Adax, Inc. provides protocol controllers, integrated software, and signaling gateways for telecom equipment suppliers, value added services (VAS) providers, and systems integrators worldwide. The company specializes in signaling infrastructure. It offers controllers for voice and video over ATM AAL2; IP signaling card for SIGTRAN, IPsec, and SIP applications; high density narrowband channelized controller for SS7 and SIGTRAN signaling protocols; signaling protocol stacks and multi purpose signaling gateways; and signaling blades for network infrastructure developers. The company also provides Frame Relay/PPP product suite for prototyping on a workstation; APS-X.25 that supports data communications protocol on UNIX operating systems; APS-SS7 Driver, which supports intelligent network (IN) and general wide area network (WAN) connectivity through the SS7 protocol; and SSCOP/SSCF software module, which enables users to interface signaling networks, or build optimal communication links in private networks. In addition, Adax offers LAPX that supports the LAPB, LAPD, and LAPV5 layer 2 data communications protocols; Stream Control Transport Protocol, a transport layer that carry signaling messages over IP networks; and M2PA that is designed for convergence, wireless, and intelligent networks. The company offers its products for use in applications, such as SIGTRAN and SS7 over IP solutions, signaling gateways and softswitches, 3G/UMTS network nodes, intelligent networks and SS7 solutions, GPRS and GSM network nodes, monitoring and test tools, and value added services. Adax offers its products through a network of distributors located in Russia, Southeast Asia, China, Korea, and Japan. The company was founded in 1982 and is based in Berkeley, California.