Iskratel Chooses Octasic’s Vocallo MGW to Support Demand for IP-to-IP Transcoding

Iskratel’s new product version includes a peripheral blade equipped with Octasic’s Vocallo MGW multi-core processor for voice and video over IP. Using Iskratel's SI3000 SMG, operators can upgrade their infrastructure to a next-generation IP network, while still keeping their existing equipment in place, to offer voice services with an optimal user experience.

“The deployment of softswitch-based architectures is a growing trend, but like most telecom operators, our customers have made substantial investments in their network infrastructure and aren’t looking to rebuild from scratch to match this trend,” said Matjaž Jelen, product manager at Iskratel. “Using our latest SI3000 SMG, our customers are now able to take full advantage of the new multi-core processing power for wideband codecs, audio transcoding and voice quality enhancement. With Octasic’s Vocallo MGW multi-core processors, which bring high capacity, low latency audio transcoding, we can offer an all-in-one solution that delivers the ultimate in network deployment flexibility.”

Iskratel has equipped its new SI3000 SMG blade with Octasic’s Vocallo MGW multi-core processor to offer its customers a broad spectrum of wideband codecs for HD voice applications, as well as Octasic’s patented echo cancellation and voice quality enhancement algorithms. Based on Octasic’s ultra-low power Opus DSP core architecture, Vocallo MGW can transcode more than 400 channels from G.711 to G.729AB on a single DSP, while consuming less than 2 watts of power, delivering the highest capacity solution for audio transcoding in the IP domain. Additionally, Octasic uses a sophisticated scheduling algorithm that dispatches packet transcode tasks across multi-core hardware to reduce processing latency, meaning a better voice quality experience for end users.

“We’re very proud to have our Vocallo MGW selected by Iskratel, who is well known in the industry for delivering carrier-class communications products,” said Fabio Gambacorta, Vice President Sales at Octasic. “As more and more mobile networks transition to a fully IP-based architecture and the adoption of wideband audio increases, the need for high-capacity transcoding becomes even more critical. Operators will find that our combined solution meets all of their audio transcoding needs.”