Today we announced that *Coalfields Telephone* has selected Nortel CVAS regional class 5 solution (the CS 1500) to provide advanced carrier-grade voice and multimedia services to residential and business subscribers across Eastern Kentucky. The CS 1500 will allow Coalfield Telephone's subscribers to enjoy click-to-call, unified messaging and single number service capabilities.

"Coalfields goal is to give our residential and business customers the latest and most innovative communication services available today," said John Schmoldt, director of operations, CoalfieldsTelephone. "We have relied on Nortel technology and expertise for nearly 30 years and they continue to help us provide reliable, robust and advanced communication services to our customers."

See press release here

We also announced that our CS 1500 has been integrated with GENBAND'S G2 Compact Gateway. The integrated solution helps regional carriers using several widely deployed, but no longer supported, third party legacy switches to consolidate their Class 5 offices through seamless migration to VoIP. The two can be deployed together to deliver a 50 percent savings when replacing a legacy switch. This savings is possible because the legacy line equipment is preserved while the core is completely modernized with IP switching and gateway equipment.

See press release here

You can also check out a video on YouTube from the Supercomm show floor that features Jim McLaughlin, one of Nortel's CS 1500 product marketing experts. Click here