Signed, Steeled and Delivered

Barrett Steel has chosen Azzurri’s ICON Connect platform to help it consolidate its voice and data networks.

The UK steel stockholder has entered into a five-year agreement with Azzurri Communications to integrate the IP telephony, WAN, LAN and Wi-Fi for their headquarters and regional businesses.

The new network is expected to improve service levels and bandwidth and will be using a new Mitel IP telephony platform, with 700 extensions covering Barrett Steel’s 30 UK sites.

“We wanted a long-term partner that could deliver all of our networking needs within one contractual framework,” said James Barrett, Group Managing Director at Barrett Steel Limited. “With Azzurri, we are able to bring together our entire communications estate under one roof, safe in the knowledge that the continued evaluation of our business processes means we’ll benefit from the most cost-effective and competitive IT & telecoms strategy.”

The solution is expected to:

• Provide high-quality IP telephony to underpin customer communications
• Match the bandwidth demands of business critical applications
• Support the company’s future technology roadmap by offering a platform for the deployment of additional unified communications services, such as video conferencing

As part of the contract, Azzurri will support the migration of legacy voice services to a SIP solution based on the Mitel IP telephony platform.

The wide area network will connect to office sites using a mix of Ethernet, Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) and business-grade ADSL. They will also implement a new local area network with Wi-Fi support.

All service components will be monitored and managed to ensure maximum uptime, quality of service and operational effectiveness for Barrett Steel.

“Our ICON platform enables us to offer reliable and cost-effective networks that customers can rely on for voice and data communications, in the office, on the move and in the cloud,” said Chris Jagusz, CEO at Azzurri Communications. “Because we manage the network and the telecoms supply chain, Barrett Steel can now concentrate on their core business.”

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