The Irish National Parliament (Oireachtas) has deployed
an Alcatel-Lucent converged IP network to improve the
communications services that can be delivered to users,
irrespective of their location.
The installation, which was designed and implemented by
Alcatel-Lucent business partner NextiraOne
Ireland, involved converging an Alcatel-Lucent telephony solution
with an Alcatel-Lucent data solution at Leinster House in Dublin,
home of the parliament.
NextiraOne based the organisation's new telephony solution on an
Alcatel-Lucent OmniPCX Enterprise communications system, which is
now fully integrated into the Alcatel-Lucent local area network
(Lan), allowing the Oireachtas to take advantage of technologies
such as voice over IP across the organisation.
In order to reduce costs and improve interaction between staff,
the parliament’s ICT unit specified an IP-based solution that would
effectively integrate remote sites and users - giving them the same
functionality as employees based in Leinster House.
The solution therefore allows connectivity between 200 remote
sites across a wide area network.
The Oireachtas has based its new converged solution on the
Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch data portfolio - incorporating chassis
and stackable solutions - and the OmniPCX Enterprise IP telephony
platform, including the installation of 1,100 IP extensions with
Alcatel-Lucent 4068 IP Touch handsets.
The NextiraOne solution will also be able to deliver unified
communications in the near future, to facilitate easy access to
voicemail, fax messages and other data, to further enhance internal
communications across the organisation.
Orange and Alcatel-Lucent form IP delivery
alliance
Comment on this article:
computer.weekly@rbi.co.uk