Cirpack

Cirpack is an NGN (Next Generation Network) & SBC (Session Border Controller) (http://www.cirpack.com/en) solutions vendor for Telecommunications Operators, Internet and Application Service Providers focusing on telephony services such as residential and business VoIP, IP Centrex, SIP Trunking, Triple Play, Fixed- Mobile Convergence, LCR, Transcoding etc.

Cirpack was founded in 1999 as a spinoff of the French Long Distance Carrier Kaptech that had in-house switching experts and senior developers. Cirpack was acquired by Thomson SA (now Technicolor) in April 2005.^[1][2]

On top of its historical Softswitch devices product line, Cirpack introduced in 2010 its SBC (Session Border Controller) range, completed in 2011 by the Applications range.^[3]

Product lines in details

• Softswitching Solutions: This product range enables service providers to deploy NGN or VoIP architectures and/or smoothly migrate their legacy TDM networks to VoIP.
• Session Border Controller (SBC): Deployed at the edge of VoIP network offering security, routing, media transcoding, fraud detection and SIP trunking solutions.
• Transversal applications: They include Network Applications, where the AS is connected over INAP or SIP to offer advanced Routing features like LCR, Centralized Routing Policy, Number Portability, and OSS/BSS Applications, like End-User Selfcare, and Intermediate CDR.

References

1. http://www.endeavourvision.com/news-n25-more-Thomson+Acquires+Cirpack,+the+European.htm
2. http://www.lightreading.com/document.asp?doc_id=187199
3. http://www.telecompaper.com/news/technicolor-launches-cirpack-sbc-to-manage-media-traffic--845279