Cisco Says IP Switching System Meets DOD VoIP Tests

MANHASSET, N.Y. — Cisco Systems Inc. said Thursday (March 10) its IP communications system has passed additional U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) tests, enabling it to conform to the interoperability, reliability, and resiliency requirements of DoD's multi-vendor voice network.

Cisco's Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) PBX1 certification allows DoD organizations to deploy the Cisco IP Communications system in mission-critical environments such as Command and Control Voice-Grade Local Area Networks (C2VGLAN).Cisco (San Jose, Calif.) had already achieved JITC PBX2 certification.The Cisco IP Communications system helps enable the transmission of data, voice and video traffic over a single open, fully integrated Cisco AVVID (Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data) infrastructure. The system also allows deployment of advanced services such as unified messaging, multimedia conferencing, collaborative contact centers and interactive multimedia response systems.