MONTREAL – Maybe this is what Jean Monty had in mind when he had BCE buy Teleglobe.
This week, Bell Canada announced an enhancement to its Global Suite of IP network services with the launch of Global Voice over Internet Protocol. With Global VOIP, Bell Canada can now manage customers’ voice and data traffic over a single, integrated IP network anywhere in the world.
When former Bell Canada Enterprises CEO Monty decided to buy all of Teleglobe back in 2000, he had visions then of providing global voice service to customers. However, it’s taken more than a few years to get there – waiting for VOIP technology to mature – and time shows Monty paid too much for the international carrier ($7.5 billion).
“The launch of Global VoIP is another example showing that our IP strategy is gaining more and more traction in the marketplace. Canadian-based enterprises operating on an international scale can now take full advantage of an IP world, no matter where their businesses are located," said Isabelle Courville, president Bell Canada Enterprise Group, in a release.
As a fully managed service offering, Global VoIP “will not only simplify a company’s network but will streamline costs associated with voice and data,” says the release.
By interconnecting geographically dispersed customer locations over a "virtual private IP network", Bell Canada can provide unlimited, international, intra-company voice services at a flat rate versus a traditional international long distance service. Companies subscribing to the G VoIP service will also benefit from reduced costs for off-net international voice communications.
Bell Canada has partnered with BT Infonet, a leading provider of global communications services, to deliver Global IP services. The suite of services, which already includes IP VPN now includes Global VoIP which is delivered by BT Infonet’s wholly owned The World Network.
