Allied Telesyn Enables Rural Carrier to Deploy First Ever Locally-Operated ILEC VoIP Network.BOTHELL, Wash. -- IP Triple-Play Pioneer Livingston Telephone Protects Customer Base by Offering Voice-over-IP Services over xDSL Allied Telesyn, a global provider of secure Ethernet/IP access solutions, today announced that Texas ILEC (Incumbent Local Exchange Carrier) A traditional local telephone company such as one of the Regional Bell companies (RBOCs). Contrast with CLEC. See ELEC and TELRIC. Livingston Telephone is using Allied Telesyn infrastructure to deploy Voice-over-IP services to rural customers, eliminating the need for third-party VoIP providers who might threaten the local carrier's existing business. "This is the first deal of it's kind in the telephone industry that we are aware of," says Curt Walzel, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Livingston Telephone. "By creating our own VoIP system, and offering it directly to our customers along with POTS and 911 services, we are able to protect our existing business and provide the next generation services our customers are looking for Looking for In the context of general equities, this describing a buy interest in which a dealer is asked to offer stock, often involving a capital commitment. Antithesis of in touch with. . That is a big concern among ILECs right now. How to provide new services and still keep them local -- and still protect your customer base." Livingston Telephone (LivTel) worked with a number of providers to bring the VoIP project to life, but thanks to recent upgrades, they already had most of the IP Triple Play switching infrastructure they needed in place. Since 2001, LivTel has been upgrading its network with Allied Telesyn Triple Play intelligent networking products -- including Layer 3 switches, CWDM (Course WDM) An optical transmission method that is used for shorter distances than dense WDM (DWDM). Also known as "wide WDM," CWDM transmits fewer channels and uses wider spacing between the channels for distances up to 60 km. Wider spacing up to 25 nm, compared to 1. optical transport, and the 9700 iMAP Multiservice Access Platform -- to support its advanced IP Video and Broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. . Until now, the telco had never offered VoIP. "We could have turned on VoIP over a year ago," says Walzel, "when we installed our IP Video network. But we were very reluctant to just hand our customer list over to a third-party VoIP provider. We've worked 100 years to build relationships with those customers. The third-party providers bypass your system and put your customers directly into their softswitch. So if they suddenly want to bypass you, the ILEC, what is to stop them from simply taking your customer, and all the business? Nothing. With this system we're the ones The follow-up of ABC's Still the One slogan from 1977 was We're the One (In a Million). It was also the premiere slogan for the United Kingdom's Sky Television (now British Sky Broadcasting) in 1989. who provide it all ... dial tone, features, 911 services, and VoIP, so we keep local services where they belong, locally." A pioneer in IP Triple Play service provision, LivTel has been offering premium IP video services -- including "cable tv" channels and video-on-demand service -- to its customers since 2001. It also wholesales those services to nearby, smaller ILECs, such as neighboring neigh·bor n. 1. One who lives near or next to another. 2. A person, place, or thing adjacent to or located near another. 3. A fellow human. 4. Used as a form of familiar address. v. Lake Livingston Lake Livingston is a man-made reservoir located in the East Texas Piney Woods. Lake Livingston was built, is owned and is operated by the Trinity River Authority of Texas (TRA) under contract with the City of Houston for water supply purposes. Telephone, which is connected to Livingston Telephone by just one existing fiber pair. Lake Livingston Telephone has been receiving telephone and high-speed internet See broadband. services for some time, but only recently, after LivTel installed Allied Telesyn's LightExplorer CWDM Optical Transport Platform, was the company able to receive higher-bandwidth services. Allied Telesyn's LightExplorer effectively quadrupled available bandwidth over that pair, enabling Lake Livingston to take advantage of LivTel's video head-end and revenue-generating next-generation video services. Alternatives, such as trenching new fiber or building a new head-end would have cost the ILEC as much as $700K. Additional companies and solutions involved in bringing the LivTel VoIP network to life include: Genband (Media Gateway, G6 platform), GVNW Consulting, Ingate (Siparator), and Lignup. For more information on Allied Telesyn IP Triple Play products, please call 1-800-424-4284 or visit Allied Telesyn's website at www.alliedtelesyn.com. About Allied Telesyn, Inc. Allied Telesyn was founded in 1987 with the goal of producing reliable, standards-based networking products. Focused on secure Ethernet/IP access solutions, Allied Telesyn offers carrier-class access-edge products including Layer 3 switches, fiber/copper Multiservice Access Platforms, and CPE (Customer Premises Equipment) Communications equipment that resides on the customer's premises. CPE - Customer Premises Equipment . We're also a leading global manufacturer of media converters A device that converts from one type of media to another. It typically refers to a hardware device that connects different transmission media; for example, from twisted pair to coax or from twisted pair to optical fiber. , unmanaged switches, and NICs. Our customer-driven approach has made Allied Telesyn the ideal choice for IT professionals looking for high-quality, feature-rich network solutions at a lower price. |
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