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Nortel signs agreement to provide VoIP solution for Clearwire(Corporate IT Update Via Thomson Dialog NewsEdge) A contract to deliver a complete carrier VoIP solution to provide a residential VoIP service to the US customers of Clearwire, a provider of portable and reliable wireless high-speed Internet service, has been signed by communications solutions provider Nortel (NYSE:NT) (TSX:NT). Clearwire currently provides an Internet Phone Service in 37 of its 46 US markets and works with customers' existing high-speed Internet access to provide unlimited local and long-distance calling from a regular telephone. Nortel claimed its solution will provide end-to-end carrier VoIP infrastructure for Clearwire's service, while establishing a base from which Clearwire can evolve its network to deliver converged fixed and mobile services. According to Nortel, the solution is based on its Application Server (AS) 5200 to deliver SIP applications including voice, call management, desktop video calling, collaboration tools and personalisation services. Nortel said it will also provide its Communication Server 2000, an IP multimedia softswitch which delivers network infrastructure services and supports voice and multimedia features based on the open, industry-standard SIP protocol. In addition, Nortel will provide services to Clearwire from its Global Services offering, to include network engineering, multi-vendor network integration, network deployment and support. ((Distributed by M2 Communications Ltd - http://www.m2.com)) ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) Copyright ? 2008 M2 Communications Ltd. |