SKT Chooses New MetaSwitch Platform

Softswitch vendor MetaSwitch has installed its new open-packet, host-remote architecture for Southern Kansas Telephone (SKT), which is migrating from legacy switching platforms.

“We decided that if we were going to deploy a softswitch, then we wanted a true next-generation solution – not just another legacy switch with an IP blade,” says Bernie Armstrong, Director of Plant Operations at SKT. “At the same time, any solution had to be able to take us from a traditional, host-remote architecture to a packet-based network in manageable stages.”

SKT, an independent operating company, serves more than 6,000 customers from its Clearwater, Kan., headquarters.