Videotron Selects Nuera Media Gateways for Cable Telephone Expansion.SAN DIEGO San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. -- Nuera Communications(R) today announced that Videotron is deploying Nuera 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) media gateways to provide telephone service to their cable television customers in Quebec. Videotron is using the Nuera media gateways to initially interoperate with traditional switching systems Switching systems (communications) The assemblies of switching and control devices provided so that any station in a communications system may be connected as desired with any other station. . The network is designed to deliver the service, security features and 911 capabilities that allow Videotron to meet consumer and regulatory requirements, while positioning Videotron to take advantage of softswitch technologies. Daniel Proulx, Senior Vice-President, Engineering for Videotron, said: "As the first major cable company in Canada that has offered local residential telephone service, Videotron understands the technical, operational and financial issues involved in delivering competitive and successful services. The high availability Also called "RAS" (reliability, availability, serviceability) or "fault resilient," it refers to a multiprocessing system that can quickly recover from a failure. There may be a minute or two of downtime while one system switches over to another, but processing will continue. features of the Nuera gateways are consistent with our branding and market positioning. We look forward to evolving our network and the Nuera gateways as we introduce distinct and progressive softswitch-based services." "Videotron is recognized in the industry as a business leader," said Bill Ingram Bill Ingram was a college football head coach at California, Indiana, and Navy. From 1923 to 1925, he guided Indiana to a 10-12-1 record. At Navy he posted a 32-13-4 record. These totals included his 1926 team, which finished with a 9-0-1 record. , 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. for Nuera Communications. "Videotron has a history of taking market-leading positions on new services for Canadian cable network operators. We are pleased that Videotron chose Nuera to help expand their network and capitalize on Cap´i`tal`ize on` v. t. 1. To turn (an opportunity) to one's advantage; to take advantage of (a situation); to profit from; as, to capitalize on an opponent's mistakes s>. the market opportunities." Communication service providers around the world are using Nuera media gateways to provide packet voice services in revenue-producing networks. About Videotron: Videotron ltee (www.videotron.com), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Quebecor Media Inc., is an integrated communications company Communications Company is a communications unit of the United States Marine Corps. They are part of Combat Logistics Regiment 37 , 3rd Marine Logistics Group (3MLG) and III Marine Expeditionary Force (III MEF). The unit is based out of the Marine Corps Base Camp Smedley D. engaged in cable television, interactive multimedia development, Internet access See how to access the Internet. services and residential telephone service. Videotron is a leader in new technologies with its illico interactive television system and its broadband network, which supports high-speed cable Internet access, analog and digital cable television, and other services. As of September 30, 2005, Videotron was serving 1,472,000 cable television customers in Quebec; including over 425,000 illico subscribers. Videotron is also the Quebec leader in high-speed Internet access, with 607,000 subscribers to its cable modem and dial-up services. In addition, Videotron provides residential telephone service to more than 96,000 customers in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval and Montreal South Shore. 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). The Open, Reliable Communications Architecture (ORCA) product portfolio helps carriers and cable operators worldwide migrate from legacy networks to next-generation VoIP networks. Nuera stands out as a leader in the broadband telephony market and helps define industry standards. Information about Nuera products and services can be found at: www.nuera.com. NOTE TO EDITORS: There is an accent mark over the "e" in the company name "Videotron" and over the first "e" in "ltee". |
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