TeleCayman Picks Nortel

GEORGETOWN, Grand Cayman -- TeleCayman has officially launched its service offerings in the Cayman Islands on a next generation network based on Voice over IP (Internet Protocol) technology from Nortel (NYSE:NT)(TSX:NT). The new infrastructure offers local business and residential customers a broad range of telecommunication options including local and international voice, Internet and data services.

"TeleCayman is entering the Cayman Islands market offering customers a viable choice for their telecom needs along with exceptional customer service," said Gloria Glidden, president and chief operating officer, TeleCayman. "Nortel's VoIP solutions allowed us to cost-effectively deploy a robust infrastructure that will help us immediately address today's market needs with sophisticated and reliable services, and that also gives us the flexibility to easily evolve and meet our customers' future requirements."

TeleCayman built a fixed wireless system as its platform to deliver services in the Cayman Islands. The new service provider selected Nortel's Communication Server (CS) 2000, Media Gateways and Ethernet Routing Switches to integrate the core and access portions of the network into a single, reliable packet-switched network that combines voice, data and video traffic. Using this converged IP network, TeleCayman is able to offer local and long-distance telephony, broadband Internet, and hosted and distributed IP services to business and residential customers.

"With a voice over IP network, TeleCayman is well positioned to offer those kinds of leading-edge integrated services that greatly enhance the communication experience of end-users," said Manuel Terrero, vice president, Carrier Packet Networks, Caribbean and Latin America, Nortel. "Nortel's proven VoIP technology gives them the certainty of a secure and reliable infrastructure that is cost-effective in operation while delivering exceptional quality of service."

Nortel Networks Ltd.