Telebec Benefits from MetaSwitch's Expertise to Offer Digital Telephony.BECANCOUR, Quebec -- Telebec, Quebec's leading regional telecommunications company See telecom company. , and MetaSwitch, a leading vendor of next generation switching and applications solutions, today announced the initiation of a joint project to bring digital telephony Digital telephony is a technology used in the provision of digital telephone services and systems. Since the 1960s it has almost entirely replaced the old telephone system that used analog telephony. (also known as "digital voice", "voice over IP" or "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. "), to Telebec's customers. This strategic multi-year partnership centers around infrastructure deployment enabling the launch of new services based on Telebec's IMS (1) See IP Multimedia Subsystem. (2) (Information Management System) An early IBM hierarchical DBMS for IBM mainframes. IMS was widely implemented throughout the 1970s under MVS and continues to be used under z/OS. (IP Multimedia Subsystem An integrated network for telecommunications carriers that uses the IP protocol as its foundation for packetized voice, video and data. Supporting voice over IP (VoIP) in all its flavors (SIP, H.323, MGCP, etc. ) architecture. "Telebec is committed to delivering highly innovative IP-based services to our business and residential customers," said Sylvie Couture, Telebec's chief technology officer. "MetaSwitch is at the heart of this transition of our business. Thanks to their core technologies and deployment experience, we will have the service options and flexibility we need to build customer loyalty and stay ahead of potential competitors." "Our commitment to Telebec is three fold: deliver leading-edge technology; provide the industry's most comprehensive system integration support; and ensure they can deliver the services they want to market quickly and cost effectively," added John Lazar John Lazar was Mayor of Adelaide from 1855 to 1858. John LaZar (born May 22, 1946) is a classically trained American actor of both stage and screen. , 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 MetaSwitch. In addition to being the lead equipment provider, MetaSwitch is providing a wide range of professional services (job) professional services - A department of a supplier providing consultancy and programming manpower for the supplier's products. including systems integration and project management. With the imminent addition of digital telephony to its service offerings, Telebec is proving once more that it is a dynamic company, at the forefront of new technologies and responsive to the ever growing needs of its valued customer base. "Telebec's move to offer an innovative suite of IP services comes at the right time as the market for advanced VoIP and other IP services heats up in Canada," said Jon Arnold, an independent analyst and president of Toronto-based J. Arnold and Associates. "MetaSwitch clearly understand how to help innovative carriers successfully transition to an IP infrastructure and this partnership with Telebec underscores their emergence as a Tier 1 vendor in the softswitch and IMS space." About Telebec, Societe en commandite With the strength of its 750 employees, Telebec, Societe en commandite and its subsidiaries offer integrated and innovative telecommunications solutions in 300 Quebec municipalities. Totaling 750,000 square kilometers, Telebec's territory is bounded to the north by la Baie-James, to the south by Venise-en-Quebec near the U.S. border, to the west by Ville-Marie en Abitibi-Temiscamingue and to the east by the Magdalen Islands Magdalen Islands (măg`dələn) or Îles-de-la-Madeleine (ēl-də-lä-mädlĕn`), group of nine main islands and numerous islets (1991 pop. 13,991), Que., Canada, in the Gulf of St. . More information about Telebec and its subsidiaries is available at www.telebec.com. About MetaSwitch MetaSwitch is an industry-leading vendor of IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) switching and applications solutions for both packet and circuit-switched networks. Its widely deployed call agent, media/signaling gateway and application server platform supports a full range of legacy Class 4/5 capabilities and hosted 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. services, and scales from a few hundred to millions of subscribers in both integrated and distributed configurations. Customers include incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers, as well as operators of broadband wireless, cable and fiber networks. MetaSwitch is a division of established telecom technology provider Data Connection. The company is consistently profitable and privately held, with main US offices in California and Virginia, and European headquarters in London, UK. For more information: www.metaswitch.com Data Connection and MetaSwitch are trademarks of Data Connection Limited and Data Connection Corporation. Brands and products referenced herein are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright [c] 2007 Data Connection Limited |
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