KPN awarded a two-year contract to Lucent Technologies for a Voice over DSL (VoDSL) project in the Netherlands. The Lucent Packetstar (PSAX) 2300 MultiService Media Gateways are being used to consolidate KPN’s ATM networks in the Netherlands and push broadband services beyond the core to the edge of the network and the central office. Lucent is providing its Navis Voice Activation Manager, an Operations Support System that helps manage and automate switch resource provisioning in support of the 5ESS switch. KPN will use Lucent’s Navis AQueView software, a carrier-class element management system, to manage the advanced services offered by the PSAX networking equipment.
The Lucent-provided infrastructure and services will enable KPN to expand its VoDSL portfolio to offer a new converged voice and data solution to its small and medium sized enterprise customers. Lucent will be the exclusive partner for KPN’s VoDSL implementation. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent.com
