VoIP Now: Nortel brought VoIP to the Rural North American Market

September 06, 2005

Nortel brought VoIP to the Rural North American Market

Nortel announced the successful deployment of its next-generation, SIP-enabled DMS-10 platform. It is seen as a step to bring VoIP into the rural North American market. This solution is designed to expand revenue opportunities for the rural service providers. The rural service providers now will be able to offer services enabled by Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) such as VoIP at a low cost.

Nortel's rural VoIP solution gives DMS-10 subscriber the option to use traditional or VoIP primary phone service. It also allows user to add the cost-effective VoIP secondary phone service. Subscribers can also take the advantage of VoIP mobility capabilities. This will allow them use their phones while travelling provided they have broadband access. lightreading.com reports:

Nortel's DMS-10 platform allows independent service providers and rural market carriers to seamlessly advance their networks to a new, cost-effective packet infrastructure at their own pace without expensive upgrades to the network. With the new SIP-enabled enhancements, service providers now have the capability to offer new revenue generating services such as primary or secondary line service over any broadband facility, mobility options with IP phones and clients, and service bundles such as VoIP coupled with the subscriber's existing broadband or long distance service.