Intoto, Inc. | 2005 | NETGEAR® Using Intoto’s Advanced Software Platform for Wireless Secure Router with VoIP

NETGEAR® Using Intoto’s Advanced Software Platform for Wireless Secure Router with VoIP

iGateway RGS Plus Software Platform Provides Complete Firewall and VoIP Solution and Enables AT&T CallVantage^SM Service

Santa Clara, Calif., July 11, 2005 — Intoto, a leading provider of integrated security, wireless and voice software platforms to networking equipment manufacturers, today announced that its iGateway RGS Plus software platform has been deployed by NETGEAR®, a worldwide provider of technologically advanced, branded networking products, in the NETGEAR Wireless Router with Phone Adapter (WGR826V) for residential and Small to Medium-sized Businesses (SMBs).

Intoto’s iGateway RGS Plus software platform provides the complete Voice over IP (VoIP), firewall, QoS, NAT and IP routing functionality as certified by AT&T for its CallVantage^SM VoIP services in the NETGEAR product. The WGR826V VoIP terminal adapter (TA) is fully interoperable with AT&T’s softswitch, session border controller, media server, secure provisioning server and media server infrastructure of AT&T’s CallVantage^SM service.

“It is our goal to make VoIP as easy as possible to implement for consumers and small businesses alike,” said David James, Director for Broadband Service Provider Product Management. “NETGEAR’s Wireless Router with VoIP Phone Adapter offers ease-of-use and feature-rich networking services, providing our customers with the cost advantages of VoIP, along with the robust security of a dedicated appliance. Intoto’s converged solution enabled us to encompass industry-grade voice, wireless, and security technologies into our product, while adhering to the rigorous exactness of AT&T’s certification process.”

AT&T’s CallVantage Service, a leading VoIP service for consumers and SMEs, offers low monthly costs on international calls and local calls in the U.S. and Canada.

“We were very pleased to work with NETGEAR and AT&T,” said Doug Makishima, vice president of marketing at Intoto. “Intoto’s industry-leading gateway security software was the optimal choice for NETGEAR’s high product quality standards and AT&T’s rigorous dedication to customer service.”

Intoto’s VoIP TA software met the criteria of stringent carrier grade VoIP TA requirements, including interoperability and conformance with softswitch infrastructure, provisioning services and certifications for firewall, uPnP, and WiFi. The software also passed rigorous stability and product testing, provides support for a variety of services offered and expands to support advanced VoIP security features and next-generation services.

About the NETGEAR WGR826V
The NETGEAR WGR826V wireless router provides a SIP-based VoIP gateway, DiffServ QoS/traffic management, net access (LAN/WAN and applications), firewall, wireless secure access point, uPnP, Web GUI and command line interface, SSL-based remote configuration and firmware upgrade. The TA supports the services such as calling line identification presentation, calling line identification restriction, call waiting/caller ID, call forwarding, 3-way/n-way calling, MWI and voicemail retrieval, speed dialing, click to dial, locate me, 911 service access, calling party control, ease of usage through error messages for call processing, provisioning and network access. The product supports automatic detection pass-through of fax and high speed modem data.

About iGateway RGS Plus
The iGateway RGS Plus software platform provides a fully interoperable SIP-based VoIP Gateway, Firewall, IP Routing, Wireless LAN and Secure AP and LAN/WAN access functionality. The VoIP Gateway includes extensive services delivered via Intoto's patent-pending call processor. The solution provides standards based DiffServ QoS, traffic management with custom traffic shaping methods to ensure PSTN voice quality.

Intoto’s iGateway software platforms have been optimized for the Intel IXP425 network processor. The Intel IXP425 network processor is supported by a powerful DSP software library that runs on high performance Intel XScale® core for processing algorithms such as G.711, G.726, G.729, G.722 and G.723.1 with very low power consumption. In addition, built-in network processing engines (NPEs) provide excellent bi-directional data throughputs without consuming processor MIPS.

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