Nortel Netaş: R&D

Nortel Netaş R&D carries out development of products that meet the requirements of customers in Turkey and provides Nortel with global software and technical service support in major projects.

International Projects Undertaken by Nortel Netaş R&D

• Worldwide product ownership & support in DMS family: Nortel Netaş, whose R&D facilities in Turkey were chosen as a “Centre of Excellence” by Nortel is responsible for software developments and global service support for DMS digital switches.

• Software development and global service support for Nortel MCS (Multimedia Communication Server): Nortel Netaş R&D and Nortel’s Richardson-Texas laboratory are jointly working on this program. Project involves new feature development for MCS, which is used in the establishment of the next generation telecom networks, and 3GPP harmonising that will enable usage of this product in all the next generation telecom networks. Undertaking the responsibility for the establishment of infrastructure and development of software that will provide emergency communications, local number portability and legal intercept features as stipulated by the regulatory bodies and implementation of them in the MCS, Nortel Netaş R&D also provides worldwide MCS customers with a service support that consists of design, software updates and tests.

• Development of Nortel Succession Call Server: Being one of the fundamental units of Nortel’s next generation networks, the prime responsibility for the development of Succession Call Serves has been assigned to Nortel Netaş R&D. Performing important functions such as call processing, pricing and services; Succession Call Server has the capacity to support 100,000 calls simultaneously and 2 million calls per hour. Software developed by Nortel Netaş engineers run on the backbone of each next generation network solution that Nortel provides to its worldwide customers.

• Development of SIP Lines: Partnership with Nortel Research Triangle Park Lab. on the development of new SIP features in next generation networks.

Defence Projects Undertaken by Nortel Netaş R&D

• TASMUS – Tactical Area Communications System: TASMUS is an important step in the modernisation of communications infrastructure of the Turkish Armed Forces as it provides a mobile, fast-deployed and uninterrupted communications environment between the tactical area and strategic area. Nortel Netaş R&D has undertaken the switching portion of the project and developed end-to-end IP diverting, ATM and Ethernet switching, X.25 package switching data communications technologies.

• Digital Tactical Switch: Designed completely by Nortel Netaş R&D, the Digital Tactical Switch is portable, easy-to-use, safe, reliable, cost-effective and open for any application that may be established on the future IP technology. Enduring through harsh environmental conditions in the field, the switch provides military and civil users mobility with features such as fast assembly and disassembly, ease of handling and battery operation.

• Mark XII Mod-4 IFF (Identification of Friend or Foe) Project: Implementing the IFF Mode-4 programme (Identification of Friend or Foe) of Turkish Armed Forces, the company has performed IFF modernisation on various platforms in the inventory of Land Forces, Air Forces, Naval Forces and Gendarmerie Forces through its local design and production capabilities.

• APCO25 (Association of Public Safety Communication Officers) is a technology standard that determines the technologic requirements intended to provide a safe and uninterrupted communication between the stationary and mobile units of companies that provide services in the fields of domestic security, technologic infrastructure operation and emergency assistance/support. Nortel Netaş takes role in this project jointly with Aselsan and develops various application software including Wireless Network Switching System, Recorder, 156 Call Taker and Console that will form the backbone of the wireless network that will enable real-time voice, data and video communications between the stationary and mobile Gendarmerie units.