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RBC in deeper with Bell’s MPLS net

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...