MONTREAL – The Royal Bank (now known as RBC) will convert even more phone lines to Bell Canada’s voice over IP solution, it was announced today.
In January, Bell announced that it will work with Cisco Systems Canada and IBM Canada to implement a fully managed solution for RBC, converting approximately 8,400 of the Bank’s phone lines to VOIP at its head office location.
Today, the company said it will convert RBC’s approximately 1,300 branch offices from a legacy frame relay network to a consolidated IP Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) network.
"We worked closely with RBC to design a scalable MPLS solution that will allow them to quickly increase bandwidth and easily add new applications to meet the needs of their growing business," said Renato Discenza, senior vice-president, enterprise accounts, Bell Canada. "An IP MPLS network for RBC’s branch offices will deliver a consistent, superior level of service while ensuring the most efficient use of the organization’s resources. "
The IP MPLS solution, says Bell, will provide RBC with:
* A robust and flexible converged IP communications platform that will reduce operational costs.
* The ability to take advantage of the existing infrastructure and network through the layering applications into this environment.
* A way to allow the future capability of converging voice and data traffic to one single network
* Improved network reliability, scalability and greater efficiencies
