Telco Systems buys IP convergence provider

Telco Systems, a provider of transport and access systems for IP and TDM networks, this week announced the acquisition of privately-held Integral Access, a developer of IP-based multi-service access platforms for converged voice and data.

The acquisition will enable Telco Systems to offer service providers an integrated access system designed to migrate carriers from TDM-based services to IP/MPLS-based voice and data services.

Integral’s PurePacket system supports softswitch VoIP infrastructures and legacy Class 5 switches, and can be deployed in central offices, multi-tenant units and on customer premises.

Telco Systems says PurePacket complements its existing IP product line, which includes systems for Metro Ethernet access rings, residential and
enterprise VoIP, FTTx and Wi-Fi backhaul.

Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Integral, which has accumulated $113 million in venture funding since its inception in 1996, is based in Chelmsford, Mass. Telco Systems, a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications of Israel, is headquartered in Foxboro, Mass.