Comcast Deploys Nuera's ORCA RDT-8g for Ongoing Delivery of Voice Services in Detroit.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 3, 2002 Nuera Communications Inc. today announced that Comcast Cable Communications Inc. has deployed the ORCA Orca - Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, 1986. Similar to Modula-2, but with support for distributed programming using shared data objects, like Linda. A 'graph' data type removes the need for pointers. Version for the Amoeba OS, comes with Amoeba. (R) RDT-8g Voice-over-IP (VoIP) broadband access See broadband and wireless broadband. gateway as part of its ongoing delivery of voice services over its cable network in the Detroit area. Comcast, the country's leading cable and broadband communications provider, is using the RDT-8g to connect its VoIP broadband access equipment to its existing telephone switch and the public switched telephone network. "As we continue to evaluate VoIP technology, the Nuera RDT-8g gateway is enabling us to offer voice services in the Detroit area with substantially reduced infrastructure costs when compared to traditional circuit-switch methods," said Tim Collins There are at least ten notable people called Tim Collins:
"Comcast's selection of the RDT-8g helps reinforce Nuera's position as a market leader in cable telephony See cable telephone. ," said Craig Lee, vice president of Marketing, Nuera. "Our goal is to help cable operators worldwide achieve higher revenue and profit levels using PacketCable(TM)-based solutions. We look forward to working with Comcast in the Detroit market, and to also develop softswitch-controlled networks in other markets with Nuera trunking See port aggregation. gateways." Christin Flynn, director, Communications Network The transmission channels interconnecting all client and server stations as well as all supporting hardware and software. Infrastructure, The Yankee Group (the Yankee Group, Boston, MA, www.yankeegroup.com) A major market research, analysis and consulting firm founded in 1970 by Howard Anderson. It provides general consulting and strategic planning in the computer and communications field. , added, "Our research shows that 65% of U.S. households are interested in switching their local service if the new provider were to offer a 10-15% discount over their current provider. Comcast's deployment of VoIP positions them to take advantage of this tremendous opportunity to not only take share of the residential voice market, but to ultimately offer the triple play -- voice, video and data." About Comcast Cable With headquarters in Philadelphia, Comcast Cable is a division of Comcast Corp., a developer, manager and operator of broadband cable networks and provider of programming content. Operating in 17 of the United States' 20 largest metropolitan areas, Comcast is one of the leading communications, media and entertainment companies in the world. Providing basic cable, digital cable and high-speed Internet See broadband. services, Comcast Cable is the company to look to first for the communications products and services that connect people to what's important in their lives. The company's 55,000 employees, in six divisions, serve more than 21 million customers. About Nuera Nuera Communications Inc. is a leading provider of Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) infrastructure solutions that work over any medium (cable, wireless, copper and fiber). Nuera stands out as a leader in the broadband telephony See VoIP. market and helps define industry standards. The Open, Reliable Communications Architecture (ORCA(R)) product portfolio helps carriers worldwide migrate from legacy networks to next-generation VoIP networks. Nuera continually wins awards for its superior products and services and drives the industry towards the adoption of interoperability and open, standards-based platforms. For more information, visit www.nuera.com. PacketCable is a trademark of Cable Television Laboratories Inc. |
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