Founded in 1998, “Continuous Computing” is a privately held company based in San Diego that provides telecom systems made up of telecom platforms and Trillium

Trillium digital systems

Trillium Digital Systems, developed and licensed standards-based communications source code software to telecommunications equipment manufacturers for the wireless, broadband, Internet and telephone network infrastructure. Trillium became one of the early pioneers to license source code...

 software, including protocol software stacks for femtocells and 4G wireless / Long Term Evolution (LTE). The company also sells standalone Trillium software products and ATCA

Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture

Advanced Telecommunications Computing Architecture is the largest specification effort in the history of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group , with more than 100 companies participating. Known as AdvancedTCA, the official specification designation PICMG 3.x was ratified by the PICMG...

 hardware components, as well as professional services. Continuous Computing’s Trillium software addresses LTE Femtocells (Home eNodeB) and pico / macro eNodeBs, as well as the Evolved Packet Core (EPC), Mobility Management Entity (MME), Serving Gateway (SWG) and Evolved Packet Data Gateway (ePDG).

The company also specializes in deep packet inspection

Deep packet inspection

Deep Packet Inspection is a form of computer network packet filtering that examines the data part of a packet as it passes an inspection point, searching for protocol non-compliance, viruses, spam, intrusions or predefined criteria to decide if the packet can...

 (DPI) solutions for deploying security and traffic management applications and offers DPI System Solutions that are fully integrated and deployment-ready to accelerate rollout of functionality such as traffic management, traffic shaping, security, mobile advertising

Mobile advertising

Mobile advertising is a form of advertising via mobile phones or other mobile devices. It is a subset of mobile marketing.- Overview :...

 and mobile network DPI. The company is said to be the first systems vendor to introduce an end-to-end offering that spans the range of LTE

3GPP Long Term Evolution

3GPP Long Term Evolution, usually referred to as LTE, is a standard for wireless communication of high-speed data for mobile phones and data terminals. It is based on the GSM/EDGE and UMTS/HSPA network technologies, increasing the capacity and speed using new modulation techniques...

 network infrastructure from the Home NodeB (Macro / Pico base stations) to the Evolved Packet Core (EPC).

History

In February 2003, Continuous Computing acquired Trillium Digital Systems

Trillium digital systems

Trillium Digital Systems, developed and licensed standards-based communications source code software to telecommunications equipment manufacturers for the wireless, broadband, Internet and telephone network infrastructure. Trillium became one of the early pioneers to license source code...

' intellectual property, customers and also hired some Trillium engineering, sales and marketing staff from Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation

Intel Corporation is an American multinational semiconductor chip maker corporation headquartered in Santa Clara, California, United States and the world's largest semiconductor chip maker, based on revenue. It is the inventor of the x86 series of microprocessors, the processors found in most...

.

In July 2004, Continuous Computing expanded with the opening of a major software development center in Bangalore, India. The company acquired key products, people, technology and other assets from China-based UP Technologies Ltd. in July 2005.

In October 2007, the company launched "FlexTCA" platforms, targeting the security and wireless core vertical telecom markets. In February 2008, Continuous Computing announced the availability of its upgraded Trillium 3G / 4G Wireless protocol software for comprehensive support of Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System

Universal Mobile Telecommunications System is a third generation mobile cellular technology for networks based on the GSM standard. Developed by the 3GPP , UMTS is a component of the International Telecommunications Union IMT-2000 standard set and compares with the CDMA2000 standard set for...

 (UMTS) High-Speed Packet Access (HSPA) functionality in alignment with 3GPP Release 7 standards. These performance improvements increase the data rates and bandwidth over the air interface in 3G networks.

Continuous Computing also announced in February 2008 their partnership with picoChip Designs Ltd. This partnership was created to speed the development of the on-premise mobile wireless base station

Base station

The term base station can be used in the context of land surveying and wireless communications.- Land surveying :In the context of external land surveying, a base station is a GPS receiver at an accurately-known fixed location which is used to derive correction information for nearby portable GPS...

 technology and offer a time-saving reference design to Network Equipment Providers (NEPs) entering the mobile space. The combination of Continuous’ software and picoChip’s silicon

Silicon

Silicon is a chemical element with the symbol Si and atomic number 14. A tetravalent metalloid, it is less reactive than its chemical analog carbon, the nonmetal directly above it in the periodic table, but more reactive than germanium, the metalloid directly below it in the table...

 essentially removed a step in the femtocell product development process with a reference design.

In February 2009, Continuous Computing announced its new “Solutions & Services” business practice which offers two solution suites for the wireless and deep packet inspection (DPI) markets. In June 2009 Continuous Computing teamed with Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments

Texas Instruments Inc. , widely known as TI, is an American company based in Dallas, Texas, United States, which develops and commercializes semiconductor and computer technology...

 to offer complete HSPA and LTE enterprise and residential femtocells.

In July 2009, the company announced value added services (VAS) solutions designed to allow NEPs to accelerate time to market for their enhanced wireless services such as Short Message Service

Short message service

Short Message Service is a text messaging service component of phone, web, or mobile communication systems, using standardized communications protocols that allow the exchange of short text messages between fixed line or mobile phone devices...

 (SMS), Caller ID

Caller ID

Caller ID , also called calling line identification or calling number identification or Calling Line Identification Presentation , is a telephone service, available in analog and digital phone systems and most Voice over Internet Protocol applications, that transmits a caller's number to...

, roaming

Roaming

In wireless telecommunications, roaming is a general term referring to the extension of connectivity service in a location that is different from the home location where the service was registered. Roaming ensures that the wireless device is kept connected to the network, without losing the...

, E911, ringback tones and e-mail

E-mail

Electronic mail, commonly known as email or e-mail, is a method of exchanging digital messages from an author to one or more recipients. Modern email operates across the Internet or other computer networks. Some early email systems required that the author and the recipient both be online at the...

 services.

In May 2011, the company announced they were acquired by RadiSys

RadiSys

RadiSys Corporation is publicly traded company that makes embedded systems and related technology, located in Hillsboro, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1987 in Oregon by former employees of Intel, the company went public in 1995...

 for $105 million in stock and cash. Once the transaction is completed, Continuous' CEO will take over the same position with RadiSys, while RadiSys CEO Scott Grout moves to the company's board of directors.

Primary Products

Continuous Computing’s Trillium protocol software product line was acquired from Intel in February 2003. NEPs use Trillium to develop network elements for Femtocell, LTE/3G Wireless, IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) and NGN Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) applications.

The AdvancedTCA ATCA product family from Continuous Computing combines packet-based, redundant architecture design with NEBS Level 3 engineering and leverages the latest PICMG standards and SAF interfaces. The ATCA components are designed to bring together a common set of platform-level features and include packet processing, switching, and compute blades.

FlexTCA is a Continuous Computing product family that consists of pre-integrated, application-ready ATCA platforms pre-integrated with Essential Services software, SAF-compliant High Availability middleware, Layer 2 High Availability switching software, and a Trillium Protocol Integration toolkit for creating security, traffic shaping, and wireless core solutions.

Continuous Computing’s Professional Services offering covers a wide range of customized services to assist NEPs in building telecommunications infrastructure in the following areas: Femtocells, Load Balancing, LTE, DPI and IMS.

Customers

Continuous Computing has approximately 150 customers worldwide with applications including Femtocells and Signaling Gateways to Radio Network Controllers and Mobility Management Entities.

Continuous Computing’s customers include:

Alcatel Shanghai Bell, AppTrigger, Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent

Alcatel-Lucent is a global telecommunications corporation, headquartered in the 7th arrondissement of Paris, France. It provides telecommunications solutions to service providers, enterprises, and governments around the world, enabling these customers to deliver voice, data, and video services...

, Anam, Bharti Telesoft, BigBand,
BlueSlice, Cisco

Cisco

Cisco may refer to:Companies:*Cisco Systems, a computer networking company* Certis CISCO, corporatised entity of the former Commercial and Industrial Security Corporation in Singapore...

, C-DOT, Dialogic, Genband

Genband

GENBAND is a privately held company which makes IP multimedia application and infrastructure products and solutions for fixed wire line, mobile, and cable network service providers. The company was formed in 1999 as General Bandwidth and since 2010 is headquartered in Frisco, Texas.It has major...

, Hitachi

Hitachi

Hitachi is a multinational corporation specializing in high-technology.Hitachi may also refer to:*Hitachi, Ibaraki, Japan*Hitachi province, former province of Japan*Prince Hitachi and Princess Hitachi, members of the Japanese imperial family...

, Invigo, Iskratel, IBM,
Kodiak, LG-Nortel, Mavenir, Motorola, Midas, NEC, NextWave, Nortel

Nortel

Nortel Networks Corporation, formerly known as Northern Telecom Limited and sometimes known simply as Nortel, was a multinational telecommunications equipment manufacturer headquartered in Mississauga, Ontario, Canada...

, Qualcomm

Qualcomm

Qualcomm is an American global telecommunication corporation that designs, manufactures and markets digital wireless telecommunications products and services based on its code division multiple access technology and other technologies. Headquartered in San Diego, CA, USA...

,
RadioFrame, Samsung

Samsung

The Samsung Group is a South Korean multinational conglomerate corporation headquartered in Samsung Town, Seoul, South Korea...

, Sanyo

Sanyo

is a major electronics company and member of the Fortune 500 whose headquarters is located in Moriguchi, Osaka prefecture, Japan. Sanyo targets the middle of the market and has over 230 Subsidiaries and Affiliates....

, Starent, Tachibana Eletech, TruePosition, Turin,
UTStarcom

Recognition

In 2006, Continuous Computing was ranked #1 in the Computers and Related Products category at the 13th Annual AeA High Tech Awards in San Diego, CA. The company was also awarded with the outstanding "Emerging Market Growth" from the Association for Corporate Growth (AGC), San Diego chapter.
Continuous Computing ranked #2 in Rising Star category of Deloitte Technology Fast 50 in 2002.
In 1998, 1999 and 2000, Internet Telephony honored Continuous Computing with Product of the year awards.

Standards Organizations

Continuous Computing is a contributing member of the major standards bodies in the communications industry. Examples include;

• 3GPP
• CP-TA
• European Telecommunication Standards Institute (ETSI)
• Femto Forum
• Intel ECA
• SCOPE
• SA Forum