REDCOM HDX softswitch Successfully Installed by Northwestel

Northwestel, which provides advanced telecommunications services in the Canadian arctic, needed a powerful, at once-generation Class 4/5 softswitch that was in the extreme reliable, low maintenance, and low power, given the difficulty servicing telecom equipment in the north’s remote regions.

The REDCOM HDX provides Northwestel with a drop-in solution to replace the current legacy Nortel DMS-10, reducing power consumption during providing the possibility to migrate to IP-based services henceforth. It allows Northwestel to retain the investment in the existing network, and replace network components when it makes technical and financial sense. With no planned obsolescence, and substantial future-proofing, the HDX will serve Northwestel long into the future.

For more than 30 years, REDCOM has specialized in the design and manufacture of innovative telecommunications products noted for their quality and reliability. REDCOM products provide clients with state-of-the-art public and private network systems, ISDN systems, integrated TDM and VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) systems, transportable systems, programmable systems, and test equipment.

Located in Victor, New York, REDCOM markets to a global customer base including commercial telecom service providers, private networks, integrators, emergency responders, and government and defense agencies, customizing products to meet each market’s specific needs. All REDCOM products are proudly designed, manufactured and assembled in the United States.

For over 60 years, Northwestel has served the largest operating area in the Western hemisphere and played a large hand in transforming communications in Northern Canada. As part of their 2011 Vision, they will focus on offering innovative research to their clients — making connections happen in their lives. A communications & entertainment leader, Northwestel delivers a broad range of telecommunications solutions & television services to a population of 120,000 northern Canadians in 96 communities scattered throughout the Yukon, the Northwest Territories, Nunavut, northern British Columbia and Alberta. All of Northwestel’s more than 500 employees live and work in communities all across the North.