I would like to see the OPEX+CAPEX cost for a Utility company if he would install in all his tranmission substations a combination of the SONET/SDH OC-3/STM-1 node (or OC_12/STM-4 if requried) + ALU 1511 and the 1850TSS solution in each of the substations. I think that the choice of the Utility company is made very easily after such a comparison and as far as I know ALU has not yet phase out its SONET/SDH towards their customers, so that can't be the problem neither ?
Alcatel-Lucent has both IP/MPLS and MPLS-TP solutions to meet requirements from customers in different industry sectors. The MPLS-TP solution is on 1850 TSS and has been selected by 90+ customers in the world :-)
The ring protection performance from 1850 TSS is amazing, according to independent test center EANTC. Here is the link to the test report: http://www.eantc.de/fileadmin/eantc/downloads/test_reports/2012/EANTC-ALu-TSS320_RPRing-Marketing-Report_v5.0.pdf
ALU is no where near bankruptcy. they have 6 billion dollars in cash and their debts are nowhere near what some companies are. In addition they have a restructuring plan in progress that will save them another billion dollars in expenses in 2013 and return them to profitability and cash flow positive status.
You haven't done your homework at all on this company apparently before making such outrageous comments.
It is interesting to see that some companies take a serious risk to work together with the company ALU as the company is nearing the phase of bancruptcy and will be removed in the next days from the CAC-40 in Paris. Debts are huge, we have to go back to the Nortel case to see similar things in the telecom industry and we all know what has happened to Nortel in the meantime.
Our numerous satisfied utility customers, including AltaLink, Oklahoma Gas and Electric, PECO, desaNet, and EPB of Chattanooga, would clearly disagree…
The Power Utility customers are not looking for standard IP/MPLS solutions from telecom vendors as they are far too complex to manage with a huge cost of operation associated with it and a steep learning curve for their own telecom teams that can't be compared to telecom operators. Traditionally, these power utility customers have been using SONET/SDH solutions to transport their data and they are today looking for similar reliable solutions and are therefor looking for MPLS-TP based solutions. Solutions are today available from vendors like GE, OTN Systems, Alstom or Siemens, all very active in the Power Utility market with a broad portfolio of teleprotection equipment that they understand in depth. All these new solutions are based on MPLS-TP technology with easy-to-use, easy to install and easy-to-maintain technology.
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