TORONTO – MTS Allstream used the Canadian Telecom Summit to launch its IP Trunking service.
The Winnipeg-based provincial telco and national alternative provider is the first Canadian service provider to offer this service on a national basis, and operates the only MPLS network that has enabled IP Trunking, says the release.
With IP Trunking, businesses can now extend IP network capabilities beyond the enterprise with a single, secure, reliable connection to the Public Switched Telephone Network (PSTN). It allows customers to interconnect their PBXs to the PSTN allowing them to bypass costly traditional circuits.
IP Trunking simplifies the customer’s network infrastructure by converging all local, long distance, private voice and data traffic onto an IP/MPLS backbone – allowing traffic to flow both inside and outside of the enterprise. The service replaces ISDN PRI (Primary Rate Interface) facilities without compromising business-critical features or network reliability that businesses depend upon.
MTS Allstream’s IP Trunking service offers a range of business benefits, says the release, including:
• Accelerated return on investment – reduces the total cost of ownership to deploy an IP telephony solution and delivers greater return on investment on the IP network.
• Reduced costs — significant cost savings by not having to maintain costly PRI facilities, and eliminating the operating expense of managing separate voice and data networks.
• Improved productivity – increased efficiencies in network management through simplified and converged network operations, significantly less effort to connect new locations to the PSTN.
• Greater flexibility – easy to increase or decrease IP Trunking bandwidth as required to meet changing business needs.
Features of the IP Trunking service include:
• IP Connectivity to PSTN
• Alternate trunks and alternate numbers
• Provisioning of new numbers or porting of existing numbers
• Real-time Class of Service (CoS) dedicated for IP Trunking
• 911 Services
• Support for both SIP and H.323 protocols
• 24×7 proactive MPLS network management
• Support for both IP and traditional PBX environment
