Source: www.voip-news.com

Nortel is using Certicom’s security technology to improve cryptographic performance and simply application creation for its UC platform for U.S. Federal Government agencies.

According to Nortel:

Nortel plans to integrate Certicom ECC algorithms into its Application Server 5300, bringing this open, Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)-based software platform into conformance with U.S. National Security Agency (NSA) recommendations for cryptographic implementation.

Nortel has also licensed Certicom’s Security Builder(R) GSE(TM), which provides a pre-approved FIPS 140-2 cryptographic module for application development, saving both development time and cost of certification.

“We’re experts at developing solutions that meet or exceed the most rigorous security requirements,” said Chuck Saffell, chief executive officer, Nortel Government Solutions, which provides networking solutions and IT services for a number of U.S. Federal agencies.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Last week it was Pingtel, this week DiamondWare. Nortel sure is on the move. The company spent $10 million to acquire DiamondWare, a 3D audio technology firm.

This could spell big things for Nortel.

According to VNUNET:

DiamondWare’s technology, which has been used by the US military and in gaming environments, will enable Nortel to offer more immersive and life-like online communications experiences, according to the firm.

For example, if several participants in a virtual meeting are speaking at the same time, DiamondWare’s technology allows each person to hear other participants in relation to how far away they are in the virtual space.

Source: www.voip-news.com

Nortel has added an open-source platform VoIP to its repetoir. The company has acquired Pingtel from Bluesocket. Pingtel is responsible for sipXecs, an open source platform.

According to Channel Web:

“The acquisition is another building block in Nortel’s vision to be a software-centric company and the leading provider of unified communications solutions,” said David Downing, general manager of Enterprise and SMB Communications Systems at Toronto-based Nortel.

The transaction brings Pingtel’s existing OEM relationship in-house and will bring Pingtel’s “critical” research and development resources into Nortel’s fold, Downing said.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

Nortel wants to make 2.0 apps easier to deploy within the carrier and enterprise market, or so they are saying today at the Cable Show in New Orleans, LA.

Their new Adaptive Application Engine Software is supposed to make it possible for apps to be deployed faster and more synergistically. Clearly this puts them right at the throat and in the face of Broadsoft and Sylantro, two of the better known app server houses, but also shows they are taking aim at Alcatel-Lucent by coming out with this at the Cable Show?

Why is this important to the cable operators? As I remarked over the weekend about Vonage, and have stated about the cable MSO’s idea of VoIP (Voice 1.5), it’s largely no different than Voice 1.0, except a different source for billing and the wire the service traverses. By introducing the Voice 2.0 app server platform to the cable market Nortel is saying to the MSO’s "you can be better than the telco, offer more than the telcos, sooner than the telcos."

Why target the cable operators? Because cable operators for the most part are offering VoIP using SIP, except in some legacy markets where they sell there version of "Digital Voice," which is really PSTN or Centrex, and even then, the 2.0 stuff could be done at the network operations center more than likely.

Source: andyabramson.blogs.com

This is an example of a channel program. Tandberg has a telepresence suite to compete with Cisco.

Tandberg though doesn’t have the sales channel strength of a Cisco, so they go to a company that has the field depth to compete. In their case, they went to a solid network equipment provider in Nortel.

Will this sell more for Tandberg? Likely, but I don’t see Nortel having the strength that Cisco has in the channel.

Source: snapvoip.blogspot.com

Dell seeing the value of providing VoIP solutions to it’s vast customer base of small business has chosen to partner with Fonality, a leading SMB VoIP Solution provider.
CEO of Fonality has written a lengthy post to TrixBox weblog and a very good explanation of the facts and needs for the business venture. It explains the view from Fonality’s perspective.
From Dell’s stand point, it is going to the market well prepared with Fonality and Nortel, with Fonality filling up the group 5-125 user business while Nortel will fill the needs of 5-500 user business’.
I think this is a very good news for Fonality and it should clean up things like back doors that everyone jumped up about, including me, and resort to open operations. If you need feedback from your clients, request it. (They did clean up the last act.) TrixBox can go a long way.
For now, all I can say is, Congratulations!

Source: gigaom.com

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"The transformation to software-based communications is going to be as profound as the shift from the typewriter to word-processing software," Gates said.
With all that hype and anticipation, Microsoft Today entered the VoIP market as Chairman Bill Gates launched the vendor’s unified communications portfolio. Gates at an event in San Francisco heralded what he positioned as a dramatic shift in the business communications paradigm. Joined by customers and partners, the Microsoft executives launched unified communications and VoIP software that includes the following:

  -- Microsoft(R) Office Communications Server 2007. -- Microsoft Office Communicator 2007. -- Microsoft Office Live Meeting. T -- Microsoft RoundTable(TM). -- Service pack update of Microsoft Exchange Server 2007.

"Unified communications software will transform business communications as fundamentally as e-mail did in the 1990s," Raikes said. "Today, Microsoft is in the VoIP game, and our customers and partners are already winning with better economics and new business opportunities."

Gates and Raikes were joined today by hundreds of customers (http://www.microsoft.com/casestudies) reporting dramatic time savings due to more efficient communications and cost savings of 25 percent to 30 percent over traditional communications technologies. Gibson Guitar Corp., Global Crossing, L’Occitane, Quanta Computer USA Inc., Sanofi-Aventis, The Shaw Group Inc., Virgin Megastores and Volvo Group were among the customers that joined the event to discuss the positive impact of Microsoft technology on their business.

More than 50 partners joined Microsoft to announce new products and services built on Microsoft’s unified communications platform.

But one partner stood out the most. It is the telecommunications veteran Nortel. They were allies before all these new servers came along. In just over a year since the alliance was formed, Nortel and Microsoft have collected more than 300 joint wins representing over 900,000 licenses.

In addition, Microsoft Corp. CEO Steve Ballmer and Nortel* CEO and President Mike Zafirovski announced a joint road map to deliver their shared vision for unified communications. The road map is the result of an alliance between Microsoft and Nortel announced in July 2006, and includes three new joint solutions to dramatically improve business communications by breaking down the barriers between voice, e-mail, instant messaging, multimedia conferencing and other forms of communication.

"Nortel and Microsoft share a common vision that business communications are evolving to software, enabling enterprises to more simply and effectively integrate communications with business processes," said Joel Hackney, president, Enterprise Solutions, Nortel. "With solutions that span VoIP, branch office, conferencing, IP phones, data networking and integration services, Nortel is providing enterprises with the industry’s most complete portfolio of unified communications solutions to enhance their Microsoft OCS experience. Through our Innovative Communications Alliance with Microsoft, we are leading the integration with Microsoft’s new unified communications platform."

Learn about all these here.

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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Nortel will outfit the U.S. Social Security Administration with one of the world’s largest IP telephony systems. The contract is just Under a $300 million won by Nortel’s Government Solutions arm will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration with an IP-telephony system. The work will be spread over 10 years.
The network will replace existing telephone systems in nearly 1,600 SSA field offices. It will include a 55,000-agent contact center with unified messaging and interactive voice-response capabilities. It will also provide security capabilities to protect citizen information and support for disabled users in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, Nortel says.

Nortel Government Solutions will provide VOIP hardware, software, integration and deployment services for SSA regional offices, program service centers and field offices. Network operation services, user support and training are included.

The Nortel Government Solutions team includes General Dynamics, Black Box Network Services, Shared Technologies, AT&T, York Telecom, High Wire Networks, NetIQ and Pal-Tech.

News Release Nortel

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Nortel will outfit the U.S. Social Security Administration with one of the world’s largest IP telephony systems. The contract is just Under a $300 million won by Nortel’s Government Solutions arm will provide the U.S. Social Security Administration with an IP-telephony system. The work will be spread over 10 years.
The network will replace existing telephone systems in nearly 1,600 SSA field offices. It will include a 55,000-agent contact center with unified messaging and interactive voice-response capabilities. It will also provide security capabilities to protect citizen information and support for disabled users in compliance with Section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act, Nortel says.

Nortel Government Solutions will provide VOIP hardware, software, integration and deployment services for SSA regional offices, program service centers and field offices. Network operation services, user support and training are included.

The Nortel Government Solutions team includes General Dynamics, Black Box Network Services, Shared Technologies, AT&T, York Telecom, High Wire Networks, NetIQ and Pal-Tech.

News Release Nortel