RadiSys® SIPware™ Business Voice-over-Broadband

All-in-one Solution for Business Broadband Telephony

Description

The RadiSys SIPware VoBB solution is a turnkey, software–based solution designed for service providers deploying primary and secondary line voice services over broadband networks. Subscribers can make IP–originated calls to other IP phones or to the PSTN, and receive calls through a PSTN–provisioned phone number. SIPware Business VoBB offers service providers a complete, off–the–shelf solution for delivering profitable business voice services—rapidly and cost–effectively.

Feature–rich Business Telephony

RadiSys SIPware Business Voice–over–Broadband (VoBB) is a robust IP voice solution with a wide range of features business users demand to provide subscribers with a robust business telephony experience. SIPware Business VoBB supports many line–side features, including Auto Attendant with company directory, flexible extension dialing and hunt groups, plus caller ID, call waiting, call forwarding, anonymous call blocking, voicemail and more.

Scalable, Carrier–grade Solution

SIPware Business VoBB offers the scalability needed to serve even the largest business broadband subscribers. The proven commercial scalability of the RapidFLEX™ components allows service providers to reach high–density consumer markets from the start. And the SIPware Broadband Telephony solution provides high availability features that use sophisticated redundancy schemes to avoid single points of failure.

Reduced Costs

A pure IP solution, the SIPware Business VoBB solution eliminates costly TDM switches—reducing acquisition costs and ongoing operational costs.

Increased Flexibility

The pure IP architecture also gives service providers the flexibility to deploy services pervasively throughout their networks while reducing network expenses, without having to interface directly to expensive TDM facilities.

Delivering A Unique Set Of Advantages For Service Providers

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A Complete IP Voice Service Solution

RadiSys provides a complete solution for deploying revenue–generating IP voice services in converged TDM/IP and end–to–end VoIP networks. Based on our open, extensible and highly scalable RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform and Convedia Media Server, the RadiSys solution includes an expanding suite of turnkey SIPware services—or create your own innovative services using the RadiSys RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment.

Supports Multiple Service Models

The SIPware Business VoBB application supports two ways of delivering voice services:

  • “Hosted PBX,” where an enterprise deploys SIP endpoints for making and receiving calls.
  • “Virtual PBX,” where the enterprise uses their existing mobile or fixed–line phones, but uses a network–based Auto Attendant, Find Me and Voicemail to project their corporate image.

100% Software Implementation

The breadth of functionality and flexibility inherent in the RapidFLEX software platform architecture enables a rich feature set, with dramatically reduced cost and complexity. The solution eliminates the need to deploy dedicated hardware such as border elements, and additional computers for line–side call control softswitches. All software components run on Linux–based hardware, making it very cost–effective and easy to maintain. With the industry–leading RapidFLEX Service Creation Environment (SCE), new service features and customizations can be quickly developed to meet specific market requirements.

Comprehensive Telephony Solution

The RadiSys SIPware Business VoBB solution contains all the elements necessary for service delivery, including an application (feature) server, session border control, RTP relay mechanism and integration with a rich set of revenue–generating enhanced services.

SIPware Business VoBB Solution Components

  • SIPware Business VoBB Application
  • RapidFLEX Service Delivery Platform
    • RapidFLEX Application Server
    • RapidFLEX Network Interface Unit (NIU)
    • RapidFLEX CallComplete™
    • RapidFLEX Database and Web Server software
    • RapidFLEX SBC and/or third–party SBC
  • Convedia Media Server

Feature Summary

The RadiSys SIPware Business Voice–over–Broadband (VoBB) solution offers service providers a complete, feature–rich solution for delivering profitable voice services to businesses of any size. The application includes call rating and credit card billing, which provide an all–in–one service delivery and billing solution for the service provider; negating the need for the service provider to purchase a costly adjunct billing system.

The RadiSys SIPware Business VoBB application supports two ways of delivering voice services:

  • “Hosted PBX,” where an enterprise deploys SIP endpoints for making and receiving calls.
  • “Virtual PBX,” where the enterprise uses their existing mobile or fixed–line phones but uses a network–based Auto Attendant, Find Me and Voicemail to project their corporate image.

Office Manager Portal

This easy–to–use web portal can be used by an office administrator in an enterprise to manage the voice services and billing for their employees. Features include:

  • Creating Auto Attendant IVRs to front–end and distribute incoming calls
  • Adding employees as well as modifying their extensions or other details
  • Creating hunt groups of employees
  • Configuring voicemail options for departments and hunt groups
  • Defining special–purpose (“reserved”) extensions for functions such as connecting a call to an external PSTN number, retrieving department or hunt group voicemail, etc
  • Reviewing billing information and call history
  • Review and modify E911 location information for the enterprise and its employees
  • Online purchase of additional extensions, phone numbers or SIP devices*

Standard Subscriber Features

  • Find Me/Follow Me call routing, configurable based on calling party and time of day/day of week
  • Voicemail, with rapid call return and other features
  • Self–service subscriber web portal with call detail
  • Call feature control using DTMF* codes
    • Caller ID
    • Caller ID block outgoing
    • Call hunting
    • Call waiting
    • Call transfer
    • Simultaneous ring
    • 3–way calling
    • Anonymous call blocking
    • Do not disturb
  • Last incoming call readout
  • 7–digit dialing (domestic US deployments only)
  • Enhanced 911 emergency calling (domestic US deployments only)*
  • Virtual phone numbers
  • Caller ID outgoing selection
  • “*” code access to large scale “Meet Me” audio conferences with up to125 conference participants
  • Configurable star codes
  • Forwarding to international numbers
  • Backup phone support (safe forwarding number)
  • Scheduled Wake up/Reminder calls
  • Distinctive ringing
  • Contact name as caller ID on inbound calls
  • Attended and blind transfer

Auto Attendant—This feature provides a simple user interface for calls coming into the main number(s), allowing callers to enter an extension number, select from menu options or search a company directory. Callers may also leave a message in the company mailbox.

Extension dialing—Calls may be routed to individuals, hunt groups, receptionist, information mailboxes or department Auto Attendant.

Hunt groups—Calls can be routed to a group of phones, such as an entire department, where all phones ring simultaneously; the first to answer is connected to the caller. If there is no answer, the call is forwarded to the group’s mailbox.

Voicemail—With SIP phone, DTMF and Web accessible inbox to view, listen and manage messages. Includes email notification with message attachment.

Voicemail Call Return—Subscriber can return a call directly to the Caller ID number, or enter a different number to call.

Abbreviated Dialing (U.S. Domestic Only)—Allows custom abbreviated dialing rules for streamlining business broadband outbound calling.

Attended Call Transfer—Allows a subscriber to transfer an inbound caller to a third–party (device–dependent).

Call Handling Profiles—Subscribers can define one or more rule sets for automated handling of incoming calls, scheduling when each rule set is active.

Call Profile Execution—Subscribers can configure their account to implement Call Handling Profiles even when their SIP phone is not connected to the system.

Call Transfer to Voicemail—Enterprise customers can “blind transfer” a call directly to an employee voicemail account by dialing a definable star (*) code followed by the extension.

Configurable Caller ID—Allows a subscriber to configure the Caller ID display value that destination parties will see (service provider must support Configurable Caller ID).

Do Not Disturb—Allows a subscriber to disable ringing on all phone lines and configure forwarding all inbound calls to voicemail.

Alternate Forwarding Phone Number—Subscribers can enter a backup phone number (for call forwarding) if their broadband connection is ever unavailable.

Extension Manager—Routes calls to an inside or outside line, hunt group, voice mailbox, information mailbox or Auto Attendant.

Message Waiting Indicator (MWI)—Supports the use of an indicator on a subscriber SIP phone (such as a stutter dial tone, flashing message light or LCD display) to inform the user of a new voicemail (requires a compatible endpoint).

Music on Hold—Subscribers can upload an audio file to play for callers on hold, plus an optional interrupt announcement.

Reminder Call—The system automatically calls a subscriber as a reminder for whatever the subscriber configures.

Simultaneous Ring—Allows incoming calls to simultaneously ring up to five additional phone numbers with the subscriber IP phone, connecting to whichever phone number answers first.

Personal Speed Dial—Define up to ten two–digit speed dials.

Click–to–Dial—Enables subscriber to click on a call record in call history to connect to the calling party.

Service Provider Features

  • Multi–tenant solution
  • Automated interfaces for E911 provisioning, DID provisioning, number portability, inventory fulfillment, credit risk calculation and sales tax calculation based on subscriber locality (domestic US deployments only)*
  • Support for subscribers who do not have SIP devices and do not initiate calls
  • Service provider self–service via web portal
  • Class of Service definitions—create different feature sets for different markets
  • US and International dialing plan, language and currency support
  • Support for a wide variety of Telephony Adapters (TA) and soft phones, including both before–the–router (BTR) and after–the–router (ATR) configurations
  • Supports creation of customized abbreviated dialing plans for specific service groups
  • APIs for provisioning and billing integration
  • Real–time view of 911 call (U.S. Domestic only)—View recent or current 911 emergency call settings via the ACE portal. Subscribers can also view or change their 911 settings, such as providing additional address information.
  • Customer service portal supports customer care delivery
  • Music on hold
  • Simultaneous Ring, for enhanced call forwarding
  • ACE enhancements—using the Applications Configuration Environment (ACE), the administrator can:
    • Configure Business Broadband Service
    • Configure Office Manager Account
  • Support for G.711, G.729, and RFC 2833 codecs
  • Call Feature Control via DTMF * Codes—Assign DTMF star (asterisk/*) codes at the service level for the following:
    • Caller ID Block
    • Caller ID Unblock
    • Fax/Modem Call (forces G.711)
    • IVR Administration
    • Last Call Information
    • Prepaid IVR (residential only)
    • Reminder Call
    • Voicemail Retrieval

Device Auto–Configuration—Automates device configuration for a new employee during provisioning.

Telephony Adapter (TA) and Soft Phone Support—Support for SIP phones and Integrated Access Devices (IAD) the subscriber uses to connect to the residence business network to make VoIP calls.

Prompt Branding—Platform owners can add custom prompts at certain spots in the call flow, such as when a subscriber first accesses the system, after successfully activating their account or after a failed activation attempt.

Workflow Status Notification—Automatically send email notifications to a subscriber and/or service provider whenever a workflow item changes status.

Encrypted Credit Card Processing—Provides PCI–compliant, encrypted credit card processing. Service providers can select between industry standard PGP encryption or RadiSys proprietary encryption.

Currency Support (U.S./International)—Platform owners can make a currency available to service providers with a credit card processing service for that particular currency.

Taxation—The system administers both Universal Service Fund (USF) tax, calculated based on a percentage of the telecom services charged to a subscriber, and sales tax*, for purchases of ATA, SIP phone or other devices offered for sale in the Broadband Portal. IVR Language for Voicemail Access

Numbers—Allows configuring the IVR language for subscriber voicemail account access.

Service Cancellation—Allows canceling VoBB service for a subscriber, which denies IVR and Broadband Portal account access.

  • Variable length account numbers
  • Supervised transfer
  • Extension dialing
  • Holiday schedules
  • Routing codes

Element Management

  • RapidFLEX Element Management Console

Server Platform Support

  • Intel/Red Hat Linux on IBM X–Series hardware
  • SNMP v2c and v3 support

Requires third–party service agreements.

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Ordering Information

Toll–Free: 800–950–0044
Phone: 503–615–1100
Support: 866–385–6167

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