THUS migrates UK finance company to MPLS

Internet Business News, July 13, 2005

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THUS plc, a communications solutions provider, has revealed that it has migrated a UK finance company onto a Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) IPVPN across its Wide Area Network (WAN).

The Funding Corporation, a finance and loans provider, is said to have requested the migration of its existing voice and Internet services, through THUS, as a result of company expansion and network requirements. The upgrade is understood to have reduced The Funding Corporation's network costs and improved network uptime, performance and resilience. The migration has also enabled satellite branches to connect to the THUS MPLS network via leased line, ADSL and PaDSL (Private access DSL), used for VoIP.

Internet access for branches is said to be routed through the MPLS to The Funding Corporation's headquarters to enable traffic to be prioritised for business critical applications. The MPLS network will also support critical voice services by delivering public and internal calls to in-house departments and contact centres.

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