Adax, Inc. a leader in signaling solutions for wireless and fixed networks worldwide, announces the addition of the Red Hat Linux 6.2 operating system to its portfolio of supported platforms. The first Adax product released for Linux 6.2, the MTP-2 Protocol Software operates with the APC7-cPCI/PCI, SS7 controller. Together, the board and driver provide high speed SS7 processing for T1, E1 and V.35 trunks. Two port and four port versions of the board are available. The addition of Linux 6.2 to the Adax portfolio recognizes the growing popularity of Linux as an operating system for the telephony industry. This is due to its low entry cost, scalability, operating stability, ease of customization, open source code and the LIS Streams capabilities, which all help lower the cost of ownership of the total system. Red Hat is the leader in development, deployment, and management of Linux and open source solutions and is ranked Number 193 on the Deloitte & Touche Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest-growing technology companies in North America. Adax solutions currently run under most UNIX operating systems, including Solaris for SPARC (2.6-2.8) for 32 and 64 bit architectures, Solaris SPARC ft 1800, Solaris x86, HP-UX 10.20-11.0, AIX 4.X, and Unixware 7.

"The SS7 product is just the first of many Adax products for Linux,” said Barry Zuckerman, Ph.D., president of Adax. “In the future, we will be porting all of our products to Linux to diversify our product line. This will strengthen our competitive position in the marketplace and reach a new customer base with companies using the Linux operating system." Subsequent releases of Adax products ported to Linux that are currently planned will include Frame Relay, LAPB/D/V5.2, X.25 and the newest High Density Channelized (HDC) board, which is capable of processing up to 32 SS7 links or 128 HDLC and PCM bearer channels. Links can be dynamically allocated and multiple protocols can be run in parallel. Adax "A-Streams" enables multiple protocols to be pushed down onto the on-board processor, reducing the host CPU utilization and dramatically improving overall system performance. In the future, the HDC board, along with the Adax ATM-OC3 board and Adax implementation of SCTP running under Linux, will be the foundation for gateways and SIP servers providing convergence services to switch circuit networks (SCN), the Internet, wireless and virtual private networks (VPN).