COLT Selects Lucent Technologies to Supply Next Generation Optical/Data Equipment for Pan-European Deployment
09 Marzo 2005 - 3:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
COLT Selects Lucent Technologies to Supply Next Generation
Optical/Data Equipment for Pan-European Deployment CeBIT 2005, 10 -
16 March Hall 12, B30 HANNOVER, Germany, March 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today
announced that it has been awarded a contract by COLT Telecom Group
plc (COLT) to provide next-generation technology and solutions for
COLT's evolving range of packet-based services for corporate and
SME customers, including its market-leading portfolio of Ethernet
services. COLT will deploy infrastructure, software and services
from Lucent's portfolio of optical networking products. COLT will
deploy the Lucent solutions in its "simple" dedicated Ethernet
Private Line (EPL) services as well as in more advanced and
flexible services such as Ethernet Access to IP Services and
Ethernet Private LAN (EPLAN -- multipoint). All these services can
be offered in metro, national and international domains, allowing
end-users more flexibility in their connectivity and bandwidth
requirement choices. "Lucent's level of commitment to our business,
combined with its technical support and the company's market
leadership in the development of Ethernet over SDH technology
proved to us that Lucent is the vendor of choice for these
solutions," said Ignacio Irurita, Vice President Engineering from
COLT. "By leveraging this technology, COLT is pushing to market
with a full portfolio of advanced Ethernet solutions." Lucent and
COLT are working jointly, to increase awareness and demand for
these new Ethernet services in the marketplace. As part of Lucent's
Market Advantage Programme, a joint marketing plan has been
created, including sales and presales advanced training,
customer-focused events, raising end-user awareness and
understanding of Ethernet services and focused end-user sector
specific research. This initiative will be ongoing as COLT launches
new services through 2005 and onwards. "We are pleased to be able
to help COLT, not only in the establishment of the network
platform, but also in the development of new profitable services,
which offer real added value," said Chris Halbard, vice president
Sales and Business Development Europe for Lucent Technologies.
"COLT will be able to further expand its impressive portfolio of
Ethernet services across Europe so that customers can receive
secure, reliable pan-European Ethernet services combined with
flexible bandwidth. Lucent Worldwide Services (LWS) will support
COLT to ensure a smooth deployment and implementation of this new
technology, providing, design, deployment, integration and other
professional services. Lucent will also provide ongoing maintenance
and technical support while helping COLT to market and sell
Ethernet Services to its corporate customers. Product background
Lucent's Ethernet solutions combine the speed and reliability of
fast optical backbones with proven Ethernet technology that is the
standard in local area networks. Lucent will provide COLT with its
Metropolis(R) AM and ADM family of products, complemented with
TransLAN(R) technology for full Ethernet transport and networking
capability between customers' businesses in multiple locations.
These products offer a converged platform, supporting todays
customer service requirements while offering cost-effective
multiservice support without the expense of creating and
maintaining a separate overlay data network. Metropolis(R) ADM
serves as a high density aggregation, integrated Ethernet-over-SDH
multiplexer, enabling service providers to migrate from existing
time-division multiplexed (TDM) networks to data-aware packet
networks, while also providing the foundation for access to
advanced application based services. Metropolis(R) AM, a compact
and cost-effective Ethernet/SDH multiplexer, offers a wide
selection of service interfaces, allowing carriers to continue
their traditional services while delivering new services to end
customers. For more information:
http://www.lucent.com/solutions/metro_optical.html To manage the
network, Lucent will be supplying the Navis(R) Optical Management
System (OMS) that provides multiple network management functions,
including element management, service provisioning and service
assurance within optical networks. The system features an advanced
Ethernet Management module that will allow COLT to perform
single-user, automated provisioning of complex Ethernet networks
and services over any transport network. This allows customer
services to be turned up quickly by using the automatic routing
capabilities and "point-and-click" features of the OMS graphical
user interface. The product is part of the Lucent Navis(R)
iOperations Software portfolio of open, standards-based network and
element management systems. About Lucent Technologies Lucent
Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and
software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed
by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in
mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking
technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating
opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly
deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base
includes communications service providers, governments and
enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies,
which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit
http://www.lucent.com/. About COLT COLT Telecom Group plc is a
leading pan-European provider of business communications services
and solutions. The company owns an integrated 20,000 kilometre
network that directly connects more than 10,000 buildings in 32
major cities in 13 countries augmented with a further 42 points of
presence across Europe and 11 data centres. COLT supplies customers
across the full spectrum of industry, service and government
sectors with unrivalled end-to- end network security, reliability
and service. COLT Telecom Group plc is listed on the London Stock
Exchange (CTM.L) and NASDAQ (COLT). Information about COLT and its
products and services can be found on the web at
http://www.colt.net/ DATASOURCE: Lucent Technologies CONTACT:
Alistair MacIntyre-Currie, Lucent Technologies Europe,
+44-7768-883-046 mobile, ; or Jenn McManus of Lucent Technologies,
+1-908-582-5703 (office), +1-908-582-1209 (fax), Web site:
http://www.lucent.com/ http://www.colt.net/
http://www.lucent.com/solutions/metro_optical.html
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