- Fully Redundant Infrastructure Supports Growing Communication Needs of
Students, Faculty and Staff on Campus -
ATLANTA, June 13 /PRNewswire/ -- BellSouth (NYSE: BLS) announced today
that it will provide a fully redundant, carrier-class Nortel
telecommunications switch for Georgia Institute of Technology to support
the communication needs of students, faculty and staff.
The advanced switch will support up to 50,000 phone lines and connects
113 classroom and administration buildings, dormitories, research
laboratories and sports facilities to friends, family and colleagues around
the world. The project is currently in the final design phases for the
Atlanta campus and BellSouth will begin implementation this summer.
Additional phases of the project will support other Georgia Tech sites
throughout the state, including a research facility in Cobb County.
"Georgia Tech is home to some of the top students, researchers and
technology projects in the world," said John Mullin, chief information
officer, Georgia Institute of Technology. "This research community depends
on secure and reliable voice networks to communicate and BellSouth is
delivering that solution."
The term "carrier-class" is associated with the Nortel CS 2100 switch
due to its ability to provide fully redundant support of a large number of
end users and applications, similar to the switches that reside in
telecommunications carrier networks. The Nortel CS 2100 solution for
Georgia Tech includes a geographically split core design. If a portion of
the switch fails, the other half will maintain uninterrupted service to
Georgia Tech's campus. The switch is managed and maintained by dedicated
BellSouth technicians.
For additional business continuity, the switch connects directly to
BellSouth's self-healing, fully redundant fiber ring architecture, known as
SONET. This SONET ring consists of two diverse paths of fiber that connect
both distributed switch core locations on the Georgia Tech campus to each
other and the BellSouth network. If one fiber path is cut, the signal will
travel over the second fiber route. If both fiber paths are cut, the signal
reverses and travels around the remaining arc of the loop.
In addition to the switch's survivability, Georgia Tech selected the
solution because it supports new and emerging protocols, such as Session
Initiation Protocol (SIP) for voice over IP and dual mode wireless
technologies. Georgia Tech could use the CS 2100 for research on new
applications to support virtual learning and future multimedia services.
"BellSouth, Nortel and Georgia Tech all provide significant
intellectual and capital investment to the technology community through
joint research, technology jobs and the sharing of network resources," said
Dick Anderson, president and vice-chairman, BellSouth Business Markets.
"The new switch will help ensure that Georgia Tech can continue to
effectively communicate as it aggressively develops the leading
technologists of tomorrow."
For more information about BellSouth voice and data solutions for large
business customers, visit http://www.bellsouthlargebusiness.com.
About BellSouth Corporation
BellSouth Corporation is a Fortune 500 communications company
headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia. BellSouth has joint control and 40
percent ownership of Cingular Wireless, the nation's largest wireless voice
and data provider with 55.8 million customers.
Backed by award-winning customer service, BellSouth offers the most
comprehensive and innovative package of voice and data services available
in the market. Through BellSouth Answers(R), residential and small business
customers can bundle their local and long distance service with dial-up and
high-speed DSL Internet access, satellite television and Cingular(R)
Wireless service. For businesses, BellSouth provides secure, reliable local
and long distance voice and data networking solutions. BellSouth also
offers print and online directory advertising through The Real Yellow
Pages(R) and YELLOWPAGES.COM(TM) from BellSouth.
BellSouth believes that diversity and fostering an inclusive
environment are critical in maintaining a competitive advantage in today's
global marketplace. More information about BellSouth can be found at
http://www.bellsouth.com.
SOURCE BellSouth Corporation
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