Tata Goes With Sonus for Global IP Network

Tata Communications [1] will work with Sonus Networks [2] to deliver IP communications solutions to customers worldwide, tapping into Sonus' services team and deploying Sonus Network Border Switches to interconnect disparate voice networks and deliver seamless IP services across geographies. Sonus' complete fixed line trunking solution will provide IP-voice services in nine cities across three continents.

Tata's customer base includes over 1,500 global carriers, 600 mobile operators, 10,000 enterprises, over 500,000 broadband and Internet subscribers and around (yawn) 300 public WiFi hotspots. The new IP network will be made up of Sonus' GSX9000 Open Services, PSX Call Routing Server, SGX Signaling Gateway, Sonus management system software, as well as those Network Border Switches. Tata will also implement Sonus' IMX Multimedia platform for the development of enhanced business applications; specifically for the creation of new enterprise services that blend mobile content, location-based services, and other multimedia functionality.

Tata's initial deployment cities include Newark, N.J.; Montreal; Toronto; Los Angeles; London; Madrid; Frankfurt; and Singapore.

Sonus is no stranger to big IT builds; BT selected the company in November 2007 to provide hardware to its big 21CN IP network build.

For more:
- Tata Sonus IP Upgrade Release [3]
- iLocus blog on Sonus selected by BT [4] for 21cn buildout.

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