 |
Mondial - Digital International Gateway Serving the World. |
|
Mondial Gateway |
Mondial Gateway was a Digital International Switching Centre (DISC) which replaced the TXK2 in 1988. |
"Thorn Ericsson Telecommunications and AT & T and Philips Telecommunications have been awarded orders worth more than £30 million by British Telecom for two new large international telephone exchanges of advanced digital design."
"The two exchanges-an AXE10 design from Thorn Ericsson and a 5ESS PRX from AT & T Philips-are being bought for British Telecom International (BTI) and both will come into service in 1988 at London's Kelvin House and Mondial House respectively. By 1990, they will provide an extra 80,000 lines to help meet continuing high growth."
In order to close the Mondial TXK2, an AT&T 5ESS DISC was installed to carry all the minor routes that Mondial specialised in. The 5ESS was itself withdrawn in the 1990s, so it had a short life.
- 5ESS PRX
- Service Observations
- Master Control Centre
- International Network Management Centre
- Datakit VCS
- Network Investigations
- Route Status Display System
- Configurations and Records System
- Decision Support Systems
- Call Accounting System
- Network Maintenance
- Traffic Measurement System
- Multi Function Operation Systems
- Communication Control Subsystems
- System Control Subsystem
- Alarm Processing Subsystem
- Switch Maintenance Subsystem
- International Operations and Maintenance Centre
Page last updated June 2015 revision. Checked May 2021.
All logos and trade marks are the property of their respective owners and are used on the Light Straw site(s) for review only. Students and researchers are recommended to make their own independent enquiries as to the accuracy of the information contained therein.