Crys-Tel Telecommunications chooses Nokia IP Telephony platform for international multimedia network
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(February 2, 1999) - Nokia, a leading Internet Protocol Telephony solutions provider, announced that Crys-Tel Telecommunications Inc. has chosen the Nokia platform to build an international multimedia network which will ultimately connect over 200 points-of-presence (POPs) world wide.
The Nokia IP Telephony platform includes advanced call processing software, back office technologies, IP to PSTN gateways, client applications and IP devices. The distributed nature of this platform allows carriers such as Crys-Tel to rapidly implement networks which span continents, while managing and maintaining the network from a single location.
The first phase of Crys-Tel's network rollout, which has been in place and handling commercial traffic since November 1998, targets European international calling areas. Subsequent phases of the project will extend the network to include domestic traffic within European countries, and POPs in strategic areas of Australia and Asia.
"We enable retail customers, consortium partners, as well as other carriers to direct international voice and FAX traffic over our network at significantly reduced rates." said Edward Yau, President of Crys-Tel Telecommunications Inc. "Nokia's unique distributed architecture, experience in deploying networks of this size and complexity, as well as their strong partnership attributes, match our business plans both today and into the future." said Mr. Yau.
"In this exploding market, carriers require a reliable, scalable foundation on which to rapidly build cutting-edge networks that can
deliver multiple services," said T. Kent Elliott, Vice President and General Manager, Nokia IP Telephony. "We are very pleased to be working with Crys-Tel and know that their deployment of the Nokia solution will give them the competitive edge they need."
Crys-Tel Telecommunications Inc., (OTCBB:CYSS) based in Vancouver British Columbia, is a facilities-based international carrier utilizing the Internet to provide economical international telecommunications services. The company operates both as a wholesale carrier for international long distance resellers and as a retail carrier, servicing its own network and marketing the use of its network to consumers in designated areas. Crys-Tel combines advanced engineering and system integration along with the high resiliency of Nokia's solution to ensure users' high quality services over the Crys-Tel Network.
Nokia IP telephony, formerly Vienna Systems Corporation, develops and markets hardware, software products and client devices to provide complete IP voice networking solutions for telephone and Internet service providers, cable companies and corporations that want to offer new services or reduce information technology costs by integrating voice in IP-based networks.
Nokia offers carrier-class solutions to residential gateways, call-processing servers, telephones and PC software that lead the
industry in scalability, reliability and voice quality.
Nokia is the world's leading mobile phone supplier and a leading supplier of mobile and fixed telecom networks including related
customer services. Nokia also supplies solutions and products for fixed and wireless datacom, as well as multimedia terminals
and computer monitors. In 1998, net sales totaled FIM 79.2 billion (USD 15.7 billion, EUR 13.3 billion). Headquartered in Finland, Nokia is listed on five European Stock Exchanges and on the New York Stock Exchange (NOK.A), has sales in over
130 countries and employs more than 44,000 people worldwide.
Contact information:
Laurie Armstrong, Nokia IP Telephony
Tel: +1 613-591-3219
Ms Arja Suominen, Vice President, Communications
Nokia Telecommunications
Tel: (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8193
Fax: (Int.) + 358 9 5113 8199
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