ALLTEL Selects Lucent Technologies Accelerate Solutions to Deliver VoIP Services.MURRAY HILL Murray Hill may refer to one of the following places:
See: New York Stock Exchange : LU) announced today that ALLTEL has selected the Lucent Accelerate(TM) Voice over Internet Protocol See Internet and TCP/IP. (networking) Internet Protocol - (IP) The network layer for the TCP/IP protocol suite widely used on Ethernet networks, defined in STD 5, RFC 791. IP is a connectionless, best-effort packet switching protocol. (VoIP) solutions to deploy enhanced voice and data services for a key enterprise customer. ALLTEL will use the Lucent Accelerate(TM) solutions to offer VoIP services to the University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky, also referred to as UK, is a public, co-educational university located in Lexington, Kentucky. , enabling the university to deliver converged data and voice services on its network. Lucent's solution, which can connect with IP PBXs, also will enable ALLTEL to deliver network-based VoIP services across the university's existing IP PBXs now, and will enable the university eventually to migrate all its traffic to ALLTEL's network from the IP PBXs. "Our enterprise customers are looking to us to deliver a whole host of new services, many of which are based on IP, that will help them run their businesses more efficiently," said Chris Smith Chris Smith is the name of: In politics:
ALLTEL has selected a Lucent VoIP solution that will include the Lucent Softswitch, AnyPath(R) End User Applications for unified communications The real time redirection of a voice, text or e-mail message to the device closest to the intended recipient at any given time. For example, voice calls to desk phones could be routed to the user's cellphone when required. , APX APX Approximately APX ascorbate peroxidase APX Amsterdam Power Exchange APX Automated Power Exchange APX Alt Preset Extreme (MP3 encoding preset) APX Average Page Exposure APX Ateliers de Puteaux APX Airborne Radar Transponder (R) Universal Gateways and the BroadSoft(R) Broadworks(R) network communications platform - all from the Accelerate(TM) VoIP portfolio. The scalability and reliability of the Lucent Softswitch combined with the extensive set of features on the BroadWorks product, meet service providers' requirements to serve any business customer, regardless of size. "ALLTEL's network reaches many different customers in many different markets," said Steve Marino Stephen Paul Marino, Jr. (born March 10, 1980) is an American professional golfer. Marino is currently a member of the PGA Tour. He was a member of the Nationwide Tour in 2006. He finished 42nd on the money list which was not good enough to earn him a PGA Tour card. , sales vice president for Strategic Accounts, Lucent Technologies. "The Accelerate(TM) solutions will provide ALLTEL with the flexibility to add to their network for specific customer situations in a cost-effective way, while being able to offer a wide variety of next-generation services." The Accelerate(TM) solutions support the convergence of traditional voice services with multimedia services, including Web-based features, and will enable ALLTEL to offer new applications based on specific customer situations, including unified communications, multimedia messaging, location-based services See mobile positioning. , IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , and voice and data virtual private networks. Accelerate(TM) solutions are built on industry standards and provide multi-vendor integration for interworking (standard) interworking - Systems or components, possibly from different origins, working together to perform some task. Interworking depends crucially on standards to define the interfaces between the components. with third-party application servers and voice gateways. Bell Labs Accelerate(TM) Research Bell Labs research is easing the migration from voice to packet-based networks, while also ensuring that Lucent Accelerate(TM) solutions scale up to the demands of the largest service providers. Research is also leading the development of new converged communications services such as selective call forwarding call forwarding n. A telephone service that enables a customer to have an incoming call automatically rerouted to another extension. Noun 1. and blocking, and personalized location-aware services. As a result of Bell Labs networking expertise and Lucent service offerings, Accelerate(TM) solutions will be more efficient, secure and reliable than the IP networks of today. For more information about Accelerate(TM) solutions: www.lucent.com/accelerate. About ALLTEL ALLTEL is a customer-focused communications company with almost 13 million customers and $8 billion in annual revenues. ALLTEL provides wireless, local telephone, long-distance, Internet and high-speed data services to residential and business customers in 26 states. About Lucent Technologies Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com. Note to editors: For more information on ALLTEL and the University of Kentucky, please see the news release issued today by ALLTEL titled, "ALLTEL, UK to deploy emerging technologies." |
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