Chunghwa Selects Nortel for Taiwan’s Next-generation Network
WirelessDesignAsia writes…Chunghwa Telecom, is migrating its international circuit-switched infrastructure to a Nortel VoIP next-generation network (NGN) capable of providing customers with advanced voice, data and SIP-based multimedia services.
Initially being deployed in Taipei, Kaoshiung and three overseas locations by the third quarter of 2006, Taiwan’s first international NGN will simplify business for Chunghwa Telecom .The NGN will also create a platform for future deployment of Nortel’s SIP-based IMS (IP Multimedia Subsystem) service delivery architecture. IMS allows all real-time voice, video and multimedia collaboration services to be interoperable across any type of network, regardless of device.
“Nortel is the sole provider of VoIP NGN solutions across Chunghwa Telecom’s northern, central and southern region branches and we are now bringing these same IP-based, converged network capabilities to its International Business Group,” said Jackson Wu, managing director, Nortel Taiwan. “In addition to achieving a 100 per cent share of the VoIP NGN market within Chunghwa, we are also playing a key role in its landmark transformation into a fully IP and IMS-enabled international voice, data and multimedia service provider.”
The Nortel VoIP NGN solution for Chunghwa Telecom is based on the Nortel Communication Server (CS) 2000-Compact, a carrier-grade superclass softswitch supporting industry-standard VoIP protocols and providing cost-effective out-of-territory expansion into geographically dispersed markets.
For its line of VoIP equipment for the carrier and enterprise markets, Nortel was awarded the Frost and Sullivan 2005 award for Product Line Strategy Leadership.
