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Shanghai Telecom to Provide High-Bandwidth Services Powered by Nortel
Shanghai Telecom to Provide High-Bandwidth Services Powered by Nortel.
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[{"type":"text","content":"\n\n\n\n\nMetro Ethernet Reduces Cost and Simplifies Delivery of Premium Network\nServices\n\nSHANGHAI, Oct. 12 /CNW/ - Shanghai Telecom will use new metro networking\ntechnology from Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) to provide high-bandwidth,\nbusiness-critical voice, data and video applications to its customers in\nShanghai, China's largest city and major economic center.\nNortel's Metro Ethernet Networking solution will position Shanghai\nTelecom to reliably and cost-effectively offer premium network services such\nas next-generation network voice services, Ethernet VPN-based business\ncontinuity services and potential IPTV services to its enterprise customers\nand individual end users.\n\"Our new Metro Ethernet portfolio takes a tried-and-true technology\nworkhorse - Ethernet - to a new level,\" said Jackson Wu, president, Greater\nChina, Nortel. \"It enables service providers like Shanghai Telecom to use\nEthernet to dependably deliver any kind of high-speed, high-bandwidth video\nand data service over the same infrastructure - and this is a key market\ndifferentiator for Nortel.\"\nShanghai Telecom will be deploying Nortel's high-performance Metro\nEthernet Routing Switch 8600 at the network core. At the network edge,\nNortel's Ethernet Services Unit 1800 will provide the delivery point for\nEthernet-based services.\nUnderpinning the Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking portfolio are new\ntechnologies - Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) and Provider Backbone\nTransport (PBT) - designed to allow service providers to use Ethernet to\ndeliver the communication and entertainment services of the future to\nconsumers and companies across cities and countries. PBB and PBT, which are\ninnovative technologies set to revolutionize metro networking, provide\nEthernet with carrier-class levels of attributes such as reliability and\nscalability.\nThe Nortel Metro Ethernet Networks portfolio - which includes solutions\nfor multiservice optical, carrier Ethernet and wireless backhaul - enables\nservice providers to address the growth of high-bandwidth video and data\napplications in their metro networks.\n\nAbout Nortel\n\nNortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities\nthat enhance the human experience, ignite and power global commerce, and\nsecure and protect the world's most critical information. Our next-generation\ntechn...