Overview

Aztek Networks' 5000-series True ESA™ solutions offer service providers a flexible platform that enables the removal of legacy remote switch units and small central office switches and an upgrade to broadband access systems without sacrificing voice reliability or access to critical emergency 911 services. 

The Aztek 5000-series is a family of products that provide TDM and IP-based ESA voice switching services.  These products utilize open protocols, are based on fully redundant hardware and are compact and environmentally hardened so that they can be located in a conditioned end office or field cabinet. As networks evolve, so will the Aztek 5000. All of these products contain both TDM and IP port interfaces and are software upgradeable to accommodate evolving network architectures.

True ESA™

Only Aztek Networks can offer True ESA, our unique and patent-pending approach to emergency stand alone switching for maintaining local calling capability and subscriber access to emergency 911 services. True ESA is the result of our hardware and software working together in a purpose-built system designed specifically to maintain access to emergency responders in the event of a severed link to the host switch. Only True ESA operates on open standards and will work simultaneously with any GR-303 or IP-based access system.  Only True ESA is compact, hardened and fault-tolerant for reliable field cabinet deployments.  Only True ESA offers priority handling of emergency calls, including caller ID and special notifications for emergency responders.  Importantly, when the network is operating under normal conditions, the Aztek True ESA system simply monitors the link from the access system to the host switch and does not introduce another potential point of failure into the network.