THUS plc, a UK national alternate operator, has selected Nortel Networks' Succession VoIP communications portfolio. Specifically, THUS plans to deploy Nortel Networks Multimedia Communication Server 5200, Succession Communication Server 2000-Compact superclass softswitches and Nortel Networks Passport Packet Voice Gateway for toll quality voice. Financial terms were not disclosed.
THUS expects to offer a rich suite of next generation voice applications, enabling customers to customize their communications to fit individual needs and to consolidate services like teleworker and work phones onto a single number or address.
Separately, Thus announced an agreement to sell its Contact Centre business to Response Handling Limited (RHL), one of the UK's leading contact centre and customer management companies and a subsidiary of Murray International Holdings, one of Scotland's largest private companies. The Contact Centres provide outsourced inbound and outbound calling capability to a wide variety of major companies based in the UK. http://www.nortelnetworks.com
- In October 2003, THUS plc launched an MPLS-based VPN service using Ethernet as the access technology. THUS's MPLS IP VPN service is available with Ethernet connections at 10 Mbps, 100 Mbps and 1 Gbps. THUS operates a Cisco-powered MPLS network.
