9 TELECOMMUNICATIONS EQUIPMENT, NAMELY, VOICE LINE CARDS, MULTIPLEXERS, AND TIME SLOT INTERCHANGERS, SWITCHES AND ROUTERS; SOFTWARE PROGRAMS WHICH IMPLEMENT A FRAMEWORK FOR CREATING AND MANAGING PROGRAMMABLE COMMUNICATION SERVICES IN WIRED AND WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS NETWORKS, NAMELY, PROVIDING PROVISIONING, MONITORING, METERING, BILLING, MULTIPLEXING, SWITCHING, ROUTING, PRIORITIZATION, SECURITY AND MANAGEMENT OF VOICE, DATA AND APPLICATION COMMUNICATION STREAM FLOWS IN LAN¿S, WAN¿S, CABLE, GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK AND SWITCHED TELEPHONE NETWORKS FOR THE PURPOSE OF BUSINESS OPERATION, COMMUNICATION, MANAGEMENT AND MAINTENANCE; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR PROVIDING FIREWALLS AND VIRTUAL PRIVATE NETWORKS FOR SECURE COMMUNICATIONS AND ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR OPERATING UNIFIED MESSAGING FOR COMBINING VOICEMAIL, ELECTRONIC MAIL AND FAX SERVICE FROM A SERVICE PROVIDER TO A USER; AND COMMUNICATIONS SOFTWARE FOR OPERATING AN ENABLING FRAMEWORK FOR THE DELIVERY, OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF APPLICATION SOFTWARE, GLOBAL COMPUTER NETWORK APPLICATIONS SERVERS, ENTERPRISE THIN CLIENT SERVERS