Southern Company Test SIP Phones From Siemens

Arnold Solomon, Information Technologies Architect for the Southern Company joins the Lippis Report podcast to discuss its SIP phones based IP telephony deployment. The Southern Company is the largest utility company in the Southeast US and among the top 3 in the US. They have more than 85 locations served by HiPath 4000s. The Southern Co corporate HQ, which opened in downtown Atlanta in Oct 2005, features a 4000 v2 serving 600 optiPoint 420 Advanced phone sets. All users, including corporate officers, are using IP phones. They have a large deployment of SIP terminal adapters serving electric substations in GA, all off two 4000 v3s. Also installed are more than 100 Hicom 300s, which along with the 4000s serve more than 90% of all Southern Co desktops. They just introduced SIP phones in to this environment and you will want to hear what Arnold has to say about the deployment. Enjoy, Nick