Nortel updates IOC switch

Nortel Networks this week announced software enhancements for its DMS-10 voice switches designed to enable independent operating companies (IOCs) to deliver new services to rural subscribers.

The company has also expanded its service and support program for the DMS-10, and announced the return of a popular program to help IOCs plan long-term network evolution.

Scheduled to be available October 2003, Nortel's DMS-10 504 software release will feature Simultaneous Ringing, Telemarketer Call Screening, and other new services on DMS-10 based networks. The software will also position service providers to migrate to packetized networks at their own pace, Nortel says.

With Simultaneous Ringing, residential subscribers can have incoming calls automatically routed to as many as five different telephone numbers to help reduce missed calls. Telemarketer Call Screening requires callers to assert that they are not telemarketers before allowing these calls to be completed.

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Nortel Networks this week announced software enhancements for its DMS-10 voice switches designed to enable independent operating companies (IOCs) to deliver new services to rural subscribers.

The company has also expanded its service and support program for the DMS-10, and announced the return of a popular program to help IOCs plan long-term network evolution.

Scheduled to be available October 2003, Nortel's DMS-10 504 software release will feature Simultaneous Ringing, Telemarketer Call Screening, and other new services on DMS-10 based networks. The software will also position service providers to migrate to packetized networks at their own pace, Nortel says.

With Simultaneous Ringing, residential subscribers can have incoming calls automatically routed to as many as five different telephone numbers to help reduce missed calls. Telemarketer Call Screening requires callers to assert that they are not telemarketers before allowing these calls to be completed.

The latest DMS-10 software release will also support interworking with service nodes like Application Peripheral from Innovative Systems, which offers services like Find Me, Click to Dial, and Budget Toll with Disconnect.

Other new features include: a new line peripheral that will double the number of individual digital loop carriers supported; Facility Naming, which allows carriers to specifically name facilities with labels that are more descriptive of the type and associated routing; and Alarm Dispatch, for automatic dispatch of technicians in response to carrier-programmable alarms.