing SS7 interconnects the ability to maximise their revenue, by directly offering SMS services.

Building on Squire Technologies' core SS7 expertise the SVI-SMSC Short Message Service Center and SVI-SMSG SMS Gateway provide a highly flexible, configurable and scalable carrier grade product set, offering operators the ability to control high SMS transmission rates.

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director, Squire Technologies

"Our product strategy has evolved to meet the changing needs of customers and this an extremely important development for Squire Technologies. This clearly shows how the extensive SVI product range allows clients to enhance and extend their existing networks."

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Powwownow, provider of low cost, high quality conferencing, were looking to increase revenue and service levels, whilst reducing operating costs. Squire Technologies BT approved SS7 Media Gateway provided a scalable single box solution that delivers carrier grade SS7 to VoIP interconnect.

Paul Lees, Joint CEO, Powwownow, UK

"Simple engagement with no contracts and no billing is Powwownow's ethic, providing millions of affordable and easy to use web conference calls worldwide. Service levels such as these require maximum resilience and our existing fleet of Cisco AS5400s were extremely power hungry and challenging to manage - the SS7 Media Gateway supplied by Squire Technologies has provided us a seamless single box solution"

The SVI_MG 8000 SS7 Media Gateway replaced 10 existing Media Gateways with a much higher bandwidth STM-1 interface, allowing Powwownow to reduce their power consumption by 66%. Squire Technologies worked closely with Powwownow to gain official BT CAT, NIF and NIT testing making the SS7 Media Gateway an approved BT interconnect product. Since the initial BT deployment the unit has been upgraded to provide further STM-1 interconnect at BT and to other European carriers.

About Powwownow

Powwownow was founded in 2004, offering customers low-cost conference calling facilities with the ethos of no booking, no billing and no fuss. (The customer does not need to book a conference room and never receives a bill from Powwownow, just the cost of a 0844 call added to their bill). Turnover for 2009 is expected to reach £7m. The company operates in 15 countries including the US and major European markets. Powwownow employs 32 people and is based in Richmond, London.

Simon Dinnage, Business Development Director

This was a very exciting opportunity for Squire Technologies and I would like to thank Powwownow for sponsoring us through the BT interconnect approval process. We look forward to working with Powwownow today and in the future, helping them to support their continued growth in the Conference Calling market.