BellSouth Deploys Lucent's Accelerate VoIP

Lucent Technologies announced a three-year agreement to help BellSouth expand its Centrex IP service across its nine-state territory. Specifically, BellSouth is deploying Lucent's EBS Communication Manager, which works with telephony systems to deliver IP-enhanced business applications via a Web graphical user interface, and iMerge Centrex Feature Gateway, which works with any Class 5 switch, and serves as a bridge between circuit-switched networks and IP network infrastructures to deliver Class 5 features and functionality over a packet network. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.lucent.com