SaskTel, the incumbent service provider in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan, signed a US$5 million contract for the supply of Nortel Networks Multimedia Communications Portfolio and Succession VoIP equipment. SaskTel is expected to be the first service provider worldwide to offer new revenue-generating multimedia and packet voice services using Nortel Networks Succession equipment. SaskTel is evolving its Nortel DMS circuit switched network to the Succession Communication Server 2000 platform. In addition, SaskTel will deploy Nortel Networks Passport Packet Voice Gateways (PVGs) to expand its network reach and Nortel Networks Universal Signaling Point to interface between classic SS7 signaling and next generation IP and ATM packet networks. SaskTel will use the network for SIP-based hosted multimedia and packet voice services for both residential and business customers.
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- SaskTel serves more than 425,000 customers in over 50 communities throughout Saskatchewan.
