compared with relying only on an ILEC's
tandem switch maintained
Lucent Technologies 5E-XC high-capacity
tandem switch supports up to 256,000 trunk lines, compared to 92,000 trunks on an existing 5ESS switch.
2, 1997) (establishing an end-office termination rate of .3 [cts.] per minute and a rate of .5 [cts.] per minute for termination at a
tandem switch).
A Harris "Accommodator" software package, a customized voice and data system that work's with the Harris 20-20 digital PBX and
tandem switch, has been installed.
Bezeq will expand the use of the ControlSwitch along with Veraz's I-Gate 4000 family of media gateways to migrate traffic off of Bezeq's existing TDM
tandem switches onto a national IP backbone, which is expected to reduce its on-going operating and capital costs, and in particular the real estate costs.