Brazil’s largest cable company will use networking equipment from Motorola
to introduce Voice over IP
services.
Net Servicos de Comunicacao will install 11 Motorola BSR 64000 CMTS/edge
routers as part of an infrastructure upgrade, the companies announced today
at the National Cable & Telecommunications trade show in San Francisco.
The cable operator will also offer two pieces of Motorola customer premise
equipment (CPE): the SBV5120 modem, which provides access to VoIP and
high-speed data from a single device; and the Motorola SBG900, which
integrates an 802.11g hotspot
The improvements follow a period of growth for Net Servicos de
Comunicacao, which now has 1.4 million cable customers and 180,000
broadband subscribers in 44 cities.
High-speed Internet access is a prerequisite for VoIP and other advanced
services that can boost service providers’ average revenue per customer.
“Having next-generation infrastructure and CPE will allow us to offer a
multitude of services beyond broadband data,” Ciro Kawamura, the cable
company’s product and marketing director, said in a statement.
Financial terms of the agreement between the Sao Paulo cable company and
Schaumburg, Ill.-based Motorola were not disclosed. A
Motorola spokesperson was not immediately available for comment.
In other Motorola news from the cable trade show, the company has inked a
partnership with VoIP specialist Net2Phone .
The pact makes Motorola’s VT1000 voice gateway the preferred choice for its
Net2Phone’s VoiceLine broadband telephony offering for cable operators.
The combined offering provides customers with a SIP-based
platform that supports improved security and quality of service, the companies
said.
