Charter Communications has selected Cedar Point Communications’ SAFARI C³ Media Switching System for use in the strategic deployment of VoIP in select markets. The initial rollout will be in Charter’s Northeast Operating Division. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.charter.comhttp://www.nortelnetworks.com
- In April 2004, Cedar Point secured $20 million in additional funding for its integrated packet-based voice and multimedia switching platform for cable operators. Cedar Point’s SAFARI C(Cubed) is a carrier class switch that incorporates all of the components in a PacketCable voice switching infrastructure. The new funding was led by JP Morgan Partners and included earlier investors Ascent Venture Partners, Battery Ventures, Charles River Ventures, Comcast Interactive Capital and STAR Ventures.
- In February 2004, Cedar Point Communications and Motorola Broadband Communications Sector announced a strategic collaboration agreement to advance the deployment of packet-based cable telephony services. Specifically, Motorola will support the combined end-to-end voice- over-cable solution that includes Cedar Point’s SAFARI C(3) integrated switching system, the Motorola Broadband Services Router (BSR) 64000 CMTS, Motorola SURFboard multi-terminal adapters (MTA), and the Motorola Advanced Provisioning System (MAPS). The companies have completed interoperability testing of the solution and will collaborate in marketing, sales and support.
- Also this week, Nortel Networks announced that its cable VoIP solution had been selected for Charter’s Midwest and Great Lakes operating divisions. The selection includes Succession Communication Server (CS) 2000-Compact softswitches. Charter also intends to deploy Nortel Networks’ Multimedia Communication Server (MCS) 5200 in a 2004 market trial, giving both residential and business customers access to multimedia services independent of location.