GENBAND expands rural presence with Eastex deal

Moving to IP is what this industry is all about. GENBAND has expanded its reach in the rural market with its latest deal with Eastex Telephone Coop.

The deal will see Eastex deploy the GENBAND C15 Compact Softswitch on its 25,000 customer and 4,000 mile East Texas network. The move comes as the telco shifts from a legacy network to all-IP. With the new GENBAND softswitch the Eastex will be able to offer its rural customers VoIP and data services.

With its acquisition of Nortel CVAS and others such as Siemens' Digital Central Office (DCO) business, GENBAND has recently grown from $2 million in sales and 80 employees to $800 million-plus in revenue and 2,200 employees. According to VON, the company is planning an IPO next year.

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