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Nortel First on DoD Approved List With JITC-Certified Stand-Alone Optical Platform
Nortel First on DoD Approved List With JITC-Certified Stand-Alone Optical Platform.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\nOptical Metro 3500 Meets Interoperability Requirements for DSN Voice,\n\n\nData\n\n\nWASHINGTON, Dec. 18 /CNW/ - Nortel Government Solutions(x), a U.S. company\nwholly owned by Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT), today announced that Nortel's Optical\n(formerly OPTera(x)) Metro 3500 has become the first stand-alone optical network\nelement certified interoperable with the U.S. Defense Switched Network (DSN)\nfor voice and data transport and included on the U.S. Department of Defense\n(DoD) Voice Network Approved Products List.\n\n\nNortel's Optical Metro 3500, a next-generation SONET platform, meets all\ncritical DSN interoperability requirements as confirmed by the Defense\nInformation Systems Agency (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC)\nin testing sponsored by the U.S. Air Force Air Mobility Command.\n\n\n\"For more than 20 years, we have played a significant role in designing,\nbuilding, modernizing and supporting critical communications infrastructure\nfor the U.S. military,\" said Chuck Saffell, chief executive officer, Nortel\nGovernment Solutions and a retired U.S. Navy rear admiral.\n\n\n\"Bringing advanced optical technology to bear on the challenges of the\nfederal market in general and the military in particular remains a strategic\nfocus of Nortel Government Solutions and a key component of Nortel's overall\nstrategy,\" Saffell said. \"Our JITC-certified Optical Metro 3500 is at the\nforefront of this effort.\"\n\n\nNortel's Optical Metro 3500 is a fault-tolerant, DWDM-capable, scalable,\nnext-generation SONET platform that offers industry-leading TDM aggregation\ndensities and fully non-blocking switch matrices for efficient voice, data and\nvideo transport. It is scalable from OC-3 to OC-192, offering DWDM with a wide\nvariety of services such as TDM (DS1, DS3, DS3 Transmux, EC-1/STS-1, OC-3,\nOC-12, OC-48, OC-192), storage services (Fibre Channel and FICON), and\nEthernet (10/100 Base-T, 100 Base-FX and Gigabit Ethernet).\n\n\nAbout Nortel Government Solutions\n\n\nNortel Government Solutions is a network-centric integrator, providing\nthe services expertise, mission-critical systems and secure communications\nthat empower government to ensure the security, livelihood, and well being of\nits citizens. Headquartered in Fairfax, Va., Nortel Government Solutions\noffers a one-stop shop for solutions design...