Sonus Networks (News 
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With the software upgrade, Sonus customers can work effectively with both IPv4 and IPv6 technologies while the industry's transition to full IPv6 is underway.
Customers can gain business efficiencies as the decision to offer both IPv4 to IPv6 interworking in the Sonus product set both in current products and retroactively ensures that customers are able to migrate seamlessly.
Customers can also complete the migration as their own schedule, without interrupting existing services or requiring the deployment of additional hardware or network partitions, company officials said.
The Sonus IPv6 strategy is built on a three-pronged approach to IPv4-to-IPv6 interoperability that provides a holistic solution for network operators.
“Like most technology evolutions, including the migration from TDM to IP, the world is not a binary place and people expect that their IP services will keep on working regardless of changes in technology,” said David Tipping, vice president of marketing and product management at Sonus Networks.
“In the real world, organizations of all kinds will have to conduct operations in a mix of IPv4 and IPv6 for some time. Our customers can bridge from one type of network to another, one technology to the next, at their own pace and without incurring re-configuration costs,” Tipping added.
IPv6 is another example of how networks are becoming increasingly hybrid as multiple protocols and technologies must co-exist through lengthy transitions. Transitions like IPv4 to IPv6 will result in mixed-mode networks for a long time to come. It will also require solutions that bridge disparate technologies and addressing schemes to help customers migrate at their desired pace.
Recently Sonus Networks and Verscom Solutions, a Sonus reseller, announced they are hosting Telecom Day at the Four Seasons Hotel Istanbul at the Bosphorus in Istanbul, Turkey on June 8, 2011. Telecom Day attendees will have the opportunity to network and share ideas with telecom industry experts, learn about trends in the telecom industry including wireless, IMS, over-the-top (OTT) and cloud computing.
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