LONDON -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced it is supplying Updata, a broadband solutions provider in the U.K., with one of its most advanced Carrier Ethernet platforms -- The Lucent Ethernet Router 15100 -- to support high-speed data services for Updata's local government customers in the U.K.

The Lucent Ethernet Router 15100 - recently acquired from Riverstone Networks -- is designed to support high-capacity services in metropolitan networks, and has been deployed by Updata to support broadband connections between a wide variety of local government offices, libraries and schools.

This deployment -- one of the first large-scale customer deployments of the Lucent Ethernet Router 15100 -- is enabling Updata's customers to support voice and high-speed services such as broadband Internet access and the delivery of content-rich multimedia services in a very cost-effective manner.

"The Lucent Ethernet Router 15100 fits a critical need for our company, and offers capabilities unmatched in the industry," said Henrik Bremerskov, Head of Technology, Updata. "Because it offers the reliability, capacity and support of both MPLS and VPLS in a compact, affordable platform, it enables us to design and deploy feature-rich networks with carrier-class capabilities at much lower cost than was possible in the past."

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