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February 11, 2002 — (WEB HOST INDUSTRY REVIEW) — Nortel Networks (nortelnetworks.com) today announced
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availability of OPTera Packet Edge 100 Ethernet switch card for OPTera Metro
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4000 Multiservice Platform, enabling Ethernet delivery over synchronous
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digital hierarchy transport networks.
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To address enterprise demand for extension of Ethernet traffic outside local
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area networks, OPTera Packet Edge 100 aims to help service providers
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maximize return on existing SDH infrastructure by increasing bandwidth
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efficiency, and by reducing network complexity and operating costs, the
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company said.
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OPTera Packet Edge 100 enables service providers to transport enterprise
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Ethernet traffic between sites by supporting high Quality of Service
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Ethernet Private Line connectivity services, reducing the need for routers
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on customer premises. The technology also offers enhanced attributes like
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bandwidth tunability, which can create additional value for packet-oriented
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multiservice offers.
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“Our customers have a large installed base of SDH networks, and it is
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crucial that we help them to realize their full value,” said Marco Pagani,
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president, Metro Optical, Nortel Networks. “This Ethernet over SDH solution
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creates a new service for our OPTera Metro 4000 platform, enabling service
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providers to offer excellent service levels to enterprise customers, and to
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provide greater granularity in the bandwidth they offer compared to TDM.”
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“Additional benefits include our pioneering use of virtual concatenation,
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which uses SDH bandwidth more efficiently, and the ability to provision
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bandwidth to customers on demand,” Pagani added. “This is in addition to
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offering new Ethernet based data services outside the LAN at a minimum
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capital and operational cost per customer.”
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OPTera Packet Edge 100 is part of Nortel Networks Metro Optical solutions
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portfolio. It is a plug-in Ethernet switch card for OPTera Metro 4000 that
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delivers integrated Layer 2 Ethernet connectivity services across arbitrary
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topology, multi-vendor, multi-domain SDH-based global networks using VCX.
