MetaSwitch Displaces Legacy Class 5 Switches for Two IOCs

MetaSwitch announced two new independent telephone customers for its next generation Class 5 switch. Idaho’ Project Mutual Telephone selected the MetaSwitch VP3500 to avoid the cost of ongoing maintenance and required software upgrades for its existing Nortel DMS-100 Class 5 switch and enable expansion of its service area. Similarly, Wyoming’s Tri-County Telephone will use the MetaSwitch VP3500 as a replacement for its Lucent 5ESS central office Class 5 switch. Instead of pursuing a “cap and grow” strategy, Tri-County wanted to decommission its Lucent switch and cut across all its existing 8,000+ subscribers as soon as possible. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.metaswitch.com