St George cautious on IP switch.

Byline: Kelly Mills

May 29, 2006 (The Australian - ABIX via COMTEX) -- Australian bank St George is continuing its gradual implementation of internet telephony technology. It was at the forefront of what has become a major trend among its competitors, but chose to run several smaller trials to make sure the systems worked as expected. Supplier Avaya has been involved in a test run with 100 handsets across three sites in Sydney, and another will be conducted in mid-2006, with the total number of seats eventually rising to 2,500. A major consideration has been the step-by-step upgrading of its existing Nortel telephone network, which is why it chose to source equipment from Avaya rather than Cisco, and spend $A4m on making the old system ready for the switch.

Publication Date: 30 May 2006

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