News Releases •   Nortel In the News •   Product  •   Announcements      Events  •   Awards •   Top News Archive:      2005 Highlights •   2004 Highlights •   2003 Highlights •		Your Location: Home / News & Events / City of San Jose Selects Nortel Top News City of San Jose Selects Nortel  Resources Video Jayne Ventura presents to the San Jose City Council Solutions Government Solutions Convergence Blueprint for convergence - a step-by-step guide (PDF, 459 KB) Nortel knows the way to a better San Jose. It means providing City Hall with all the latest in communications, including faster access to online city services, an advanced interactive voice system, and an improved overall customer experience. So now San Jose is the model for convergence and is far more efficient. June 9, 2005 - The City of San Jose launched broader and more secure access to city services for its citizens, and 'anywhere, anytime' interaction with city officials using advanced communication capabilities powered by solutions from Nortel and delivered on time and on budget. View News Release March 16, 2005 - The City of San Jose selects Nortel to provide a converged communications network for the new San Jose City Hall that will help city officials collaborate more easily and serve constituents more effectively. Nortel's converged network solution for the new San Jose City Hall will be designed to provide carrier-grade reliability and the most powerful security capabilities available. Based on Nortel's heritage of serving telephone companies, this network will provide industry-leading 'uptime'. Nortel has backed up this claim by entering into service level agreements with the City of San Jose. View News Release  In The News March 21, 2005   Nortel's 10G switch deals Cisco a blow*, Network World   March 16, 2005   Poetic justice for Cisco in San Jose City Hall deal*, BusinessWeek Online   San Jose gives convergence contract to Nortel*, NetworkWorldFusion   Nortel beats Cisco for IP telephony contract*, CNET News   Nortel inks contract to wire San Jose's new city hall*, Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal