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Shared Converged Services. StateNets / Net@Edu Conference February 13, 2008. Agenda. Voice Services at ENA Platform Design Service Features We can share! Shared Application Development A possible model for collaboration and sharing Q&A. ENA Converged Services. Brief History
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Shared Converged Services StateNets / Net@Edu Conference February 13, 2008
Agenda • Voice Services at ENA • Platform Design • Service Features • We can share! • Shared Application Development • A possible model for collaboration and sharing • Q&A
ENA Converged Services • Brief History • 2006: ENA decides to offer Voice/VoIP services • 2007: Offer Voice services to 6 customers (Pilot) • Install 1st Voice Platform • Intercarrier agreements with RBOCS/CLECs etc. • First 6 Pilot School Districts • Offering Focuses on Hosted PBX/IP Centrex and SIP Trunking Services • 2008: 20+ School Districts signed up for Services • ~20K IP Centrex End points • Multiple District-wide Trunking Solutions • Able to serve both Urban and Rural Districts
Service Requirements • Carrier-class • Reliability of Telecommunications solution vitally important to K-12 community and their constituents • Future Looking • Architecture allows for integration w/ future converged services • Open Standards Architecture • SIP vs MGCP • Feature Rich • Features should be equivalent to what customers could get with proprietary CPE solutions
Platform Architecture • Redundancy • Every key platform component is redundant (N+1) • Redundant IP and PSTN connectivity • Redundant utility power + battery + generator • Platform can experience multiple component failure without dropping a call • UPCOMING: Geographically diverse primary and backup platforms • We’ve tried to this right, and can share
Multiple Layers of Administration • Regional/Wholesale Administration • School District/End Customer Administration • End User Configuration Control • End User Portal • Attendant Console
Model for Shared Application Development • Swisscom Model • Open Converged Services Platform available to developers world-wide • Mash-ups/widgets/scheduling apps etc. • Swisscom can deploy any developed apps/services in Switzerland • Contributors are free to deploy same services anywhere else