Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) was awarded a $30-million contract for a full turnkey project

Lucent Technologies (Murray Hill, NJ) was awarded a $30-million contract for a full turnkey project to construct Jabatan Telekom Brunei`s backbone telecommunications network infrastructure. The contract covers the design, supply, test, commission, and support of an optical transport and access network using SDH fiber-optic technology. Lucent will supply SDH transmission equipment, including its WaveStar family of optical networking systems. Under the agreement, Lucent will also supply its network-management system and fiber-optic cable. Jabatan Telekom Brunei is one of six departments under the Ministry of Communications, Brunei Darussalam.