Bell Canada and Cisco Systems Team to Provide Managed IP Telephony Solutions to Large Enterprise Customers.Business Editors TORONTO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 4, 2002 'Converged Desktop' Technology to Manage Voice and Data On a Single Network New to Suite of Communication Solutions From Bell Managed Solutions Bell Canada Bell Canada Enterprises (TSX: BCE, NYSE: BCE), legally BCE Inc., is a major Canadian telecommunications company. Through its subsidiaries including Bell Canada, Bell Aliant, Northwestel, Télébec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for and Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , Inc. today announced that they are working together to provide IP (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. ) telephony products and services to Bell Managed Solutions customers. As part of the strategic relationship with Cisco, Bell Canada will deliver the Enterprise Convergent Desktop, a single network solution that manages all the voice and data communication needs of large enterprises. As part of the Bell-managed IP telephony The two-way transmission of voice over a packet-switched IP network, which is part of the TCP/IP protocol suite. The terms "IP telephony" and "voice over IP" (VoIP) are synonymous. solution, customers also receive services such as end-to-end network management, pro-active performance and change management, customer care consulting, billing information and statistical reporting. The converged desktop solution eliminates the need to maintain separate voice and data networks, and helps increase employee productivity by exploiting the flexibility of Internet Protocol to support multimedia applications such as unified messaging Having access to e-mail, voice mail and faxes via a common computer application or by telephone. For example, unified messaging may send faxes and digitized voice mail to a mail server that turns them into e-mail attachments. as well as the ability to add or move telephony stations within the enterprise. For customers transitioning from traditional PBX (Private Branch eXchange) An inhouse telephone switching system that interconnects telephone extensions to each other as well as to the outside telephone network (PSTN). systems to a converged voice and data network, Cisco's Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco AVVID AVVID Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (Cisco) AVVID Architecture for Voice Video and Integrated Data ) technology, provides an intelligent, standards-based infrastructure that is flexible and reliable. Voice and video solutions based on Cisco AVVID support scalable call processing In telecommunication, the term call processing has the following meanings:
"Companies today 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. advanced IP-based applications and reliable communications solutions that they don't have to manage themselves," explained Charles Salameh, vice-president, Bell Managed Solutions. "Bell's unmatched experience in managing large communications networks, coupled with Cisco's advanced AVVID IP-technology platform, enables Bell Managed Solutions to provide customers with a one-stop source for network-based communications applications and services. The end result is that customers can concentrate on attaining their business goals, rather than worrying about communication technologies." "Cisco and Bell have combined their respective strengths in technology leadership and managed infrastructure services to further expand the market for IP telephony," said Pierre-Paul Allard, managing director, Cisco Systems Canada. "Cisco's IP telephony solutions give service providers like Bell Canada the ability to make a broad range of e-business solutions available to their customers. With Enterprise Convergent Desktop, Bell manages the network right up to the desktop phone while companies can benefit from increases in employee productivity and the reduced operational costs inherent in converged networks." "Network convergence has emerged as a powerful trend in Canada, with more than 50 percent of Canadian businesses expected to move from traditional PBX telephone technology to IP or network-based telephony communications within the next three years," said Dan McLean, senior analyst, IDC Canada. "IDC research also indicates that over 40 percent of medium and large enterprises in Canada want to outsource the implementation of IP telephony solutions and lease the technology from a service provider." Bell Managed Solutions provides a single source for end-to-end communication solutions to help business customers improve e-business productivity, protect company data and manage network-based applications, services and content. Network-based and fully managed from start to finish, Bell Managed Solutions offers e-Business Solutions, Network Management and Outsourcing, Security and Data Integrity, Converged Desktop Communications and a comprehensive range of related Professional Services. For more information please visit http://www.network-based.bell.ca. About Bell Canada Bell Canada, Canada's national leader for communications in the Internet world, provides connectivity to residential and business customers through wired and wireless voice and data communications, high speed and wireless Internet access, IP-broadband services, e-business solutions, local and long distance phone and directory services. Bell Canada is owned by BCE BCE abbr. 1. Bachelor of Chemical Engineering 2. Bachelor of Civil Engineering BCE Abbreviation for before the Common Era. Inc of Montreal (80%) and by SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. Communications of San Antonio, Texas “San Antonio” redirects here. For other uses, see San Antonio (disambiguation). San Antonio is the second most populous city in Texas, the third most populous metropolitan area in Texas, and is the seventh most populous city in the United States. As of the 2006 U.S. (20%). For more information please visit http://www.bell.ca. About Cisco Cisco Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq:CSCO CSCO Cisco Systems Incorporated (stock symbol) CSCO Chief Supply Chain Officer ) is the worldwide leader in networking for the Internet. News and information are available at www.cisco.com. About Cisco Systems Canada Cisco Systems Canada Co. has offices across Canada dedicated to customer support, sales, and service. In addition, Cisco Systems has a significant research and development centre in Ottawa, Ontario. Additional information about Cisco Systems Canada is available at www.cisco.com/ca. Cisco, Cisco Systems, the Cisco Systems logo, and Cisco IOS are registered trademarks of Cisco Systems, Inc. in the U.S. and certain other countries. All other trademarks mentioned in this document are the property of their respective owners. |
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