Cisco Systems(R) (NASDAQ:CSCO) announced today that BT's
21st Century Network (21CN) voice trials are being supported with
Cisco(R) MGX series gateways deployed at 21CN metro nodes in Cambridge
and Woolwich. The trunk network between the two sites is already
carrying millions of calls. The trials are being conducted in
preparation for BT's 21CN national rollout due to commence in November
this year.
The Cisco MGX(R) series media gateways have been selected as the
trunking gateway for BT's 21st Century Network (21CN). BT's 21CN is
one of the world's largest Internet Protocol Next Generation Network
(IP NGN) projects which will completely replace the UK's Public
Switched Telephony Network with an IP-based network substantially by
2010.
Matt Beal, Director 21CN Core Convergence & Capabilities, BT
Wholesale said: "BT's 21CN is setting the standard in our industry for
the speed and scale of the PSTN to IP network migration programme.
Cisco has brought in significant engineering expertise to help us to
make continued progress towards meeting our delivery objectives."
"BT's 21CN has raised the bar for innovation in IP Next Generation
Network developments," said Geraint Anderson, vice president of
Service Providers in European Markets at Cisco, "and this has resulted
in the introduction of new features in our MGX series products to
support the European Telecommunications Standardization Institute's
Internet Protocol Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) standards specification
for full interoperability within BT's 21CN environment."
The Cisco MGX Series Media Gateways will operate within the 21CN
Metro Nodes to interconnect BT's 21CN to the existing Public Switched
Telephony Network. Cisco Transport Manager (CTM) will be used as the
management platform for the MGX Series gateways and also provides an
interface to the BT 21CN Operations Support System.
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