VON 2000
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Contact Information:
Mariana Haven
Hammer Technologies
888-888-0001
mhaven@ham.com

San Jose, CA - March 27, 2000 - Hammer Technologies today announced release 2.0 of their Voice over IP Test System (VoIPTS).  Release 2.0 represents the first product for carrier class gateways that integrates up to 480 ports of full-coverage ITU standard voice quality analysis (PSQM) with SS7, ISDN, and FAX  in a single, integrated test platform.   

"Packet-switched networks carrying voice have become a reality.  The success of equipment manufacturers, carriers and service providers depends on their ability to interoperate with circuit-switched networks.  SS7 represents the signaling intersection of these two networks and support of this protocol is critical.  Other keys to success are scalability and voice quality while increasing service offerings, such as fax.  Finding a test platform that can address all these needs will be essential" stated Rick Phillips, VoIP Product Manager for Hammer.

Release 2.0 incorporates many enhancements to Hammer's innovative VoIP test suite.  In addition to SS7, improved PSQM density and fax, this release incorporates new levels of user programmability, additional ISDN variants, enhanced scheduling, remote control, 

reporting and monitoring features as well as the ground-breaking Call Profiler introduced
with the Hammer DS33 test system.  "We took everything we learned with our pioneering VoIP products and built them into Release 2.0", added Phillips.

With 480 ports of voice load with full-coverage of PSQM, Hammer is committed to provide scalable test solutions. Tom Lynch, VoIP Engineering Manager at Hammer Technologies, stated, "This release addresses the test needs of higher-density convergent networks, coupled with an easy-to-use, flexible interface."  This ease of use is accomplished by the integration of the Hammer VoIPTS with TestBuilderT.  Users can create their own test scenarios by visually diagramming their call flows. The most common test cases for testing VoIP gateways, such as call set-up, voice and tone handling, voice dropout analysis and PSQM are provided for quick start-up.  Pre-written reports are also included.

Release 2.0 will be available Q2 of 2000.  Please contact Hammer directly for detailed pricing information.

About Hammer Technologies
Based in Wilmington, Mass., Hammer Technologies, a Teradyne Company was founded in 1991.  Hammer Technologies provides the Hammer family of voice and data testing products.  
Hammers are in use today by developers of computer telephony, advanced switching, and enhanced services systems, most of the regional Bell Operating companies and long-distance carriers, and at call centers of numerous Fortune 100 companies.  Hammer is the only test system that provides a complete solution for load, feature, regression, and in-service testing of integrated telecommunications systems and services.

The Hammer's test capabilities include voice, data, T1, E1, ISDN, WWW, TCP/IP, SS7, LAN/WAN, Speech Recognition and other related technologies.
Hammer, the Hammer IT, Hammer VoIP Test System, and TestBuilder are trademarks of Hammer Technologies.  All names, products, and services mentioned are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.

Additional Information on Hammer: Please visit our website at www.ham.com