OneConnect and Telecom Ottawa join forces to deliver IP Multimedia communications services25 March 2005
OneConnect, the leading independent provider of hosted IP multimedia communications in Canada, and Telecom Ottawa, which operates North America's largest metropolitan 10 Gigabit fibre network, today announced they are launching a new suite of IP Multimedia communications services to customers in Ottawa and Eastern Ontario.
"We are proud to be the first Utility Telecom to provide this innovative Voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP) service to our customers in the public and private sector. While we certainly deliver the phone line replacement and long distance cost savings of other VoIP offerings, the benefits of our service go well beyond that," said Telecom Ottawa Chief Operating Officer Dave Dobbin. "We're turning IP telephone service into a tool that businesses of all sizes can use to improve their bottom line."
"Ottawa businesses now have the most affordable access to industry leading IP technology because of a new OneConnect and Telecom Ottawa partnership," OneConnect President Ron Dekker said. "Once again Telecom Ottawa is demonstrating its ability to provide network services with unprecedented business value."
The new offering features high-fidelity voice quality with near-zero latency thanks to Telecom Ottawa's all-optical network. Multiple redundancies make it more reliable than traditional telephone services. And customers will have access to a host of new communication services, including secure, unified voice messaging, file sharing, one-number service, collaboration and desktop video-calling, along with significant savings for long distance and conferencing calling.
"As a hosted solution, our services eliminate the ongoing maintenance and administration costs associated with traditional premises-based equipment," said Nicole Mumford, Vice President of Sales with OneConnect. "And Telecom Ottawa is the perfect partner to offer this kind of service because its high capacity all-optical broadband network was built VoIP-ready."
Customers are already enjoying these new services.
"The VoIP offering from Telecom Ottawa and OneConnect has proved to be the most cost-effective and reliable solution among other options for us," said Peter Van Dijk, Principal and Director of Consulting Services, Lumina IT. "What we needed was a superior quality solution that would be viable for a smaller company. Often small to mid-sized companies do not consider VoIP practical for them - but this solution gives us the benefits of advanced IP
multimedia communications at an affordable price that suits us."
The first-to-market services include:
- A one-number, find-me-follow-me feature that allows customers to use a
simple web-based interface to consolidate all their telephone numbers,
such as home, office and cellular, into a single number. When someone
calls that number, all the other numbers ring, with the call being
routed to the first phone to be picked up.
- A one-mailbox feature that eliminates the complexities of multiple
mailboxes by having only one to serve all requirements, including
email. Voicemail messages are sent as an email, and can be saved on
the user's computer just like any other file.
- A soft client feature that provides mobile work forces with the same
functionality and ability to connect to the new services from remote
locations as from the office.
The services are easy-to-use, plug-and-play solutions with no software or hardware installation requirements. Reliability has been ensured with complete backup in different cities.
"We are extremely happy with the easy to use VoIP offering from Telecom Ottawa and OneConnect," said Eric Kitchen, Senior Partner, ClearSummit. "This gives us the flexibility without a major investment in infrastructure. In particular we are very impressed with the unique find-me-follow-me and the one-mailbox features. It's great to have the office follow you on the road."
About OneConnect
OneConnect is the leading independent service provider delivering hosted VoIP to the Canadian business market. Built on the world-leading technology of Nortel Networks, OneConnect offers customers carrier-class communications solutions via a hosted and managed service that provides all the power of IP voice, video, data, collaboration and conferencing services in a single, converged platform.
OneConnect is an affiliate of Globalive Communications Corp., a leading provider of telecommunications solutions to niche markets. Globalive is a recipient of Canada's 50 Best Managed Companies Award 2004 and named the Fastest Growing Company in Canada as part of the 16th annual PROFIT 100. www.globalive.com
About Telecom Ottawa
Telecom Ottawa is a network services provider based in Ottawa with operations throughout Eastern Ontario. The company owns and operates the largest 10 Gigabit metropolitan-wide network in North America, with more than 700 kilometres of fibre optic cable. This broadband infrastructure enables the provision of bandwidth capacity for data networking, high-speed Internet access, e-business applications and multimedia services. Telecom Ottawa provides its customers with the unprecedented capacity to access, share and manage information. Visit Telecom Ottawa to see how we are obviously better: www.telecomottawa.com.
For further information: Contact Tricia Soltys, Corporate
Communications, OneConnect, (416) 204-0247, triciasoltys@globalive.com;
Virginia Brailey, Director, Public Affairs and Marketing Communication,
Telecom Ottawa Limited, (613) 290-2042, virginiabrailey@telecomottawa.com
Source: CNW Group
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