OTTAWA -- Nokia today announced the deployment of its most powerful IP core network router, the next-generation 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System), with Bell Canada. This deployment bolsters the network capacity of Canada's largest telecommunications provider to ensure its wireless, residential and business customers receive the data speeds and reliability they need today and expect tomorrow. The deal was won by Alcatel-Lucent, a subsidiary of Nokia.

The 7950 XRS delivers highly scalable and reliable transport and access technology that enables Bell's customers to share and access video, multimedia and other data faster than ever before. Furthermore, the 7950 XRS can handle multiple terabits of data per second to the gigabit connected home and the cloud connected enterprise.

Delivering 32 terabits per second switching capacity, Nokia's powerful core router also supports Bell Canada's operational efficiency while maximizing the capabilities of its IP network.

Among its many broadband network applications, the 7950 XRS supports Bell Canada's massive Gigabit Fibe Internet infrastructure project, which has already delivered Canada's fastest Internet service to approximately 2 million homes in Ontario, Québec and the Atlantic provinces.

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