Golden Telecom picks Veraz

MOSCOW: ECI Telecom Inc and Veraz Networks today announced that Golden Telecom Inc, provider of integrated telecommunications and Internet services throughout Russia and Commonwealth of Independent States ("CIS”), has chosen Veraz's platform for a massive upgrade of its TDM network to a next-generation network (NGN).

ECI, provider of networking infrastructure equipment, represents Veraz in Russia and the CIS countries. Veraz, provider of IP softswitch and media gateway solutions, is providing Golden Telecom with its next-generation platform to expand their Federal Transit Network (FTN) in order to provide domestic long distance services.

Veraz's NGN platform architecture allows network system resources to be allocated proportionately between sites, and enables a smooth migration of the national long distance segment of the FTN by facilitating interconnection between legacy and NGN equipment. Additionally, Veraz's platform makes it easy to expand system capacity, Veraz said in a statement.

"We are very proud to be chosen to migrate one of Russia's largest national long distance networks from TDM to NGN,” said Doug Sabella, CEO of Veraz Networks. "This is a testament to the ability and flexibility of our ControlSwitch NGN platform to meet the demands of any size network, and it further strengthens our position in the fast-growing Russian market.”