The first live telephone calls have
been made on the IP telephony network supplied by
Nortel Networks
for BT Tel, the Spanish subsidiary of
BT.
With the first deployment of the network now
complete, BT Tel will be able to introduce new
services such as IP videoconferencing, VPNs,
freephone services, and unified messaging. For business
customers it means access to voice mail and conference
call services as well as to email over the IP network.
“This dedicated IP network ensures that Spanish customers
are amongst the first to benefit from advanced products
and services that fulfil the demand for greater speed,
quality and flexibility in telephony services,” said
Pat Gallagher, BT’s European director.
“The network ensures that BT Tel can adapt rapidly to
future developments, offering new services more quickly
and economically than in-country competitors.”
In Spain, BT operates the second largest data communications
network and has won more than 150,000 customers since
its launch in 1994, including some of Spain’s leading companies.
Nortel Networks began deployment of BT Spain’s IP Network
6 months ago. The first calls over it were made by BT Tel’s
managing director Teofilo de Pozo who spoke with CMT,
Spain’s telecommunications regulatory body.