As part of its pioneering efforts in next-generation network construction, NTT will trial a new multi-service control system – using Lucent’s second-generation Softswitch – at the NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group, NTT’s research and development arm. The trial, which will begin after delivery of the system in June 2001 and last for approximately six months, reflects the NTT Information Sharing Laboratory Group’s continuing leadership in developing and deploying a next-generation network to support an array of Internet-based and multimedia services.
In July 2000 NTT DoCoMo selected the alliance for a project focusing on an experimental next-generation IP core network system for mobile communications. Now, looking toward the deployment of commercial services, Fujitsu and Lucent intend to further strengthen their marketing efforts to promote the special advantages of Lucent’s Softswitch for the development and deployment of new revenue-generating services.
It is an honor to have been selected as the supplier of such crucial technology. Taking advantage of the merits of the ‘Full Circle API’, we will work hard to develop and introduce new revenue generating services and support the efforts of third-party application developers to do the same. We’re fully committed to helping carriers extract the most value from their next-generation networks, said, Eiichi Shimizu, chairman of Lucent Technologies Japan.
