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August 10, 2001 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Sonus Networks (sonusnet.com), a leading provider of voice infrastructure products, yesterday announced that Level 3 Communications, Inc. (level3.com) has signed an agreement to purchase network architecture systems designed to support Level 3′s wholesale IP voice service.
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Under the terms of the multi-year agreement, Level 3 plans to deploy a range
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of Sonus’ voice infrastructure solutions, including the GSX9000 Open
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Services Switch, the PSX6000 SoftSwitch and the SGX2000 SS7 Signaling
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Gateway. Level 3 expects to deploy the Sonus voice infrastructure systems
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throughout its 16,000-mile U.S. fiber optic network.
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“Level 3 is widely recognized as a pioneer in the development of softswitch
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technologies, and is the first carrier to build a completely IP-based
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network worldwide,” said Hassan Ahmed, president and CEO, Sonus. “By
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deploying Sonus’ voice infrastructure solutions, Level 3 will not only have
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the ability to differentiate their offerings, but significantly reduce the
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costs of delivering a range of voice services.”
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“Sonus technology also allows Level 3 to SIP-enable the edge of our network
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that provides voice termination services,” said Rob Hagens, senior vice
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president of Global Network Engineering for Level 3. “Further, the Sonus
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solutions enable us to scale our network to meet growing customer demand for
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our IP voice services.”
