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Nortel Selects Verizon IP Trunking Service to Centralize Its U.S. Corporate Voice Infrastructure
Wednesday, December 03, 2008
New Capabilities, Network Efficiencies, Cost Savings Were Key Drivers for Nortel's Selection
BASKING RIDGE, N.J., Dec. 3 /PRNewswire/ -- To help achieve its objectives
of reducing IT budgets and improving operational efficiencies, Nortel has
selected Verizon IP Trunking service with Burstable Enterprise Shared Trunks
(BEST), which will enable Nortel to consolidate its U.S. corporate voice
infrastructure.
Under a new three-year agreement, Nortel will evolve its traditional voice
system to Verizon IP Trunking VoIP service, which is based on SIP (Session
Initiation Protocol). In addition, Verizon Business will manage Nortel's
existing Verizon Private IP network, enabling Nortel to benefit from expanded
managed network service capabilities and industry-leading service level
agreements.
With Verizon IP Trunking service, Nortel will move from a distributed
voice architecture to one that is simplified, centralized and more
cost-effective. The BEST feature, which Verizon Business introduced earlier
this year, is an on-demand networking capability that enables customers to use
idle trunk capacity from one or more locations to dynamically accommodate
increases in traffic at other locations, providing more design flexibility and
reducing the total number of trunks required across the enterprise. Two key
Verizon IP Trunking features that enable the Nortel solution include DID
(direct inward dial) transport to a Nortel central access point, and E911
support.
"Consolidating our voice infrastructure to VoIP will provide network
efficiencies that serve to increase productivity while driving costs lower,"
said Steve Bandrowczak, chief information officer for Nortel. "In the initial
phase of deployment alone, we anticipate significant operational savings with
a return on investment in a little over a year. The endgame is that it allows
us to focus on our business, which is serving our customers."
The centralized SIP-based trunking solution that Nortel is implementing
marries two key elements: Nortel's industry-leading Communications Server (CS)
2100, which is a carrier-grade, centralized call server, and Verizon IP
Trunking with BEST. The result is an infrastructure that is designed to drive
efficiencies today and quickly respond to tomorrow's evolving business
requirements. Verizon Business and Nortel are teaming up to offer this
SIP-based solution to enterprise customers.
"This is a great example of Nortel implementing a solution that our two
companies offer as partners to our mutual enterprise customers," said Blair
Crump, group president of worldwide sales for Verizon Business. "In addition
to the return-on-investment benefits and network efficiencies that can be
realized from using voice over IP, companies can also benefit from the
enhanced collaboration and ease of communication such solutions afford."
BEST Recognized as 'Unique in the Industry'
Verizon Business' innovative VoIP portfolio was recently highlighted in a
new report from IDC, "IDC Marketscape: U.S. Enterprise Telecommunications 2008
Vendor Analysis, Doc # 214572, October 2008." IDC noted that Verizon Business
boasts "one of the leading VoIP platforms with marketable points of
differentiation," such as the BEST capability built into the company's IP
Trunking offering, "which is seen as unique in the industry."
The Nortel Communications Server 2100 is a converged enterprise switch
offering the carrier-grade reliability and scalability benefits needed to
implement a data center model together with SIP trunking. The CS 2100 provides
the technology, scalability and flexibility required for centralization, while
providing the VoIP foundation to accommodate advanced applications such as
unified communications, SOA (service oriented architecture) and mobility
services.
Verizon Business' comprehensive portfolio of VoIP services comprises five
offerings that can be employed as stand-alone or in combination to create
individual customer solutions. The services are: IP Flexible T1 (available
only in the United States), IP Integrated Access, IP Trunking, Hosted IP
Centrex and Managed IP PBX.
For more information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com/products/voip.
About Verizon Business
Verizon Business, a unit of Verizon Communications (NYSE: VZ), operates
the world's most connected public IP network and uses its industry-leading
global-network capabilities to offer large-business and government customers
an unmatched combination of security, reliability and speed. The company
integrates advanced IP communications and information technology (IT) products
and services to deliver leading enterprise solutions including managed
services, security, mobility, collaboration and professional services. These
solutions power innovation and enable the company's customers to do business
better. For more information, visit www.verizonbusiness.com.
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SOURCE Verizon Business
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