| Lucent Technologies, USA, has recently been awarded an optical networking contract with Beijing Communication Corporation (BCC), a subsidiary of China Netcom, to build an advanced optical network connecting Beijing's suburbs. Under the term of the contract, Lucent will deploy a variety of systems and software products, including the Metropolis� ADM MultiService Mux, WaveStar� ADM16/1, Navis� Optical Dynamic Network Analyzer (DNA), Navis� Optical Network Mangement System(NMS), and WaveStar� ITM-SC to construct 10Gbit/s optical rings for BCC. These optical solutions will allow BCC to increase its network capacity in the Beijing area, and enable the smooth migration from a traditional voice network to a multiservice transport network.
This contract marks the first win for the Metropolis� ADM in Beijing, a product that has been rapidly gaining ground in the global market since it was announced late last year. Metropolis� ADM serves as an integrated Ethernet-over-SDH multiplexer, enabling service providers to migrate from existing time-division multiplexed (TDM) networks to data-aware packet networks. Adding data services to optical networks increases revenue potential for customers and helps them offer a wide variety of new Ethernet services. Metropolis � ADM integrates seamlessly into BCC's existing infrastructure, avoiding the need for an overlay network built for new services. The product integrates 2Mbit/s access and cross-connect functionality for 10Gbit/s applications, helping carriers save on capital expenditures, and its low power consumption and small footprint will help BCC save on operating expenses.
The Navis� Optical DNA, the Navis� Optical NMS and the WaveStar� ITM-SC are all part of Lucent's Navis� optical management solution, a portfolio of software products that provides comprehensive and integrated management solutions for optical transport networks. The Navis� optical management solution simplifies management operations by allowing operators to provision end-to-end services across multi-service networks from a single system. It also makes it easy for carriers to integrate Lucent products into their existing optical networks, and is part of the Navis� operations software.
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