Marconi Sells SoftSwitch

LONDON -- Jersey Telecom is to roll out a suite of commercial and residential broadband services based on Marconi’s (MONI) SoftSwitch platform. The telecommunication network operator is Marconi's first customer in Europe for its SoftSwitch-based Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) solution. The operator intends to announce its new broadband services based on the platform in January 2003.Marconi's SoftSwitch is a carrier-class, next-generation, VoIP solution enabling the convergence of voice and data services onto a single packet network. The adoption of the Marconi SoftSwitch will enable Jersey Telecom to introduce broadband voice and multimedia services across all modern communications terminals, such as Plain Old Telephones (POTs), TV set-top boxes, personal computers and personal data assistants (PDAs). "We selected the Marconi SoftSwitch XCD5000 as we believe that it is the only carrier class solution of its kind that can provide profitable revenues from Digital Subscriber Line (xDSL) services over a single, converged network," says Jerry Rabasté, director of strategic planning at Jersey Telecom. "It will provide us with both new revenue streams and cost savings as it will allow us to combine traditional telephony with the latest broadband multimedia and high-speed data services across a single packet-based network.""The clear focus is to provide revenue generating services across broadband access pipes," said Martin Harriman, chief marketing officer at Marconi. "The Marconi SoftSwitch, whilst enabling a truly joined-up VoIP service, supports and interconnects with traditional public and private networks, with service transparency between old PABX features and IP based terminals."Marconi plc