Source: www.voip-news.com

Oh, to be a student at Westwood College.

Students from there are working with Cisco to set up the telephony infrastructure for the Democratic National Convention that is being held there later this month. The opportunity gives the students real-world experience that they otherwise wouldn’t have.

According to TMC:

Clay Chandler, national program advisor for the Cisco Networking Academy, Westwood College sees this as a-once-in-a-lifetime learning opportunity for their Computer Network Management students. Even though most people take for granted that the telephone, Internet access and secure data networks are always available, the technologies behind those tools are extraordinarily complex. Chandler said the fact that Westwood students were selected by Cisco after a rigorous selection process demonstrates how capable their students are.

Source: voipcentral.org

Just imagine. The newly installed IP Telephony platform by the Department for Work and Pension (DWP) has managed to handle more than one million VoIP calls in a single day. The IP Telephony platform has been developed by BT. But, why is Nortel in news for that historic achievement?

A TMC blog post reveals that BT has used Nortel VoIP solutions for the development and deployment of DWPs IP network. It includes Nortels Communication Server 2000 Carrier class softswitch, 24,000 Nortel handsets (Nortel 2002 model), 4000 fax and other analogue devices, Nortel DWDM Optical and network security products and Nortel hosted service.

BT-supported DWPs Integrated Communications Network is one of the largest converged data and voice networks in Europe covering more than 435 sites in UK. The newly installed IP network provides communication services to nearly 35,000 users in UK.

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Source: voipcentral.org

Nortel Networks has bagged a big VoIP contract from the US Social Security Administration (SSA) to update latters telephony system.

As per the 10-year contract valued at $300 million, Nortel Government Solutions will develop an advanced IP-telephony system that would replace SSAs present telephony system in 1,600 field offices and outfit a contact center that supports 55,000 people with the new technology. It includes VOIP hardware, software, integration and deployment services.

With Nortels IP network, SSA can upgrade service levels strengthening monthly recurring public network-service costs, reduce operating and maintenance costs. It would also provide an opportunity to the government agency to support future IP-based applications and services.

Nortel Government Solutions team consists of General Dynamics, Black Box Network Services, Shared Technologies, AT&T, York Telecom, High Wire Networks, NetIQ and Pal-Tech.
Nortel is also offering VoIP networking gear to the US Air Force and Department of Defense (DoD).

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