DTI to Deliver VoIP Services Through Agreement with Lucent and Dynavar

By Laura Stotler

TMCnet Contributing Editor

 

Lucent Technologies (News - Alert) and their sales business partner, Dynavar Corporation, have signed a contract with Digital Telecommunications Inc. (DTI), a Minnesota-based service provider. DTI will uses equipment from Lucent’s Accelerate Next Generation Communications Solutions to deliver integrated services to its business and residential customers.

 

DTI is a CLEC offering local and long-distance phone service, Internet access and data solutions to both business and residential customers in Minnesota, Iowa and parts of Wisconsin. The Lucent solution will enable DTI to expand its networks and offer advanced services like VoIP while also providing traditional telephone service.

 

Through the agreement, DTI plans to deploy a complete network solution including the Lucent Compact Switch and the PacketStar PSAX Multiservice Media Gateway, as well as additional equipment from the Lucent Stinger family of products. The VoIP solution will enable DTI to migrate to a facilities-based platform for reduced operating costs and additional revenue opportunities. Dynavar will provide network engineering, deployment and integration services for the installation, while Lucent Worldwide Services will provide maintenance.

 

"By partnering with Dynavar, we were able to offer DTI a compelling end-to-end solution that resolved their needs in a cost-effective manner, as well as met the needs of their customers," said Gerry Cafaro, vice president of sales for Lucent Technologies. "The Lucent Compact Switch was a key part of the solution for DTI, as it offers them the flexibility they need to succeed in today's competitive market, and also allows for the addition of new advanced services as they become available in the future."

"To satisfy customer demand and maintain our competitive edge, we needed a solution that would allow us to offer our customers advanced new services in a timely manner, with no risk of sacrificing quality," said Dan Terek, president, Digital Telecommunications Inc. "Lucent's solution, with support from Dynavar, allows us to roll out exciting new features to both new and existing subscribers, and comes from a partnership we trust in."

"DTI's deployment of the Lucent-Dynavar solution will allow them to deliver a more cost-effective and better managed service to their customers," said Sean MacNeill, president and chief operating officer of Dynavar Corporation. "By combining the Lucent Compact Switch, PSAX and Stinger products, DTI has a smooth migration path to a facilities-based platform."

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