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Paris, December 3, 2008 – Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and
NYSE:ALU) has been selected by Telecom New Zealand (Telecom) to deploy its IP
Multi- Protocol Label Switching (IP/MPLS)–based mobile backhaul solution.
This will enable Telecom to accommodate its growing cellular W-CDMA and
High Speed Packet Access (HSPA) traffic needs and to cost effectively
scale its mobile services across a unified network infrastructure.
Alcatel-Lucent’s IP/MPLS solution is being rolled out across Telecom
nationwide and supports its strategic transition to all-IP network.
Alcatel-Lucent’s solution features pseudowire technology,
which adapts various traffic and media types from the W-CDMA base stations into
IP/MPLS. As Telecom moves to a W-CDMA and HSPA deployment,
the backhaul network will have the flexibility and cost-effective scalability
needed to support strong traffic growth. Telecom’s mobile backhaul
network will also leverage the existing IP/MPLS aggregation network already
provided by Alcatel-Lucent for residential and business services. This
supports Telecom’s strategic decision to consolidate services onto a converged
network infrastructure.
“Alcatel-Lucent’s backhaul solution resolves the issue of cost-effectively
transporting the exponential growth of data services we expect from the
deployment of the W-CDMA mobile network,” said Stuart Sutton, Chief Technology
Officer - Technology and Shared Services, Telecom New Zealand. “It will
allow us to scale efficiently and rapidly roll out exciting new mobile
broadband services, while its high availability features will ensure a reliable
mobile broadband service for our customers.”
Alcatel-Lucent’s pseudowire solution includes the 7705 Service Aggregation
Router (SAR) which is deployed in cellular base station sites to consolidate
and aggregate traffic. The Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR allows service
providers to scale traffic and simultaneously flatten their cost-curves for
leased bandwidth, therefore improving their competitiveness. The 7705 SAR
inherits its software architecture from the widely deployed IP/MPLS Service
Router product line, retaining and building on its qualities but at a price and
form factor appropriate to the cell site and hubs.
“We are building on our success with Telecom in supporting
existing residential and business services with our IP/MPLS products,” said
Steve Lowe, Chief Executive Officer, Alcatel-Lucent New Zealand. “With
the addition of the 7705 SAR, and interworking capability with our entire
service routing portfolio, Alcatel-Lucent is bringing an end-to-end converged
solution for mobile traffic transport.”
The contract reconfirms Alcatel-Lucent’s expertise in addressing mobile
operators’ requirements, enabling CDMA and GSM/W-CDMA service providers to
profitably scale their networks. By providing an evolution path for any
type of infrastructure (copper, fibre, wireless), Alcatel-Lucent delivers
integrated, end-to-end management across fixed and mobile technology. With its
Mobile Evolution Transport Architecture (META), Alcatel-Lucent has developed
the industry’s most comprehensive vision for the evolution of mobile networks
from TDM to all-IP.
In addition to the Alcatel-Lucent 7705 SAR, TNZ has already deployed a
Carrier Ethernet network based on Alcatel-Lucent's 7450 Ethernet Services
Switch and an IP/MPLS infrastructure for residential services based on the
Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router - all managed end-to-end by the
Alcatel-Lucent 5620 Service Aware Manager.
Over 250 service providers in more than 100 countries around the world have
selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP/MPLS portfolio as key elements of their IP
transformation. According to Ovum RHK, Alcatel-Lucent holds the No. 2 position
in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment.
For more information, please visit: www.alcatel-lucent.com/ipnews
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