By Graham K. Rogers

It has been announced that AIS has deployed its Perimeta session border controller as the basis of a network modernization initiative to enable delivery of converged voice and data services. This will allow AIS to securely and reliably connect to other operators in Thailand using IP interconnect, and provides a clear path to broad adoption of network functions virtualization (NFV)

A press release notes that Perimeta simultaneously provides critical functions that include security, traffic management, protocol interworking and SIP header manipulation, all of which scale without affecting network performance or resiliency. The SAS greatly facilitates troubleshooting and remediation should problems arise in service delivery, and gives AIS valuable information about user experience to help ensure that SLAs are being met.

Graeme MacArthur, executive vice president at Metaswitch said that "Moving from TDM to IP using the Metaswitch virtualized network interconnect solution helps AIS ensure that its infrastructure will support the most advanced services it can develop and deliver, and that it does so with the high levels of quality that its users have come to expect."

Graham K. Rogers teaches at the Faculty of Engineering, Mahidol University in Thailand. He wrote in the Bangkok Post, Database supplement on IT subjects. For the last seven years of Database he wrote a column on Apple and Macs. He is now continuing that in the Bangkok Post supplement, Life.