Lucent Does SDH, DWDM in Guangdong

BEIJING -- Lucent Technologies today announced that it has won two contracts in China to provide Lucent's industry-leading optical networking solutions to Guangdong Eastern Fibernet Company (GEFC). Lucent's solutions will be used for the expansion of GEFC's Synchronous Digital Hierarchy(SDH) and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) networks in Guangdong Province. Shanghai Tianton Telecommunciations Equipment Co., LTD, a Lucent Business Partner, has provided pre-sales support on both projects and will deliver the equipment to GEFC.

Lucent's next-generation optical networking systems, will enable GEFC to construct a reliable, high-speed network and offer its customers new services over the broadband network.

"We are very pleased to work with Lucent Technologies again on our DWDM and SDH network expansion, '' said Shi WenMin, technical president, GEFC. "Lucent Technologies has leading solutions, rich experience in constructing networks and strong service backup. We are also looking forward to working together in the near future."

For the project, LambdaUnite(r) MultiService Switches (MSS) will be deployed to form the core ring of the SDH network in the cities of Guangzhou, JiangMen and Shenzhen. This will connect the metro rings formed by the Metropolis(r) ADM MultiService Mux (compact shelf) in Zhaoqing, Zhanjiang, Jieyang, Shantou and Huizhou. Lucent will also deploy the WaveStar(r) ITM-SC network management system to help GEFC smoothly integrate Lucent's hardware into its existing SDH network. The WaveStar(r) OLS 1.6Tand Metropolis(r) Enhanced Optical Networking (EON) will be deployed in the major cities of Guangdong province, to efficiently manage broadband traffic growth and provide high-quality data services to GEFC's customers.

"As a leader in the optical networking industry, Lucent Technologies has rich experience in constructing network infrastructure," said David Poon, vice president, Business Partner Organization, Lucent Technologies China. " Together with our business partner, we are pleased to offer Lucent's industry-leading optical networking solutions to GEFC, and we look forward to extending our relationship."

Lucent Technologies has worked with GEFC since 2000 when Lucent was selected as a major vendor to participate in the construction of a DWDM and SDH backbone network in Guangdong.

Developed by Bell Labs, LambdaUnite(r) MSS bridges traffic between data-intense metro networks and high-speed optical core networks, connecting cities, campuses and corporate networks to larger, long-haul public networks. The product enables service providers to seamlessly upgrade their networks to 40 gigabits per second (Gb/s) and allows them to deliver new value-added services such as gigabit Ethernet. The compact size and low energy requirements of LambdaUnite(r) means operators can make significant cost savings compared to traditional systems. This flexible single-shelf system was recently optimized for smaller metro applications, supporting in-service upgrades from 160G to 320G, as well as to 640G, allowing the system to grow when network capacity increases. Mesh restoration capabilities were also added to help carriers migrate to new mesh-based networks, while at the same time, leveraging traditional protection architectures.

Metropolis(r) ADM serves as an integrated Ethernet-over-SDH multiplexer, enabling service providers to migrate from existing time-division multiplexed (TDM) networks to data-aware packet networks. Adding data services to optical networks increases revenue potential for customers and helps them offer a wide variety of new Ethernet services. Metropolis(r) ADM integrates seamlessly into GEFC's existing infrastructure, avoiding the need for an overlay network built for new services. The product integrates 2Mb/s access and cross-connect functionality for 2.5G and 10

Gigabit-per-second(Gb/s) applications, helping carriers save on capital expenditures, and its low power consumption and small footprint will help GEFC save on operating expenses.

Developed by Bell Labs, Lucent's R&D arm, the WaveStar(r) OLS 1.6T system is an ultra-high-capacity DWDM system that offers up to 160 10-Gb/s wavelengths for a total capacity of 1.6 Tb/s on one fiber - the equivalent of transmitting 320 million one-page e-mails per second. It is based on an open architecture that enables it to operate in multi-vendor environments and helps carriers deliver high-bandwidth services to their customers while maximizing fiber performance, and improving the return on the existing network investment. The Metropolis(r) EON helps service providers expand their metro network capabilities affordably, without adding redundant fiber optic cable. It is a 32-wavelength DWDM system designed to deliver up to 320Gbps protected capacity over a single strand of fiber. This enhanced system offers a cost-effective, highly scalable DWDM solution for access/metro/regional rings.

The WaveStar(r) ITM-SC is part of Lucent's Navis(r) Optical Management Solution, a portfolio of software products that provides comprehensive and integrated management solutions for optical transport networks. WaveStar(r) ITM-SC helps to reduce operating costs with centralized and secure administration of network elements, together with point and click activation of network element cross connects. It also helps maintain service quality and customer satisfaction levels with monitoring and reporting of equipment alarm status and network performance levels.

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