TORONTO – When national small-market cable operator Persona launches voice in 2007, MTS Allstream will be hauling much of the traffic across its networks.
MTS said today it has signed a $30 million contract to supply Persona, Canada’s 5th largest national cable and high speed Internet provider, with a Network Resident IP Telephony (NRIPT) solution, enabling it to introduce a voice over IP service to select markets across Canada.
Newfoundland-based Persona plans to offer digital phone service to its new and existing customers in selected markets across Canada beginning in 2007.
"We are very pleased to be working with MTS Allstream and to be using their Network Resident IP Telephony Service to support our roll-out of digital voice services," said Paul Hatcher, COO, Persona, in a press release. "Our collaboration with MTS Allstream enables us to quickly deploy a national digital telephone service for our customers, giving them a reliable and cost effective choice for their local phone service, while at the same time; it differentiates Persona from our competitors."
Leveraging its national IP network infrastructure, MTS Allstream is the first communication solutions provider in Canada to market a NRIPT service on a national basis, it says. The advantages are:
* Speed to market
* Reduced cost of entry
* Solid quality of service
* Customer-friendly primary line services and features (Examples: 911, 411)
* Meets all primary line regulatory requirements
* Unified messaging, conferencing, visual call management
* Flexible and custom web portal support tools
* Built on MTS Allstream’s national quality of service-Enabled MPLS infrastructure, transporting voice securely and reliably, without being carried over the public Internet
