Cisco announces big IP telephony deal with City of Mississauga

22 January, 2003

Cisco Systems has announced the City of Mississauga is transforming its voice and data networks into a converged Internet Protocol (IP) communications system based on Cisco technology. The converged voice-data network is expected to deliver up to $700,000 in annual savings and will be the largest municipal IP telephony system in Canada. Based on Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) technology, the $3.3 million dollar network will feature 2,300 Cisco IP phones at more than 60 municipal buildings throughout the city. The transition to IP telephony, which began in June 2002, is scheduled to be complete by late spring 2003.