MetaSwitch Converges Telco and Cable VoIP for Rural Incumbent

New Knoxville Telephone, an incumbent service provider in rural Ohio, selected MetaSwitch’s VP3500 Next Generation Class 5 Switch to provide local dial-tone services to subscribers of its Cable TV and CLEC subsidiaries. The Metaswitch switching platform will be used to natively terminate VoIP, VoATM and TDM calls originating on traditional telco and cable access networks. The MetaSwitch VP3500 platform integrates softswitch, media and signaling gateway components. In the telephony access network, legacy POTS is delivered via an AFC UMC1000 DLC, with broadband voice over DSL and T1 access lines using the ATM Forum Broadband Loop Emulation Service (BLES) standard. In the cable access network, subscribers are supported over a HFC network, using CableLabs’ Network-based Call Signaling (NCS) for VoIP. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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