In July 2009 the company announced the End of Life for MVTS I and launched MVTS I to MVTS Pro Transition Program that enabled MVTS I customers to gradually migrate to a next-gen VoIP softswitch on beneficial terms. As of December 31, 2009 MVTS I was no longer for sale. July 1, 2010 was the last day the MVTS I customers could order or renew service support contracts. Since April 1, 2011 ALOE Systems has stopped fixing bugs and issuing new releases of MVTS I. As of today the technical support for MVTS I is no longer available.

“For the period of 10 years, since we’ve introduced MVTS I 2001, the telecom market has changed beyond recognition - it’s become much more challenging and sophisticated in terms of technological and business approach. So has our company and its product line. The End of Life for MVTS I as well as the rebranding from MERA to ALOE Systems symbolize our new identity as an ever-developing company ready to provide highly competitive solutions to large-scale telecom carriers. We are loyal to our MVTS I customers and encourage them to switch to our most up-to-date VoIP solutions.” commented Konstantin Nikashov, CEO of ALOE Systems.

To ensure an effective performance of the carriers’ networks ALOE Systems has developed an enhanced portfolio of VoIP business solutions with a smart combination of efficiency and functionality: MVTS II, a wholesale VoIP business platform with integrated billing and flexible routing; and MVTS Pro, a high density class 4 softswitch and interconnect SBC for effective traffic management. For those customers who require retail features alongside with a traffic management tool, ALOE Systems has recently released RTU, a comprehensive IP-based value-added service platform.

ALOE Systems recommends all customers that are still operating MVTS I to address their sales manager and find out the solution that meets their business demands.

To learn more about ALOE Systems softswitch product portfolio, please visit www.aloe-systems.com. To ensure a seamless transition from MVTS I, please contact our sales team at sales@aloe-systems.com or address your sales manager.

Key new features of the release 1.6.0:

Traffic Switch:
- Improved mechanism for identifying codecs arriving in SDP. Now codecs, defined in line with the standard, will be identified not only by payload type, but also by default fmtp and rtpmap for such codecs. New feature rises the share of successful calls.
- Load balancing: now the license management node is able to dynamically distribute call licenses based on their load. New feature allows more efficient usage of equipment and of license capacity.
- Some configuration parameters of the SS7 Call Agent node may now be changed without node restart, enabling to apply new settings without tearing of active calls.
- Support of G.726 codec.

RTU Class 4 (MVTS Pro):
- CDR records now show information on late and lost media packets, as well as on the size of the jitter buffer not only for calls with codec conversion, but also for calls with proxying but without conversion. The feature allows closer control over the QoS.
- The network zone, from where the call arrives, is now taken into account during call simulation for IP calls. Now it is possible to imitate calls from equipments with same IP addresses but different network zones.

RTU Class 5:
- “Dial Me” command in the IVR service. The feature is implemented within evolution from Auto Attendant to Personal IVR with preservation of the current functionality.
- API-aided fax sending under the subscriber's account.
- The tab “Prompts for Disconnect Codes” enables audible comments for different disconnect reason codes. Now it is possible to configure playing of various prompts depending on the received disconnect codes.
- Putting the other party on hold by pressing the HOLD button on the telephone set launches playback of the Music on Hold.

More detailed description of these and other new features can be found in Release Notes available at our Helpdesk in the Downloads section.

The release 1.6.0 successfully passed two stages of verification. First it was tested in our labs in the course of two months. Then we continued testing with the help of several our clients, who installed the pre-release 1.6.0 at their premises. Two stages of testing confirmed dependability of the new version.

Our technical support engineers will be ready for installation of the release 1.6.0 starting from Monday, June 27. Please submit an update request ticket to the Technical Support department if you are interested in installation of the new version. Thank you for your co-operation!

The full list of fixes you can find in the release notes accessible in the Downloads section.

Please submit a ticket to our Helpdesk to schedule the software update. Our technical support engineers will be ready for installation of the build starting from Tuesday, June 14.

To schedule the software update, please submit a ticket to the Helpdesk and specify the date and time convenient for you. The updates start on Wednesday, May 25.

The full list of fixes you can find in the release notes accessible in the Downloads section.

Please submit a ticket to our Helpdesk to schedule the software update. Our technical support engineers will be ready for installation of the build starting from Thursday, May 5.

MVTS II of version 1.3.x released in September 2009 is at the end of its support lifecycle. Starting from July 01, 2011 there will be no bug fixing and patch builds within version 1.3.x. Starting from September 01, 2011 ALOE ends up all technical support services, including consultations, regarding version 1.3.x and older versions.

We recommend our clients still using v.1.3.x and older versions to consider update to version 1.4.1 released in January 2011. Currently used by more than 30 operators all over the world this version proved to be efficient and dependable. The Version Timetable of branch 1.4.1 and the list of Known Issues are available at our Helpdesk in the Knowledgebase section.

To schedule the software update, please submit a ticket to the Helpdesk and specify the date and time convenient for you. The updates start on Wednesday, April 20.

The full list of fixes you can find in the release notes accessible in the Downloads section.

Please submit a ticket to our Helpdesk to schedule the software update. Our technical support engineers will be ready for installation of the build starting from Wednesday, April 6.

To schedule the software update, please submit a ticket to the Helpdesk and specify the date and time convenient for you. The updates start on Wednesday, March 16.