Maarssen, 7 December 2004 – 3Com Corporation today announced an agreement worth approximately US$1.9 million with privately held Tresnet AB, Sweden to supply Voice Core eXchange (VCX™) V7000 IP Telephony Voice Systems and Services for an initial 25,000 users of Tresnet AB’s ‘IP Sweden’ pilot in the Stockholm region. IP Sweden intends to become a new service provider that aims to bring the benefits of IP telephony to the competitive Swedish business market. 3Com will supply the company with its comprehensive Convergence Application Suite, including servers, Session Iinitiation Protocol (SIP) gateways, IP telephones and application modules for IP Telephony and Messaging.
“With the Swedish telecommunications market continuing to open up since deregulation, it is a prime opportunity for us to enter the market,” said Lennart Lantz, chief technical officer, Tresnet AB. “We were very impressed by the track record of derivatives of the VCX system that have been running in the backbones of AT&T, China Unicom and MCI. It is the ideal solution to give us the confidence to take on this lucrative market.”
The IP Sweden project will be rolled out by Spring 2005 with the aim of providing voice connectivity and services to a broad spectrum of customers, including large enterprise, government, education and state organisations, service providers, broadband providers and carriers. The services will include flat-rate voice services such as IP Centrex. ‘IP Sweden’ will also provide a central voice service connection point for networks and metropolitan area networks (MANs) across Sweden, allowing companies throughout Sweden to benefit from their services.
“The IP Sweden project will allow businesses to have access to IP Centrex services which will free end users from the costs and responsibilities of major equipment ownership,” said Pax Andersson, vice president, 3Com International Sales. “By providing Swedish businesses with services that can potentially save them thousands of dollars, Tresnet AB seems set to gain significant market traction.”
The system will utilise the 3Com VCX IP Telephony module for large scale Voice over IP solutions which is based on SIP. SIP is a standard defined by the Internet Engineering Task Force that is highly scalable and simple in nature, facilitating rapid applications development. SIP ensures interoperability so the customer is not locked into a vendor proprietary technology. It also allows integration with multiple vendors’ SIP-based hardware and software solutions.
“It is vital for us to base our solution on an open standard, since we will interoperate with a large number of parties, including mobile operators and broadband providers”, added Lennart Lantz.
While Tresnet will initially focus on providing voice services to organisations in Sweden, the company has aggressive plans to expand into the European and International markets during 2005.
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About 3Com IP Telephony
3Com has been a major contributor to the convergence industry since the introduction in 1998 of the world’s first IP-PBX, the 3Com NBX® system. The company developed an architecture for a distributed softswitch for AT&T and brought the first commercially deployed carrier softswitch to market in 1999. The 3Com VCX IP Telephony module was first introduced in 2003 for large enterprises. Today, the company combines these products under the 3Com Convergence Applications Suite, which includes IP Telephony, IP Messaging, IP Conferencing and IP Contact Center capabilities. For further information, please visit www.3com.com/voip.
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