STOCKHOLM -- WorldCom selects Ericsson's ENGINE platform for next-generation network as a foundation for new multimedia services. ENGINE is an open platform that provides WorldCom with a single multi- service network. This converged network using the new multi-service switch technology will help WorldCom deliver additional key services that will enable its customers for e-business.
"WorldCom is dedicated to deploying 'generation d' services," said Fred Briggs, WorldCom's chief technical officer. "Ericsson's architecture converges voice, data and multimedia into one network, allowing WorldCom to deploy these and other generation d services more rapidly. We are right on target with our multi-service switched strategy and deployment." WorldCom will start upgrading to the ENGINE Bridgehead Network platform in early 2001, and will continue with the ENGINE Integral Network and ENGINE Multimedia throughout the year.
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