Canada's Rogers Business Solutions and Sprint Link for 'Cross- Border' Services

Wireless News
04-28-2006
Canada's Rogers Business Solutions and Sprint Link for 'Cross- Border' Services

WIRELESS NEWS-April 28, 2006-Canada's Rogers Business Solutions and Sprint Link for 'Cross-Border' Services (C)2006 10Meters - http:/ /www.10meters.com

Canada's Rogers Business Solutions has signed an agreement with Sprint that allows business customers with locations in Canada and the U.S. to operate on an IP-based network through a new MPLS (multi- protocol label switching) network-to-network interface (NNI).
The companies said the relationship allows the Rogers network to connect to Sprint's network to deliver service level agreements and in-country support on both sides of the border.

"With such a large number of businesses having sites in Canada and the U.S., we know there is a significant market that can benefit from this service on both sides of the border," said Randy Reynolds, president, Rogers Business Solutions. "Rogers is committed to investing in IP-based data technology to support and expand its growing share of the business market."

Rogers Business Solutions brings together the services of Rogers Wireless, Telecom, Cable and Media into one sales and service channel dedicated to meeting the voice, data networking, Internet connectivity and wireless needs of small, medium and large businesses, government agencies and multi-national organizations. Rogers' MPLS solutions operate on its national IP network, which contains Cisco Systems' multi-service VPN certification. The designation certifies that Rogers possesses the network infrastructure to provide and support the most bandwidth-intensive VPN applications, such as voice, video/multimedia, and data transmission in three specific areas of performance: network delay, jitter, and packet or data loss, the company noted.

"Partner MPLS capabilities become an extension of Sprint's network and businesses experience the same high-quality performance and service they have come to expect from Sprint," said Dan Dooley, vice president of international business, Sprint. "Our agreement with Rogers is the first of many international NNI partnerships that Sprint plans to complete this year."

Rogers Business Solutions is part of Rogers Communications, a diversified Canadian communications and media company.

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