KPN Taps Lucent to Replace Legacy PSTN With IMS Solution

Lucent Technologies recently announced it has signed a contract with KPN, The Netherlands' largest service provider, to deploy an IMS solution that will replace KPN’s legacy PSTN.

This follows Lucent’s appointment as the prime integrator for its All IP network, announced on August 28, in which Lucent Worldwide Services will provide network transformation services including the network design, systems integration, deployment, maintenance and support services. Lucent also will be responsible for the migration of KPN’s existing services and customers to the new All IP network to meet KPN’s announced marketing objectives.

Lucent’s IMS solution will enable KPN to quickly introduce personalized, next-generation blended services – that is the interworking of previously separate applications to create a service tailored to a person’s lifestyle – and to continue to provide today’s services.

“Lucent’s IMS platform provides KPN with a future-proof, scalable and flexible replacement of the legacy voice network to further reduce our cost structure,” said Paul Hendriks, program director of All IP at KPN. “At the same time, building an IMS core provides us the opportunity to develop the new services KPN wants to offer to business and consumer customers over KPN’s All IP network.”

Under the agreement with KPN, Lucent will deliver a standards-based IMS solution that enables cost-effective and seamless transition of KPN’s network assets, including the support for number portability, carrier selection, carrier pre-selection, legal intercept, billing and operations support systems.

Lucent’s IMS based-solution for KPN includes the Lucent Feature Server for telephony applications, Lucent Session Manager for call session management and application blending, Lucent Unified Subscriber Data Server that offers the home subscriber server function, Lucent Network Gateway, Lucent Network Controller for gateway control, Lucent Real-Time Rating and Charging Suite (SurePay solution), and Lucent VitalSuite Performance Management Software to identify IP addresses.

KPN www.kpn.com
Lucent Technologies www.lucent.com

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