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Taqua 7000 Intelligent Switching System Remains the Switch of Choice to Replace Fixed Line Operator's Class 4/5 Networks
[October 12, 2015]

Taqua 7000 Intelligent Switching System Remains the Switch of Choice to Replace Fixed Line Operator's Class 4/5 Networks


Taqua (News - Alert)®, LLC, a leading supplier of mobile and fixed communications solutions, today announced seven fixed line operators who have chosen the Taqua 7000 Intelligent Switching System to replace their legacy Class 5 networks.

Incumbent and competitive local exchange carriers (ILECs and CLECs) continue to turn to Taqua to replace their Class 4/5 switching systems. "We see a steady base of operators needing to replace their legacy Class 4/5 switching systems and deliver IP voice," said Todd Daniels, Vice President of Sales for Taqua, LLC. "In addition, many operators who made initial legacy replacement decisions, and others that choose costly front end upgrades to their legacy systems, are now turning to Taqua because of our company and products have proven to be stable and diverse."

New operators choosing the T7000 Intelligent Switching System include:

  • Louisa Communications, a subsidiary of The Mutual Telephone Company of Morning Sun, providing a wide variety of communications solutions including customized phone service and Internet access to cities in southeastern Iowa;
  • Buckland Telephone Company, a local provider of telephone, cable and home security services to subscribers in and around Buckland, Ohio;
  • Swayzee Communications Corp., an independent telephone services provider serving nort central Indiana communities since 1903;
  • Yeoman Telephone Company, serving local customers in Yeoman, Indiana for more than 100 years;
  • Farmers and Merchants Mutual Telephone, serving local customers in the Wayland, Iowa area;
  • Oklatel, which has provided telephone services in East Central Oklahoma since 1973, and
  • Sharon Telephone Company, which has been providing telephone service since 1900 to customers in Hills, Iowa and its surrounding areas.



The T7000's cost effective and robust VoIP capabilities allow small carriers to provide bundles of advanced services to their customers today at better rates, with the flexibility to provide a host of new TDM and/or IP-based services in the future. The T7000 is based on a patented blade-based switching design in which all the functions of a switch or IP gateway are performed on a single circuit pack. The simplicity of the architecture enables the industry's lowest deployment and operational costs for many wireline and wireless switching applications. The system supports a variety of protocols including SS7, SIP, MGCP, GR-303, CAS, NCS, PRI, GSM/CDMA, 2G, 3G, and 4G. "Each card in the Taqua 7000 Switching System (T7000) is a full featured Class 4/5 next generation switch capable of providing TDM and IP telephony services.

About Taqua® LLC.


Taqua is enabling the transformation to software-based service provider networks capable of delivering next generation voice, video and messaging services including VoWiFi and VoLTE. Since 1998, Taqua's software-based networking solutions have been deployed by hundreds of wireline, cable and wireless carriers to enable new services, drive new revenues and lower overall costs. Taqua is headquartered in Dallas, TX, with research and development facilities in Boston, MA, Milpitas, CA (News - Alert), and Dallas, TX, and European sales offices in Germany and the U.K. More information on Taqua can be obtained by calling +1.972.692.1800 or by browsing the website at www.taqua.com.


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