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ALOE Systems is an international developer of VoIP softswitches, session border controllers and IP-based platforms for VoIP carriers and service providers. ALOE Systems has 2 offices - management of customer relations in Toronto
, Canada
and production facilities in Nizhny Novgorod
, Russia
and Russia
.
The company has been involved in international software development
services since 1993.
In 2001 the company entered the market of session border controllers
(sbc
) and VoIP softswitch
es.
Estimate the beginning of 2011 the company has over 1,000 customer deployments in 84 countries worldwide including the emerging VoIP markets of Central Asia
, the Middle East
, Asia-Pacific
and the CIS
countries.
ALOE Systems employs over 350 software developers.
In August 2010, the company changed its name to ALOE Systems.
Products: MVTS II, MVTS Pro
In 2009 the company announced the End-of-life for its legendary MVTS I and offered special terms for transition to MVTS Pro that replaces MVTS I in the product line. .
Products: RTU
The company also develops lawful interception
products (NetBeholder) for security sector: Law Enforcement Agencies, National Security Agencies
, Intelligence Agencies
, and Military
. These products perform detection, monitoring, storage and analysis of information circulating over IP
networks – web
, email
, Instant Messengers, VoIP.
VoIP products from ALOE Systems are deployed by hundreds of CLEC, wholesale carriers and service providers worldwide .
Toronto
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the largest city in Canada. It is located in Southern Ontario on the northwestern shore of Lake Ontario. A relatively modern city, Toronto's history dates back to the late-18th century, when its land was first purchased by the British monarchy from...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and production facilities in Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod , colloquially shortened to Nizhny, is, with the population of 1,250,615, the fifth largest city in Russia, ranking after Moscow, St. Petersburg, Novosibirsk, and Yekaterinburg...
, Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
History
Founded in 1989, ALOE Systems is a privately owned corporation with offices in CanadaCanada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
and Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
.
The company has been involved in international software development
Software development
Software development is the development of a software product...
services since 1993.
In 2001 the company entered the market of session border controllers
Session Border Controller
A session border controller is a device regularly deployed in Voice over Internet Protocol networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down telephone calls or other interactive media communications.SBC's original...
(sbc
Session Border Controller
A session border controller is a device regularly deployed in Voice over Internet Protocol networks to exert control over the signaling and usually also the media streams involved in setting up, conducting, and tearing down telephone calls or other interactive media communications.SBC's original...
) and VoIP softswitch
Softswitch
A softswitch is a central device in a telecommunications network which connects telephone calls from one phone line to another, typically via the internet, entirely by means of software running on a general-purpose computer system...
es.
Estimate the beginning of 2011 the company has over 1,000 customer deployments in 84 countries worldwide including the emerging VoIP markets of Central Asia
Central Asia
Central Asia is a core region of the Asian continent from the Caspian Sea in the west, China in the east, Afghanistan in the south, and Russia in the north...
, the Middle East
Middle East
The Middle East is a region that encompasses Western Asia and Northern Africa. It is often used as a synonym for Near East, in opposition to Far East...
, Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific
Asia-Pacific or Asia Pacific is the part of the world in or near the Western Pacific Ocean...
and the CIS
CIS
CIS usually refers to the Commonwealth of Independent States, a modern political entity consisting of eleven former Soviet Union republics.The acronym CIS may also refer to:-Organizations:...
countries.
ALOE Systems employs over 350 software developers.
In August 2010, the company changed its name to ALOE Systems.
Product Portfolio
ALOE Systems' product portfolio is subdivided into two categories:- Class 4Class 4 telephone switchA Class 4, or Tandem, telephone switch is a U.S. telephone company central office telephone exchange used to interconnect local exchange carrier offices for long distance communications in the Public Switched Telephone Network....
softswitches for wholesale business feature routingRoutingRouting is the process of selecting paths in a network along which to send network traffic. Routing is performed for many kinds of networks, including the telephone network , electronic data networks , and transportation networks...
, including LCRLeast cost routingIn voice telecommunications, least-cost routing is the process of selecting the path of outbound communications traffic based on cost. Within a telecoms carrier, an LCR team might periodically choose between routes from several or even hundreds of carriers for destinations across the world...
(Least Cost RoutingLeast cost routingIn voice telecommunications, least-cost routing is the process of selecting the path of outbound communications traffic based on cost. Within a telecoms carrier, an LCR team might periodically choose between routes from several or even hundreds of carriers for destinations across the world...
), and billing capabilities; perform SIPSession Initiation ProtocolThe Session Initiation Protocol is an IETF-defined signaling protocol widely used for controlling communication sessions such as voice and video calls over Internet Protocol . The protocol can be used for creating, modifying and terminating two-party or multiparty sessions...
, H.323H.323H.323 is a recommendation from the ITU Telecommunication Standardization Sector that defines the protocols to provide audio-visual communication sessions on any packet network...
, SIGTRANSIGTRANSIGTRAN is the name, derived from signaling transport, of the former Internet Engineering Task Force working group that produced specifications for a family of protocols that provide reliable datagram service and user layer adaptations for Signaling System 7 and ISDN communications protocols....
/MGCP support and SIP-H.323 conversion . These products perform collection, switching, transcoding and billing of VoIP traffic being responsible for both signaling and media data streams processing and border access controlAccess controlAccess control refers to exerting control over who can interact with a resource. Often but not always, this involves an authority, who does the controlling. The resource can be a given building, group of buildings, or computer-based information system...
.
Products: MVTS II, MVTS Pro
In 2009 the company announced the End-of-life for its legendary MVTS I and offered special terms for transition to MVTS Pro that replaces MVTS I in the product line. .
- Class 5 softswitch (RTU) for retail business are aimed at being the core switching point for business telephony and at delivering Value Added ServicesValue-added serviceA value-added service is popular as a telecommunications industry term for non-core services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services available at little or no cost, to promote their primary business...
(VASValue-added serviceA value-added service is popular as a telecommunications industry term for non-core services, or in short, all services beyond standard voice calls and fax transmissions. However, it can be used in any service industry, for services available at little or no cost, to promote their primary business...
) to end-users. This product is used both by service providers that deliver telephony services to end-users and by enterprises that build VoIP telephone network for their own use.
Products: RTU
The company also develops lawful interception
Lawful interception
Lawful interception is obtaining communications network data pursuant to lawful authority for the purpose of analysis or evidence. Such data generally consist of signalling or network management information or, in fewer instances, the content of the communications...
products (NetBeholder) for security sector: Law Enforcement Agencies, National Security Agencies
National Security Agency
The National Security Agency/Central Security Service is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S...
, Intelligence Agencies
Intelligence agency
An intelligence agency is a governmental agency that is devoted to information gathering for purposes of national security and defence. Means of information gathering may include espionage, communication interception, cryptanalysis, cooperation with other institutions, and evaluation of public...
, and Military
Military
A military is an organization authorized by its greater society to use lethal force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or perceived threats. The military may have additional functions of use to its greater society, such as advancing a political agenda e.g...
. These products perform detection, monitoring, storage and analysis of information circulating over IP
Internet Protocol
The Internet Protocol is the principal communications protocol used for relaying datagrams across an internetwork using the Internet Protocol Suite...
networks – web
World Wide Web
The World Wide Web is a system of interlinked hypertext documents accessed via the Internet...
Email
Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...
, Instant Messengers, VoIP.
VoIP products from ALOE Systems are deployed by hundreds of CLEC, wholesale carriers and service providers worldwide .
External links
- Official website
- Driving competition «European Communications»
- ALOE Systems expands VoIP softswitch family ITP.net
- Hosted VoIP Services in Europe: Who Benefits from Proliferation? «Connect World»
- Development Tools for VoIP «VON Magazine»
- VON Mexico 2006 «VON Magazine»
- Session Border Controllers Round Up «Internet Telephony Magazinee»