Turk Telekom (News - Alert), a fixed-line phone operator, has selected an IP powered communications solution from Nortel. The solution will enable Turk Telekom to unlock opportunities for new service revenue by providing carrier-grade voice and multimedia services to businesses and consumers throughout Turkey.

 

Nortel’s solution also enables Turk Telekom to deliver Centrex IP and Session Initiation Protocol (News - Alert) (SIP) multimedia services to corporate customers and small to medium-sized businesses (SMBs) without having to invest in new infrastructure.

 

Turk Telekom has a long-term relationship with Nortel (News - Alert), including its next-generation network (NGN) international gateway deployment in 2003.

 

The VoIP solution for Turk Telekom is based on the Nortel Communication Server (CS) 2000, an IP multimedia softswitch that supports a wide range of voice and multimedia business features and industry-standard VoIP protocols. The VoIP Infrastructure solutions, products and services by Nortel provide carrier-grade telephony, data and multimedia services over multi-service packet networks.

 

With the Nortel solution, Turk Telekom will make a cost-effective transition to an IP network, without needing to invest in overlay solutions. The solution features a strategic architecture including consolidated local, tandem and long distance capabilities. It also offers a comprehensive, expandable voice feature set for residential and business customers and is able to cut down operational expense by up to 30 percent and capital expense by up to 50 percent.

 

Customer premises equipment (CPE), including Nortel SIP phones and the Nortel Business Services Gateway (News - Alert) (BSG) for end users, are also a part of the Nortel solution for Turk Telekom. The BSG is an advanced SMB router which integrates in one box routing, switching, mobility, security, quality of service (QoS) and SIP gateway capabilities for voice and data services.

 

C. Mujdat Altay, president of Nortel Netas, said the company's relationship with Turk Telekom spans four decades during which Nortel has consistently proven its ability to design, deploy, and support some of the world's most reliable networks.