NetDev Ltd today announces the launch of the first of its breed Applications Catalogue featuring a selection of carrier grade voice services that can be integrated with Web applications.  The NetDev Applications Catalogue demonstrates how telecommunications service providers can blend the best from IT and Telecoms to create uniquely differentiated value added service applications.

The applications are based on NetDev’s advanced CIE and Application Builder solution, a powerful software platform for creating, launching and managing advanced telecoms services.   Service Providers adopting CIE, not only have the ability to run core voice applications, but can develop their own customisations and niche services by using the NetDev Application Builder Tool and utilising the capabilities of RESTful API’s.

“NetDev’s CIE solution means that rapid service creation and customisation is a reality.  ” said John Logsdon, CEO of NetDev.  He added “the launch of the Applications Catalogue illustrates examples of standard voice services that CSP’s can roll out when they deploy CIE in their network”.

In addition to rapid service creation and provisioning readiness, exposure of NetDev’s RESTful web services API enables simplified application integration with back office OSS/BSS.   The RESTful approach also means the blending of carrier grade voice with web 2.0 applications to create innovative service “mashups” is a reality.

The Applications Catalogue is available for download from NetDev’s website and includes candidate applications for voice and web2.0 mashups.  Download here.

NetDev, the leading voice applications innovator based on the South Coast of England, today announced the opening of its Research and Development Centre in Cwmbran, South Wales.  The new facility is the centre of product development and technology innovation, and will support NetDev’s continued growth as an applications provider to global network operators and communications service providers.

The R & D Centre, at Technium Springboard, Cwmbran, is staffed by four technical specialists with real-time telco applications experience, recruited from the local area.  The team are responsible for evolving the Company’s portfolio of network enabled voice products and advanced web services.    With continued Welsh Government support, the facility will grow over the coming months with plans to have the Centre fully staffed by the close of 2011.

Ieuan Wyn Jones, Minister for the Economy and Transport, welcomed the company’s decision to open an R&D base in Wales.  “Information and Communications Technologies are a driving force in economic development and one of the key sectors identified in our Economic Renewal policy with potential for growth. In addition to being an important sector, the application of ICT drives productivity and competitiveness across the whole of the economy.  “It is good news to hear that this innovative company was attracted to Wales because of the existing expertise and available talent and that its product development and technology innovation will be carried out in Wales where it plans to expand its activities.”

NetDev’s founder and CEO, John Logsdon says “NetDev relies upon the talent of our highly skilled employees.  Cwmbran and the surrounding area is a hub for high tech industries and offers a rich pool of domain specialists who we hope to attract to our successful team.  It was the obvious choice to base our centre of R&D Excellence in this area”.

The new R&D Centre will maintain close links with NetDev’s Commercial Head Office in Brighton, East Sussex.

About NetDev

NetDev is an independent telecoms software developer, specialising in the development and integration of next-generation, carrier-grade applications and services for fixed and mobile network operators and service providers.  All NetDev’s suite of standard applications are feature-rich, scalable, open, and built to industry standards and can be deployed on legacy and disparate systems, as well as the evolving multi-vendor networks of the future.  The suite of voice applications includes a comprehensive RESTful web services API, which can enable voice as a web 2.0 resource giving service providers the power of seamless integration and the opportunity to create blended voice and web mash-ups, simply and economically.

NetDev joins RadiSys Solution Partners to Deliver End-to-End Next-Generation Network Solutions for Telecom Equipment Manufacturers and Service Providers.

RadiSys® Corporation (NASDAQ: RSYS), a leading global provider of application-ready software and hardware platforms, today announced the addition of the Solution Partners category to its RadiSys Alliance Partner Program (RAPP), delivering a broad portfolio of integrated standards-based solutions for next-generation networks. RadiSys and its new Solution Partners offer Service Providers and Telecom Equipment Manufacturers (TEMs) more complete network-ready solutions, enabling significant reduction in development risk and time-to-market for new revenue-generating services.

Kapsch CarrierCom AG adds another large service provider outside of its traditional markets to its list of customers.  During the next 18 months, the family-owned Austrian company will deliver a state-of-the-art Next Generation Intelligent Network (NGIN) solution in a multi-million Euro deal to the Irish service provider eircom.  Today, Kapsch has a strong presence in Eastern and Southeastern Europe as part of its ‘follow the customer’ strategy and Kapsch recently established offices in Belarus and Macedonia.