ionTEL @ VICTORIA, TARLAC

*Together with Hon. CANDIDO R. GUIAM III, the Municipal Mayor of Victoria.

Numbering Plan

Telephone numbers in the Philippines follow an open telephone numbering plan and an open dial plan. Both plans are regulated by the National Telecommunications Commission, a body under the Department of Transportation and Communications as an attached agency.

Telephone numbers are fixed at seven digits. When making long-distance calls in the Philippines, append 0 for domestic calls and 00 for international calls.

IonTEL will be using the following numbering plan:

For domestic calls, the subscribers have to dial:

0 + Area Code (44) + Phone number

For international calls:

00 + Country Code + Area Code + Phone number

The subscriber can reach the CO with the hotline number:      044-0466-835 (044-0ion-TEL)

The subscriber will bear the number:  044-xxxx-xxx

Signaling Plan

As a telephone company who offers the latest technology, ionTEL uses Signaling System 7 (SS7).Signaling System 7 (SS7) is a packet-switched data networkthat forms the backbone of the telecommunicationsnetwork.

SS7 plays an important role in both wireline and wirelessnetworks. It was designed to improve network operation andto provide enhanced services. Unlike earlier in-bandsignalingsystems, SS7 is a separate, fully redundant network, workingwithin the existing voice network to control it.Moreover, SS7 has the following advantages:

◗Faster call set up

◗More efficient use of network resources

◗A tested and reliable signaling protocol with global acceptance

◗Support for network convergence

◗Support for large, high-density, high-reliability systems

◗Scalable architecture

◗More cost-effective than Integrated Services Digital Network

(ISDN) and Channel Associated Signaling (CAS)

ionTEL Switching Plan

In the early days, phone calls traveled as analog signals across copper wire. Every phone call needed its own dedicated copper wire connecting the two phones. That's why you needed operators' assistance in making calls. The operators sat at a switchboard, literally connecting one piece of copper wire to another so that the call could travel across town or across the country. Long-distance calls were comparatively expensive, because you were renting the use of a very long piece of copper wire every time you made a call.
Beginning in the 1960s, voice calls began to be digitized and manual switching was replaced by automated electronic switching. Digital voice signals can share the same wire with many other phone calls. The advent of fiber-optic cables now allows thousands of calls to share the same line. But fiber-optic and other high-bandwidth cables haven't changed the basic nature of circuit switching, which still requires a connection -- or circuit -- to remain open for the length of the phone call.
This chapter will cover the switching methods and equipment that ionTEL will utilize in whole design.

iontel transmission plan

Today, the team has finished the transmission plan for the telephone design.

ionTEL will be using  optical fibers as the main trunk and drop wires in connecting to the subscribers. The plan is summarized as follows:



Technology Employed:
Optical Fibers Technology

Main trunk: Optical Fiber
Feeder Lines: Drop wires
Redundancy: to be connected to other providers/ will be utilizing the other providers' redundancies
Diversity: Microwave links to diff. telcos

Photos:

ionTEL goes to Bulacan

 Today, we have decided to visit those municipalities to gather some useful information such as municipal map, and municipal profile.

The municipal hall of  San Rafael is easy to find. It is situated just along the national road. ionTEL members, Jeff "Gutchi" Gutierrez and King Bulawit were assigned to gather/request for the municipal map and the profile. Inside the hall, they met Ronald's group. (wheew! small world). But they both ended up getting those files.

*Municipal Hall of San Rafael, Bulacan

The municipal hall of San Ildefonso is another story. Well, I teamed up with MB (Noelle Pelayo) and together, we're to request for the same documents. The hall is situated just about 50m along the corner of the plaza. (Seriously, we didn't noted the street name.) The inside personnel assisted us to the Engineering Office. The people were nice and they didn't asked for particulars which saved us a lot of free time. They just gave the documents and wished us goodluck on our thesis. (How nice!!)

*Municipal Hall of San Ildefonso, Bulacan

The same thing happened with Glizelle Perida, Peter Quierra and Julius Dela Cruz. They were given copies of the requested documents. And they thanked them and bid farewell.

*ionTEL member Ms. Glizelle Joy L. Perida in front of Baliuag municipal hall.

*Municipal Hall of Baliuag, Bulacan

ionTEL proposes project for 3 municipalities in Bulacan

The 3 Municipalities are:
San Rafael
San Ildefonso
Baliuag

*the above locations are only temporary, some verifications and approval of authorized personnel are needed.
*those locations or areas are subject to change with prior notice.