BANGALORE: US based Comcast Corporation has selected Alopa Networks for deployment of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) primary line phone service. Comcast Cable is the third largest Cable Company in the United States serving more than 8.5 million cable subscribers.

"The addition of Alopa as a vendor in our VoIP deployments will enable secured voice provisioning for residential voice services", said Comcast, vice president, New Media Development, Franklyn Athias.

The Alopa MetaServ platform enables secure provisioning of enhanced cable modems Embedded Media Terminal Adapters (EMTAs) required for VoIP. The Alopa solution has been developed towards compliance with the latest PacketCable specification.

Alopa will also provide its SNMPv3 Stack, other security components and mediation to the existing OSS and back-office components to improve operational flexibility and provide an efficient platform from which to manage the complexity of the Comcast system.

PacketCable is a CableLabs-led initiative aimed at developing interoperable interface specifications for delivering advanced, real-time multimedia services over two-way cable plants. Alopa Networks is the first vendor to demonstrate secure PacketCable provisioning. By deploying a PacketCable compliant platform, Comcast can now ensure its IP phone service has the reliability, security, features, and fidelity to which their consumers are accustomed.

"We believe that our long-term investment and contribution toward the PacketCable standard is an advantage to our customers," said Alopa Networks, Managing Director, and VP – Engineering, Vijaya Verma. "As an active participant in key standards initiatives, we are committed to leading the development of next generation services that will produce highly integrated new service varieties to cable operators."