PARIS, March 31, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel-Lucent today announced that Manx Telecom Ltd., on the Isle of Man in the British Isles, is deploying its End-to-End IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) to address today's end user demand for seamless access to voice, data and multimedia services. The solution will create one unified network by which Manx Telecom can deliver rich broadband services to consumers and enterprises anywhere, anytime and over any device.

Alcatel-Lucent's industry leading IMS solution allows Manx Telecom to modernize its existing fixed network with an IP-based architecture to provide subscribers with VoIP over narrow or broadband access, while also simplifying operations and lowering costs. By overlaying broadband, Manx can deliver enhanced voice services to subscribers across devices and networks and give consumers and business users the ability to personalize services.

"With Alcatel-Lucent's IMS solution, we now have a single, scalable platform that can offer multiple customer services with integrated management to deliver the enhanced services being demanded today and prepare for the services that people will seek tomorrow," said Mike Loundes, CTO of Manx Telecom. "This is a key milestone in the deployment of our network which is one of the biggest technology investments the Isle of Man has ever seen, and enables us to fully optimize our network assets to differentiate Manx Telecom in the marketplace."

Alcatel-Lucent's IMS solution also supports the Global System Mobile Association's (GSMA's) Rich Communication Suite enabling Manx Telecom to unify messaging across mobile handsets and the web to improve communication and collaboration. These capabilities include: unified network address book; presence; multimedia instant messaging (including SMS, text and video) and image sharing to extend service offerings into the Internet domain.

"Manx Telecom's deployment of our IMS solution enables the rapid and economical addition of new subscriber services that can be easily scaled to meet customer demand," said Adolfo Hernandez, president of Alcatel-Lucent's activities for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. "It ensures an optimal and seamless experience will be had by subscribers, while also generating new sources of service revenue for Manx Telecom and substantially lowering its Total Cost of Ownership (TCO)."

Alcatel-Lucent is a global leader in providing IMS solutions to service providers, with more than 70+ deployments and trials worldwide. It is also ranked #1 in IMS VoIP subscriber market share.