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Lucent Technologies and Cisco Collaborate with NewSouth Communications in Jacksonville

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NewSouth Communications, a switch-based broadband Integrated Communications Provider (ICP), has completed the installation of a Lucent Technologies AnyMedia 5ESS-2000 switch in Jacksonville, Florida. The switch, along with the deployment of Cisco's carrier-class ATM+IP New World system, has enabled the company to offer a range of services, including data, local, long distance, and enhanced services, to businesses in the Jacksonville area. This installation marks NewSouth Communications' first switching center implementation of 2000, with six more installations of both Lucent and Cisco switches expected in the next five months.

Key Takeaways:

  • NewSouth Communications has completed the installation of a Lucent Technologies AnyMedia 5ESS-2000 switch in Jacksonville, Florida, marking its first switching center implementation of 2000.
  • The company has also deployed Cisco's carrier-class ATM+IP New World system, enabling the provision of data, local, long distance, and enhanced services to businesses in the Jacksonville area.
  • The Lucent switch platform has been used to integrate data, local, long distance, and enhanced services for business customers in Jacksonville.
  • The installation has connected the newly installed Jacksonville switch with 100% digital facilities deployed using the latest in fiber optic technology.
  • The company plans to install six more switching centers in the next five months, utilizing both Lucent and Cisco switches.
  • NewSouth Communications has an agreement to expand its network of Cisco New World packet-based switches, Lucent Technologies AnyMedia 5ESS-2000 switches, and Lucent's packet-based Softswitch across the South.
  • The company is actively expanding its services in the southern United States, including Florida, South Carolina, Tennessee, North Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Kentucky, and Louisiana.

Statistics:

  • The Lucent switch platform will integrate data, local, long distance, and enhanced services for over 100 business customers in Jacksonville.
  • Six more switching centers are expected to be installed in the next five months, with both Lucent and Cisco switches being used.
  • NewSouth Communications plans to expand its network of Cisco New World packet-based switches across the South.
  • The company currently offers DSL-based high-speed Internet access, data, local exchange, long distance, and enhanced telecommunications services to over 100,000 customers in the southern United States.

Sources:

  • "NewSouth Communications Completes Installation of Lucent AnyMedia Switch in Jacksonville," Business Wire, Feb. 9, 2000.
  • NewSouth Communications press release, accessed at http://www.newsouth.com.
  • Susanne Hite, NewSouth Communications, hite@newsouth.com.

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