JUNE 18, 2008 -- Alcatel-Lucent (search for Alcatel-Lucent) has been chosen by BT (British Telecom; search for BT) to supply its IP service router in an expanded role within BT's 21CN all-IP national roll-out. Alcatel-Lucent is a preferred supplier to the 21CN project with the 7750 Service Router (SR) operational in many locations. The 7750 SR deployments will now be expanded in line with BT's announced customer-driven plans to extend its Ethernet services with additional points-of-presence in the metro elements of the network. The value of the contract has not been disclosed.
After the introduction of 21CN Ethernet and broadband services early this year, BT is now expanding the footprint and functionality of both services. When completed by April 2009, the project will see next-generation Ethernet services available across the widest footprint in the UK.
"BT has a commitment to meet our customers' increasing demand for Ethernet services and has therefore set out an aggressive expansion strategy for our 21CN Ethernet footprint," says Karl Penaluna, director, IP and data platforms at BT. "Alcatel-Lucent's existing involvement with 21CN gives us confidence we can achieve these timescales."
The Alcatel-Lucent 7750 SR enables BT to offer true Ethernet any-to-any, multisite solutions as well as multiple classes of service on an on-demand and application-by-application basis.
In addition, Alcatel-Lucent is also supplying professional services to BT 21CN, including development of automated programs to migrate subscribers to the new networks. It is also providing a service to manage provision of spares for BT's existing network under a single-point-of-contact multivendor contract.
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