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DEFINITION - Softswitch (software switch) is a generic term for any open application program interface (API) software used to bridge a public switched telephone network (PSTN) and Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) by separating the call control functions of a phone call from the media gateway (transport layer).

CONTRIBUTORS: Ranjana Moroli
LAST UPDATED: 25 Mar 2002

Read more about softswitch:
- The International Softswitch Consortium is a resource center about softswitches.
- Analysts and potential users have widely differing views of what constitutes and defines a softswitch.
- Jim Machi offers his own definition of softswitch.


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