Nortel has added Edgewater Networks to Nortel CVAS' industry-leading business and voice multimedia solution. The combined offer gives service providers a complete, pre-tested end-to-end hosted VoIP solution that they can provide to small and medium businesses as well as large enterprise branch office locations.

Edgewater's EdgeMarc Network Services Gateways and EdgeView VoIP Support System will be added to Nortel's Hosted IP Communications for large enterprise solution to provide on-site control and management of traffic and IP calls. The combined solution will allow SMBs and large enterprise remote offices to benefit from advanced IP communications without bearing the burden of purchasing, installing and managing additional CPE infrastructure. It also gives enterprises business continuity and survivability by providing internal calling and a backup call path to the public network in the event that the IP connection is lost.

Nortel's Hosted IP Communications for Large Enterprise solution equips service providers to deliver carrier-hosted unified business communication and collaboration services for enterprise users, including e-mail, instant messaging, VoIP, click-to-call, video conferencing and other multimedia services. This enables service providers to derive greater value from their existing network investments and resources.

Edgewater's EdgeMarc Network Services Gateways and EdgeView VoIP Support system deliver advanced IP Routing, Survivability, SIP call processing capabilities and visibility into the performance of VoIP services to service providers. The network solution also provides call admission control, QoS for converged voice and data networks and supports legacy devices like analog phones or fax machines. The solutions also support local calling and a back-up network link for recovery from network failures or IP cable cuts.

Nortel CVAS will be at the GSMA Mobile World Congress tradeshow in Barcelona, Spain (February 15-18) in Hall 4, Level 5, Executive Suite 4.5HS04 to discuss the latest success, trends and solutions behind Nortel's carrier VoIP leadership.