ALAMEDA, CALIFORNIA, 1998 AUG 11 (NB) -- By Sylvia Dennis, Newsbytes.
SouthNet TeleComm Services (STS), the Internet service provider (ISP)
and competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC), has selected Ascend
Communications' [NASDAQ:ASND] MultiVoice technology to roll out its
Internet Protocol (IP)-based voice service across the US.
According to SouthNet, its rollout will be one of the first and largest
deployment of intra city, intra state, interstate, and international
phone-to-phone and PC-to-phone IP-based voice services networks to
date.
SouthNet plans to use Ascend's H.323 compliant Voice-over-IP (VoIP)
technology, including MultiVoice DSP (digital signal processor) cards
running on Ascend Max WAN (wide area network) access switches, and the
MultiVoice Access Manager, which manages telephone-to-IP address
translation, billing, and other functions.
Newsbytes notes that SouthNet is taking a novel approach to deploying
IP telephony on its network. Through a series of resale agreements
with local telecommunications suppliers in key markets, the company
says it is able to deploy IP-based voice services cost effectively.
The company plans to wholesale Internet dial access ports to local
ISPs to partially offset the costs of deploying IP telephony, then
will offer the IP-based voice services for resale by local CLECs and
other resellers, including schools and other fund raising
organizations, in each major market.
According to SouthNet, its roll out of IP-based voice services is on
an aggressive schedule, with plans to complete more than 100 US and
international cities by the end of this year. The company plans to
extend its network to cover many more additional cities next year for
total coverage of 250 US and international cities by the end of 1999.
SouthNet's Web site is at www.stsi.net .
Ascend's Web site is at ascend.com .
Reported by Newsbytes News Network, newsbytes.com . |
