Telefònica Picks Riverstone

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Riverstone Networks, Inc., (Nasdaq:RSTN - News) a pioneer in metropolitan area networking, today announced that Telefonica de Espana, S.A.U., Spain's incumbent provider and a subsidiary of the world's fourth largest telecommunications company Telefonica, will deploy Riverstone's RS family of routers as part of Spain's largest broadband network rollout. The nationwide deployment, known as eBA, or e-Broadband Access, will deliver advanced Ethernet services to Telefonica de Espana's largest enterprise customers throughout Spain. Telefonica de Espana will deploy Riverstone's RS 38000 and RS 8600 metro routers to create and deliver premium services to its business customers, including bandwidth guarantees, fast recovery times, customized backup resources, and advanced multi-protocol label switching (MPLS)-based services. Telefonica de Espana carefully evaluated a range of solutions and determined that Riverstone's technology best enabled the broadband services that their customers require to compete in a global economy."For carriers in Europe and throughout the world, Telefonica de Espana is setting the standard for a new generation of broadband services," said Romulus Pereira, president and CEO of Riverstone Networks. "This is a tremendous validation of our market strategy, technology leadership, and vision of global metropolitan networks."Riverstone's advanced MPLS portfolio enables Telefonica de Espana to generate additional revenue through the delivery of next-generation Ethernet services over its existing IP network. Leveraging Riverstone's technology, Telefonica de Espana will add connection-oriented properties and SONET-like reliability to its Ethernet network to deliver IP virtual private networks (VPNs), virtual private lines, and virtual private LAN services. Riverstone's MPLS capabilities also allow Telefonica de Espana to prioritize traffic and guarantee service level agreements.Riverstone Networks Inc.Telefònica