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Nortel is Cable One`s Pick for VoIP

Nortel Global Services was chosen as Cable One`s primary Voice over IP professional service and technology provider. The Washington Post`s Cable One, a rural market cable operator, manages 52 cable systems serving 715,000 subscribers in 19 states. Based in Phoenix, this leading company plans to implement VoIP services throughout the midwestern, southern, and western US in up to 45 markets.

`Adding VoIP to the Cable One network is a major initiative,` Steve Fox, vice president for Cable One`s digital services and technology, said in a statement. According to Fox, Cable One plans to roll out the cable telephony solution by January. Nortel`s VoIP architecture will allow Cable One to consolidate switching resources to minimize the capital, operating and engineering costs commonly associated with rural market network expansion. In addition to VoIP services, Cable One will use Nortel Global Services for planning, program management, multi-vendor integration and deployment.

Nortel will provide Cable One with IP Unity`s PacketCable-qualified Mereon 6000 Media Server and Mereon Unified Messaging application including voicemail. The company will also use Sigma`s Service Management Platform and VoIP service package for end-to-end integration of billing solutions, softswitch operations, voice mail and Cable One`s competitive local exchange carrier (CLEC) partners.

Both the IP Unity and Sigma products have gone through systems integration with Nortel`s Cable VoIP solution to reduce deployment costs. `IP telephony is a key component of our corporate network strategy, and implementing these solutions from Nortel allows us to capitalize on prior investments as we move forward into IP telephony technology,` Fox said.