Lucent Technologies heeft bekend gemaakt dat UPC één van de vier bedrijven is waarmee het een contract heeft gesloten voor de toepassing van haar 10 Gbit/s WaveStar optische netwerktechnologie. UPC wil hiermee de capaciteit van haar netwerk verder vergroten. Blij nieuws voor de Chello slachtoffers / uitverkorenen!
BT, BTA of Beijing, Tele1 of Sweden, and UPC of the Netherlands sign deals for new high-speed systems; Metromedia Fiber Network to trial WaveStar™ DataExpress 10GMURRAY HILL, N.J. - Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU) today announced it has signed agreements with four customers to deploy products from its new WaveStar™ 10G optical networking product line. The most comprehensive 10-gigabit (OC-192/STM-64) networking portfolio in the industry, the WaveStar family of products can save carriers up to 40 percent in both space requirements and power consumption.
"Our customers have long been clamoring for a true end-to-end 10-gigabit networking solution, and they haven't been able to get one - until now," said Harry Bosco, group president of Lucent's Optical Networking Group. "Our contracts with these cutting-edge customers demonstrate that Lucent is taking a leading role in the rapidly growing high-speed optical networking market. We'll do this by offering a wider range of cost-effective products than anyone in the industry and direct connectivity to our industry-leading data networking products."
The customers announced today span three continents:
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UPC in the Netherlands will deploy products from the 10G family as part of its commitment to significantly increase available network speed and capacity for customers in the Netherlands.
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