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Lucent Technologies Unveils DEFINITY IP Solutions for Enterprise Communications

Strategic Insights

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Lucent Technologies has introduced DEFINITY IP Solutions, a new line of business communications servers that enable customers to take advantage of Voice over IP (VoIP) capabilities and IP soft phones. This move comes as the company enhances its support for business applications over packet networks, providing a full set of communication options to help businesses improve efficiency and lower costs while evolving to meet the demands of e-business.

Key Takeaways:

  • DEFINITY IP Solutions allows customers to bring VoIP capabilities to the desktop via Lucent's industry-leading DEFINITY business communications servers.
  • The solution operates as an IP gateway and gatekeeper, converting voice traffic to IP packets for reliable transmission over a LAN or the Internet.
  • DEFINITY IP Solutions leverages existing voice and data networks, business applications, people resources, and training, while bringing the DEFINITY servers' unparalleled reliability, scalability, and robust features and applications to packet networks.
  • JetBlue Airways and University of Maryland, College Park are among a growing number of enterprises benefiting from the packet network support of application-rich solutions provided by DEFINITY IP Solutions.
  • DEFINITY IP Solutions has undergone extensive testing and has been shown to meet the most stringent requirements for voice and data transmission over packet networks.
  • The solution supports industry-standard application programming interfaces, including TAPI, TSAPI, and JTAPI, making it compatible with a wide range of third-party applications.
  • DEFINITY IP Solutions is available for all new DEFINITY Enterprise Communications Server (ECS) and DEFINITY ProLogix Solutions servers, as well as for easy upgrade for existing systems.

Statistics:

  • More than 90 percent of Fortune 500 companies have DEFINITY servers in their networks.
  • Hundreds of customers have installed Phase One of DEFINITY IP Solutions, which includes IP trunking capability, in production packet networks.
  • DEFINITY IP Solutions supports industry-standard Q-Services, which enables prioritization of real-time traffic for applications like VoIP and video conferencing.
  • The solution includes a Quality of Service (QoS) capability, which monitors the performance of the IP network and reroutes calls over an alternative network if performance is unacceptable.

Sources:

  • Lucent Technologies press release, "Lucent Technologies Announces Availability of Phase Two of DEFINITY(R) IP Solutions," February 7, 2000.
  • Lucent Technologies press release, "Lucent Technologies Enthusiastically Receives VoIP Strategic Certified Service Provider," March 15, 2000.
  • JetBlue Airways press release, "JetBlue Airways Selects Lucent Technologies' DEFINITY IP Solutions," June 13, 2000.

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