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

TELMEX, the largest telecommunications service provider in Mexico has reached an agreement with Nortel to provide Hosted IP PBX services to both medium and large business enterprises in the country.

As per the deal, Toronto-based Nortel would provide its IP based telecom and multimedia solutions to the Mexican telecom giant. It includes Notels Communication Server 2000 and Nortels Global Services portfolio.

Nortels Communication Server 2000 is an IMS-ready, carrier-grade super class softswitch. It supports a wide range of voice and multimedia business features based on the open, industry-standard SIP multimedia protocol. While, Nortels Global Services portfolio provides a wide variety of network application, implementation, management and support services for end-to-end, multi-vendor, multi-technology networks.

Using Nortel solutions, TELMEX will develop Hosted IP PBX solutions to ensure business enterprises the advantages of unified communications application along with audio and video conferencing, collaboration tools, mobility applications.

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