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Nortel Powers Sonofon's Super-Fast Communication Services in Denmark
Nortel Powers Sonofon's Super-Fast Communication Services in Denmark.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nMetro Ethernet Network Delivers Interactive Gaming, Music, Video and\nWeb Services\n\nCOPENHAGEN, Nov. 13 /CNW/ - Sonofon A/S, Denmark's second largest mobile\ntelephone operator, is powering super-fast communications services such as\ninteractive games, music downloads, video streaming and web browsing with a\nNortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) solution. The Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking wireless\nbackhaul solution is allowing Sonofon, a subsidiary of Norway's Telenor, to\ndeliver new, high-speed web-based products and services in Denmark.\n\"Today's consumers are impatient to download their music, video, and\ne-mail attachments in seconds rather than minutes,\" said Peter Berg, head of\nConsumer Division, Sonofon. \"We chose Nortel's Metro Ethernet technology as a\nsimple and cost-efficient way to extend Telenor's Norwegian network into\nDenmark, converging with the Sonofon Danish network to help us deliver these\nnew super-fast communications services.\"\n\"Nortel's advanced wireless backhaul solutions provide flexibility,\nreliability, and cost-efficient scalability providing Sonofon with an\nefficient technology platform for delivering new high-speed revenue-generating\nmobile services,\" said Philippe Morin president Metro Ethernet Networks,\nNortel.\nThe new Sonofon Multiservice Transport Network is an extension of the\nTelenor network in Norway which was deployed by Nortel and delivers ATM, IP\nand voice services.The Sonofon network enables services to be downloaded at\nspeeds reaching 1.5 Mbps, which is similar to speeds achieved by DSL or cable\nconnections.\nThe Telenor Norwegian network, based on Nortel technology, was launched\nin December 2004 and currently provides service to 70.6 percent of Norway's\n4.5 million population. The network's ability to cope with this level of\ntraffic gave additional confidence to Sonofon since, under the terms of its\nDanish UMTS license, its network coverage must exceed 30 percent of the\n5.4 million population of Denmark by 2009.\nSonofon's current network includes products from Nortel's Metro Ethernet\nNetworking solutions portfolio which meet the demand for increased bandwidth,\nhigh speeds and strict performance standards in metropolitan networks - using\nnetwork consolidation to deliver revenue and profit potential. Sonofon's\nsolution components include the Multiservice Sw...