Nortel Attempts To Carry On

April 21, 2009

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Nortel issued a press releaseearlier this month touting the addition of “Regional Carriers” to its CS 1500 solution. In normal times, the promotion of minor carriers would seem out of place, but as Nortel prepares to enter the dark cold void of bankruptcy, this news seemed like a valiant attempt to prove that business carries on and that carriers are still evaluating and selecting the company’s equipment.

Hancock Telephone **, ArkWest Communications **, Venture Communications Cooperative ** and Dakota Central Telecommunications ** are the latest regional carriers to select Nortel’s CS 1500 solution. This IP multimedia softswitch gives regional subscribers and small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) a low-cost but highly-reliable solution for providing traditional voice services, as well as multimedia applications like IPTV, fiber to the premises, and end-user Web portal access.

Not big news by most standards but encouraging in these difficult times.

Written by Todd · Filed Under Business, Telecom