14 DAY TRIAL // Telecom and Alcatel have agreed on a project to build the IP Voice platform for Telecom's Next Generation Network. The project is the result of more than five years of planning and development, and is the next evolution of the Next Generation Network programme.
Telecom will invest $220 million in new network and system capability to support next generation services. The first residential customers will migrate onto the new network by early 2007 and eventually all of New Zealand's 2.2 million customer lines will be transitioned to the new platform in 2012. The investment is a critical milestone in the multi-year, $1.4 billion transition to a totally new network platform that will deliver triple play (voice, data and video bundle) services.
For the IP Voice platform project, Telecom and Alcatel are building: - An IP Voice Call Control platform and Trunk Gateways to switch and process IP Voice traffic to and from the current PSTN - 'Border Security' to prevent unauthorised access, detect and prevent security threats and provide voice security - The capability to deliver an IP Voice Trunking product to connect enterprise VoIP systems to Telecom's network - Adaptation of Alcatel's NGN solutions to the New Zealand environment, enabling the equipment to interoperate with other networks and billing and service management systems.
This project is part of Telecom's wider NGN investment and builds on: - The Telecom Alcatel Next Generation Technology partnering relationship established in 2002 - 24 months of architecture, planning and design - $64 million of previous investment in an all IP Multi-Service Core (MSC) that enables integrated services - Current Telecom business and residential customer IP Voice trials.
The Alcatel NGN solution for this new IP Voice infrastructure includes the Alcatel 5020 Softswitch platform that is designed to support the migration of PSTN network towards a full IP infrastructure. Additionally, the Alcatel 8690 Open Services Platform delivers next generation, multimedia services for end users.
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