Nortel to deploy PacketCable telephony in Spain

Roger Brown, CED
From the October 22th edition of CED Broadband Direct

Spanish cable operator TeleCable de Asturias has chosen Nortel Networks to upgrade its existing telecommunications infrastructure to a converged voice and data network that conforms to CableLabs’ PacketCable specification.

Under terms of the deal, Nortel will assist TeleCable’s migration from its existing cable network to a high-performance optical backbone, leveraging voice-over-IP technology to roll out a range of traditional and new services. These new business and residential services will roll out in phases, beginning in November 2002, and will include carrier-grade VoIP and high-speed Internet as well as the potential for new multimedia services.

Specifically, Nortel will provide TeleCable with VoIP via its Succession Communication Server 2000-Compact softswitch as the call management server and Passport Packet Voice Gateway. The system is based on PacketCable standards (Euro-DOCSIS 1.1 and PacketCable NCS 1.0), and addresses market and regulatory requirements stipulated by operator licenses.

TeleCable’s new, regional IP over dense wavelength division multiplexing optical backbone will be based on Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 5100 and 5200 Multiservice Platforms.