Kingston Selects Marconi Softswitch

LONDON -- Marconi Corporation plc (London: MONI and NASDAQ: MRCIY) today announced it has been chosen by Kingston Communications as its partner in the implementation of Kingston’s Class 5 next-generation network. Building upon the success Kingston has achieved in deploying Marconi’s Class 4 solution, the operator will roll-out Marconi’s Class 5 functionality in its SoftSwitch network.

The Marconi Impact SoftSwitch allows operators to continue offering traditional Time Division Multiplexing services, whilst seamlessly deploying next-generation Session Initiation Protocol applications. The Marconi Impact SoftSwitch allows operators to replace costly traditional voice-only networks with a new multimedia access and switching infrastructure.

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