Telecom Italia to use IP network for 50% of European calls.

EuropeMedia, October, 2002

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Telecom Italia has announced that as of today, 100 per cent of the telco's telephone calls made between Rome and Milan, as well as 50 per cent of all Telecom Italia's International European telephone calls, will travel over the IP network.

According to the company this represents over 3bn minutes of telephone calls a year running over a VoIP solution based on technology from Cisco Systems and implemented by Italtel.

The IP network uses MPLS 'Class of Service' features (ie. the ability to prioritize network traffic) to give different priorities to voice and data so that the highest quality of service can be ensured. According to the company, the project...

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