ECI Telecom Introduces Policy Management Platform that Lowers Cost of Provisioning Business & Residential IP Networks

ShadeTree Management Suite speeds service deployment while reducing complexity

ECI Telecom has introduced its ShadeTree™ Management Suite (ShadeTree MS), giving broadband service providers the ability to easily deploy both residential and business services with a minimum of operational overhead. A powerful, open service provisioning and policy management system, ShadeTree MS reduces the time and costs associated with deploying both Layer 2 and Layer 3 VPNs and on-demand, triple play services. By offering subscriber self-management, automating the configuration of network elements, simplifying service definition, and accelerating new service deployment, ShadeTree MS allows carriers to lower the costs of adding new services to their portfolios. To read more click here

Revenue Boosting, Value-added Services with ECI Telecom Data Networking Division's ST200 Edge Router for IPTV solutions

The only edge router to support all carrier packet services over a single platform, the ST200 also offers support of a variety of Ethernet densities. These features along with the ST200's scalability convinced three new US carriers -- Ringgold Telephone Company of Georgia, Missouri-based River City Internet Group, and SDN Communications of South Dakota - to switch to the ECI edge router platform.

Ringgold Telephone Company, established in 1912 in Catoosa County, is a 14,300-access line local exchange service provider. The company is the first publicly-announced customer to use ECI's ST200 platform to support is interactive entertainment and IPTV video services over DSL.

"We selected ECI Telecom's edge router to reduce costs and enhance our network in this competitive marketplace, enabling us to offer our customers interactive entertainment, such as IPTV, along with new IP-based services like VoIP," said Tommy Holcombe, vice president of engineering at Ringgold Telephone Company. "We also required a network infrastructure that guaranteed wire-speed performance, QoS, and low-latency. ECI's ST200 multi-service edge router makes this possible."

Replacing multiple vendors' equipment in the Ringgold network, ECI's ST200 platform was added and configured with a 16-port Gigabit Ethernet card and OC-12 cards. Managing ST200-based networks is made easy through the use of ShadeTree™ Management Suite, ECI Data Networking Division's provisioning and management system.

River City Internet Group, a Missouri corporation, chose ECI's ST200 as the edge router platform to consolidate its switching, routing and subscriber management. River City represents eight unique operating companies that deliver IP based services enabling residential, enterprise and carriers with front office and backend connectivity and management technologies.

River City selected ECI's broadband platform for its high bandwidth-per-subscriber, advanced QoS, and carrier-class availability. The platform's integrated routing and switching features provide complete and reliable broadband service delivery. The ST200's scalability and flexibility will support River City Internet Group's current needs as well as future growth in capacity and services across multiple access technologies.

"The ST200's ability to customize features to address our specific needs and those of our customers, along with ECI's excellent implementation support, helped seal the deal," said Chris Malone, VP Network Operations, River City Internet Group. "ECI was able to prove that consolidation to the ST200 was not only possible, but economically feasible, and it will give us an invaluable edge over our competition."

Headquartered in Sioux Falls, SDN Communications and the cooperative, municipal and private telephone companies of South Dakota, operate a 5,000-mile statewide fiber optic network. SDN chose the ECI ST200 to enable smooth migration to an advanced IP/MPLS network. Already operational, the new network allows SDN to offer customers a range of quality-assured data services, including Virtual Private Networks. It also provides an ideal platform for SDN to eventually migrate other services to the network -- including voice and video -- for cost and operational efficiencies. Additionally, SDN selected ECI's ShadeTree™ Management Suite provisioning system to provide an easy-to-use, integrated service management system for the network.

"Equipment installation was completed in early June and we're already seeing incremental revenue opportunities," said Mark Shlanta, chief executive officer of SDN Communications. "ECI Telecom provided a solution that will enable SDN to expand its Triple Play services from our baseline offerings and grow revenue more rapidly."

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