Case Study: Conestoga College strengthens its emergency response with Allstream’s Unified Communications

"Enhanced its emergency response system with the capacity to alert 250 staff, plus students across six campuses, to emergency situations."

 
Conestoga adopted a unified communications solution from Allstream featuring IP telephony, integrated paging and an upgraded voice network.

Company
Conestoga College is one of Canada’s premier polytechnic institutes.

Challenge
With an outdated communication infrastructure, Conestoga lacked sufficient emergency response and voicemail capabilities.

Outcome

• Enhanced its emergency response system with the capacity to alert 250 staff, plus students across six campuses, to emergency situations
• Gained the ability to deliver targeted messages to 11 different paging zones
• Migrated to a new IP-based system at lower cost than upgrading its older technology

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