Latin American service provider selects Nortel optical equipment

May 25, 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Latin American service provider Impsat Fiber Networks is enhancing its backbone infrastructure using next-generation optical technology from Nortel.

May 25, 2005

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May 25, 2005 Buenos Aires, Argentina -- Latin American service provider Impsat Fiber Networks is enhancing its backbone infrastructure using next-generation optical technology from Nortel.

Nortel is currently implementing its Optical Multiservice Edge (OME) 6500, a next-generation optical convergence platform, to transform Impsat's SONET/SDH network into a high-speed packet optical infrastructure.

The deployment is expected to be completed by the end of the second quarter of 2005.

"Nortel has helped us build our terrestrial network and infrastructure in Latin America," reports Matas Heinrich, executive vice president of networks, Impsat. "We needed a cost-efficient solution that would support our 'IP Anywhere' strategy, which includes high-speed connectivity of 10/100/1000 Ethernet services. Nortel's OME 6500 fits very well within this strategy."

"We continue our commitment to building and advancing telecom infrastructures that boost the competitive edge of regional businesses, powering commerce, and ultimately enhancing the human experience in the region," adds Andrea Cavallari, managing director of Nortel in the Southern Cone. "Nortel's industry leading optical convergence platform will help Impsat protect its key revenue source of existing telecom services while rolling out new ones on a converged network that can be scaled as needed to accommodate customer growth as well as future advanced voice and data services."

Nortel has been working with Impsat since 1999, building and expanding the terrestrial portions of the carrier's pan-Latin American high-performance optical network.

Nortel's Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 is a next-generation optical convergence platform that blends multiple services and network layers (LayerI0, 1, 2) onto a single platform for significant capital and operating expense reduction, say company representatives. The OME 6500Ihas been deployed in more than 30 networks around the world, including Telesur, Internet2, Jiangxi Power, and SURFnet.