Satel Russian Telephone Node (RTU) VoIP Platform

Russian telephone node is a software VoIP platform for organizing fully functional local, zone, MH/MH communication nodes based on IP technology in accordance with the current legislation.

The solution is certified for use as a service node that implements the switching and control functions of communication services using the application subsystems of the signaling system via SSS No. 7 in accordance with the requirements of the Ministry of Information and Communications of Russia (registration number of the OS-3-IS-0004 certificate).

According to this certificate, RTU can be used as a platform for providing services by a telecom operator in a network built on the basis of any software switches (softswiches), with fixed or mobile access technology, as well as in converged networks.

Also, the solution fully complies with the SORM requirements for mobile and fixed networks, service provider networks.

VoIP RTU platform can be used as:

• A fully functional 4/5 class switch
• platforms for providing services (AS) together with a software switch of another manufacturer in a mobile, fixed or converged network;
• SaaS services platforms.

The RTU platform can be used in two ways: as a pure service platform, or Application Server in the terminology of the IMS architecture, or as a full-fledged telephony node for providing a basic call service over an IP network, plus additional services. At the same time, interfaces allow you to integrate it with both fixed and mobile networks and switches. As a result, the platform is the basis for convergence of mobile, fixed and IP communication networks at the switching level, service provision and billing. The second important point is that the RTU is a fully modular product. Thanks to different module configurations, you can get completely different solutions. Any monolithic solution over time is overgrown with excessive functionality, which negatively affects the quality of work and resource intensity in general. A solution consisting of individual components is more flexible. For example, a solution company can place RTU components on different servers and, if necessary, distribute them geographically. The reliability and scalability of such a solution are incomparably higher. Due to its flexibility, the RTU platform has a wide range of applications: SIP telephony, communication nodes of any level, PBX organization, including virtual ones, the ability to provide a wide range of modern communication services, including according to the SaaS model.

The RTU platform is included in the Unified Register of Russian Programs for Computers of the Ministry of Communications and is recommended for procurement by government agencies.

2023

At the heart of RTU telephones

On October 4, 2023, SATEL presented a line of RTU telephones, which became part of the company's flagship solution, the Russian Telephone Node unified communications platform. Read more here.

Telephony Web Client Availability

On January 23, 2023, SATEL presented an updated version of its flagship solution, the Russian Telephone Node (RTU). The current version of RTU includes an updated web client with telephony, messenger and personal account functions, as well as a number of other updates.

VoIP. Illustration: claritytel.com.

According to the company, the RTU unified communications platform is a multi-component solution that is used for different types of corporate communications. The list of platform options includes voice assistants and chat bots, a messenger for various types of online communication, a mobile application, a platform for holding online events and other tools. Such multifunctionality Expands the scope of the RTU by quickly integrating the platform into the IT infrastructure of the business. In addition, this development allows you to modernize telephone networks while maintaining stable communications.

The updated version of RTU includes a web client with telephony, messenger and personal account functions for managing service settings. The list of updated functionality includes options such as synchronization of the address book with the RTU, the ability to make and receive calls directly in browsers that support WebRTC technology (allows Web applications and sites to exchange data between browsers, without using third-party resources), the ability to organize audio and video conferences.

In addition, the updated solution provides exchange of text messages and files, including in group chats. At the same time, the chats themselves received updated functionality: quoting, mentioning other participants, editing and deleting messages. In the updated modification of the RTU, you can control the presence status, provide guest access to calls and chats by link, install applications directly from the browser using PWA technology, as well as control forwarding, blacklists and whitelists, and voice mail.

The current version of RTU still supports the FMC (Fixed Mobile Convergence) function, which turns a mobile phone into a full-fledged office telephone with a short number, free in-house communication and call forwarding from a multi-channel corporate number. The network of any mobile operator is suitable as a reference network. Such a corporate The SIM card provides the capabilities of a virtual PBX on a mobile network. All employees - both office and mobile - are together in a single communication space.

2021

Integration with Smart Garrison

On October 6, 2021, SATEL announced that the RTU Russian Telephone Hub was introduced into the Smart Garrison.

Russian telephone node RTU
Photo: ru.wikipedia.org

According to the company, as part of the Smart Garrison PAC, RTU is responsible for organizing a group voice notification of internal and external subscribers with or without confirmation of the message received. Module control, message content transmission, subscriber list and other necessary actions are carried out from the Smart Garrison system through API commands.

RTU is a carrier reliability class unified communications platform for providing a wide range of communication services. The RTU includes modules of voice robots and chat bots, a mobile application, a platform for holding online events, as well as its own messenger for various types of online communications. In addition, RTU allows you to organize the entire range of communications of enterprise employees at remote work, maintains an existing fleet of third-party equipment, performs redundancy and georeservation in several data centers, and also meets security requirements to mitigate the risks of network threats. The RTU platform is included in the Unified Register of Russian Computer Programs Ministry of Digital Development Russia and is recommended for procurement by government agencies.

Also, SATEL specialists took part in the implementation of the pilot project of the Smart Garrison PAC, which was deployed in the Alabinsky garrison on the basis of 21 facilities, including headquarters, warehouses, a storage facility for weapons and military equipment, a barracks, a communications center, a gas station, canteens. Each object is equipped with a set of subsystems and devices that collect operational data. Summary information on the climatic situation, indoor conditions, equipment readiness, perimeter control and access control and other parameters is transmitted to the automated workplaces of the duty officers for continuous monitoring.

We were glad to become part of a large team to develop a solution for the implementation of the strategy of digital transformation of organizations of the military-industrial complex of the Russian Federation. told Roman Romanov, Deputy General Director for Development of SATEL

Universal Communications: How to Get a Reliable Platform

UC A wide range of foreign communication platforms for business are on the market. Western communication products have had decent domestic alternatives for years. Recently, the Russian IT companies have implemented even more successful projects to create UC platforms. Thus, the RTU (Russian Telephone Node) solution from the company SATEL not only meets all the requirements of Russian customers, but also surpasses foreign competitors in most parameters. RTU is a completely Russian development, accumulating 17 years of experience in creating a platform for providing a wide range of corporate communications services and included in. Unified Register of Russian Software More here [1]

2020

TrueConf Server Platform Compatibility

On June 18, 2020, TrueConf and SATEL announced a technological partnership in which the TrueConf Server video communication system was certified to work with the RTU unified communications platform. The joint solution will allow combining advanced domestic video communication and voice communication into a single communication system.

As reported, the companies conducted a number of tests, during which they confirmed the compatibility of the TrueConf Server video conferencing system and the Russian Telephone Node VoIP telephony platform. Read more here.

Presentation of RTU-Client

On April 8, 2020, the company SATEL presented its own remote voice solution communications for organizing employees' jobs in self-isolation.

RTU-Client is a mobile application for various types of online communications. RTU-Client allows you to use a personal computer, tablet or smartphone as a subscriber terminal, and for its use you only need to configure the head office to work with the external Internet. All standard functions remain available:

• possibility of using internal telephone numbering
• Support for Most Head Office DEAs
• chat and video calls between employees
• use of RTU-Client as a replacement for external messengers (WhatsApp, Viber, etc.)
• encryption of conversations and the ability to record conversations of employees through the RTU-Client
• using a single directory of company employees
• customization of the user interface and use of the customer logo

RTU-Client is available for download in the AppStore and Google Play, in addition, the application has a desktop version.

The SATEL virtual voice solution will help your employees stay connected and continue to work effectively in the current conditions.

Support for WebRTC technology and integration with Yandex.Cloud

SATEL On January 22, 2020, the company introduced an updated version of the "Russian telephone node" (RTU), which is a platform for call processing and switching. This software switchboard is certified for use as part of the local and zone node communications using the COPM function, as well as as a PBX for internal telephone networks and geographically distributed communication nodes.

Based on the needs of the customer, the RTU may include a set of one or more components, including a mobile application for iOS and Android, a VATS web portal (personal account of a virtual PBX client), a selector communication and moderated meeting module, and a semi-autonomous telephone exchange for remote offices.

In the presented version of RTU, several dozen additional functions are implemented, among which the following can be distinguished:

• The transition to the latest version of the GNU/Linux Debian 10 Buster operating system provides high reliability and security;
• Support for WebRTC technology provides the ability to make calls from web applications, and also provides communication even if VoIP traffic is blocked;
• The ability to use a web phone in the user's personal account to make audio and video calls, exchange messages and files, and control the availability status of other users;
• Demonstration of the user's desktop;
• Integration with the Yandex.Cloud service for voice recognition and the formation of individual voice notifications allows you to automate interaction with customers as much as possible;
• An additional function for interactive Call centers is online monitoring of the operation of operators and manual distribution of calls to services and agents;
• Connecting with a "recent" interlocutor and assessing the quality of service for each call allows you to increase customer loyalty through feedback.

The Russian telephone node is included Unified Register of Russian Programs in the "for electronic computers and" and databases Ministry of Communications RUSSIAN FEDERATION is recognized by all the requirements for state municipal procurement.

2019

RTU Platform Release 2.2

On September 10, 2019, SATEL introduced an updated version of the RTU Platform, a software switch for transmitting voice traffic over the Internet. RTU is a modular software VoIP platform certified for use as part of a local and zone communication node, geographically distributed communication nodes, as well as a PBX with SORM function . Additionally, it can be equipped with control, selector and half-duplex (PTT) communication modules.

Depending on the needs of the customer company, RTU is implemented as software, or as part of the Software and Hardware Complex of different options: from one server to a multi-server failover cluster in conjunction with the necessary gateway equipment and monitoring system. RTU also provides for the rapid development of a mobile application for iOS and Android, a portal for customer service and the ability to adapt third-party products to customer requirements, Satel noted.

According to the developer, the updated version of the RTU 2.2 Platform supports technology that WebRTC provides access IP - telephony to even in the case of the only possibility of using the network only through. browser A built-in web-based account has appeared in the subscriber's personal account, and with the phone help API of you can create a callback order form for any website. The service "" also received its development, Virtual fax which allows not only to receive facsimile messages by, but also e-mail to view files directly from the web interface of the system. As part of the development of functionality for the organization Call centers , such call distribution mechanisms have appeared between employees as Fan and Reverse Fan, as well as connections with a Familiar Employee, in other words, with the operator with whom the caller spoke earlier. Another addition to the RTU Platform is that it is based on the latest version/, which operating system GNULinux Debian allows for higher reliability and support for modern server equipment.

RTU Select

As of September 4, 2019, the RTU Select next-generation production communication system is used to organize operational communication between production personnel, dispatchers, overhead cranes and specialists moving around the enterprise, as well as for hands-free emergency search communication.

2018: Astra Linux compatibility

On September 12, 2018, Satel Pro announced that its solution for organizing full-featured communication nodes - "RTU Platform" - has been successfully tested for compatibility with the Astra Linux operating system and will be included in the "Software ready for ASTRA LINUX" list.

After a series of tests, software companies were convinced of the full compatibility of the operating system and the software voice switch, which allows these solutions to be used within the same infrastructure.

During the tests, the RTU platform was adapted to work with the information security mechanisms of ASTRA LINUX OS, including the closed software environment mode, the system functionality was checked, load testing was performed.

Compatibility with the ASTRA LINUX operating system will allow you to use the RTU Platform to customers who have information security requirements in accordance with the recommendations, FSTEC Russia as well as existing under the program. import substitution

2017: RTU 2.0 Platform Release

In the summer of 2017, the release of the RTU Platform version 2.0 and the entire system of related products was announced.

The RTU version 2.0 softswitch line has the option of cloud licensing, which has simplified the implementation of a large number of installations and the deployment of the system in virtualization environments.

The RTU MTT transit softswitch from the presented branch received extensive number management capabilities, as well as support for the H.248 protocol (MEGACO) for managing media gateways, which allows it to be used more effectively for integration with equipment from various manufacturers - both directly in the network of the operating company and at its border.

RTU MOA implements control over the successful execution of complex operations in the web interface (due to transactionality), as well as the integration of softswich-based virtual PBX domains with various popular CRM systems. RTU MOA now supports a simplified version of the FMC service.

The VATS 3.0 web portal - a product for providing services to business customers of a telecom operator - allows you to conveniently and quickly manage corporate telephony from anywhere in the world, including from mobile devices with a small screen. The presented version allows you not only to view the details of connections and listen to recorded conversations, but also to analyze trends in telephone traffic through statistical graphs. The VATS version 3.0 web portal supports the FMC service and integrates corporate telephony with the CRM system of the organization for operational work with the client base.

As part of the modernization, updated applications for end users of the RTU client version 3.0 were released, supporting modern operating systems iOS 11 and 7 Android. The RTU client application can now work in addressed networks. IPv6

All the necessary certificates have also been obtained for the implementation of softswitch of current versions on the networks of telecom operators in the Russian Federation.

2016: Purchase of SATEL Pro

On September 29, 2016, Satel Pro acquired the RTU decision from the owner of the decision, MFI Soft.

2015: SwitchRay RTU 1.9

RTU 1.9 - program switchboard class 5. Designed to simplify sales and installations of new and scale the number of subscribers and services of deployed virtual PBXs.

On April 22, 2015, SwitchRay announced the release of 5 RTU softswich version 1.9^[1].

The VoIP platform of RTU version 1.9 solves in several aspects the problem of the complexity of managing long lists of services that require the configuration and allocation of many different types of end users.

The "Easy PBX" feature simplifies the management of individual configured domains, subscriber licensing, and services, helping to scale the platform to new and larger customers.

Instead of managing a long list of independent services, RTU version 1.9 offers the Service Packages feature, which allows you to group and assign a package of several services as a whole, and new API capabilities allow you to make these changes, including outside the standard user interface.

In addition to scalability and ease of implementation, the new RTU 1.9 license policy makes it possible to form special service packages for service offers to different groups of corporate clients, with or without connecting the RTU-client softphone. For scalability and reliability, the new version includes advanced CDR management capabilities, allowing you to unload CDRs daily while providing faster and more reliable access to this data.

The system supports new levels of administrator roles. Role management takes place so that the rights to manage the domain and an individual account can be transferred from the system administrator to the corporate client. This improves monitoring capabilities without compromising security.

Tasks to be solved

• Starting voice services based on IP technologies:
  • basic call (call transfer, call transfer to another subscriber, etc.)

• DVO (voice-to-email, fax-to-email, call interception, voice mailbox, etc.);
• Organization of VoIP hosting.

System Interaction Diagram, 2015

2013: VoIP RTU platform compatible with Yealink hardware

During the tests, the specialists of the MFI Software company confirmed the compatibility of the VoIP platform of the RTU with SIP phones and videophones of Yealink, a professional manufacturer and developer of VoIP equipment. The testing allowed MFI Soft to expand the list of RTU-compatible equipment. For telecom operators, MFI Soft clients, this is, first of all, an increase in the attractiveness of services for corporate clients. Now corporate operator clients will be able to connect an expanded list of SIP and videophones when using solutions based on the VoIP platform of the RTU, including the Virtual PBX.

Yealink equipment is of high quality, easy to operate and affordable prices. The company supplies the Russian market with equipment with an adapted Russian-language menu. Yealink phones have a wide range of additional features and work with all IP-PBXs that support SIP. In Russia, the distributor of Yealink products is iPiMatika.

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