Orckit-Corrigent opens branch in India, focuses on research and development
Orckit-Corrigent Ltd., a packet transport network (PTN) vendor, has established a new research-and-development branch in India with multiple research labs.
"The new R&D team will help improve responsiveness to customer requirements around the world as well as enhance our coverage,” says Oren Tepper, vice president, corporate sales at Orckit-Corrigent. “Currently, multiple prospects in the public, private, and defense sectors are in different phases of evaluating our technologies and products and we believe that Orckit's new R&D branch will provide the company with a unique competitive advantage."
The new R&D team includes software networking professionals with expertise in MPLS/MPLS-TP, TDM over Packet, and Ethernet technologies, enabling Orckit-Corrigent to enhance the capabilities of its packet transport network systems for legacy networking infrastructure migration and next-generation mobile backhauling.
Orckit-Corrigent’s customers include Tier-1 service provider Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), which selected the company’s offerings for a nationwide broadband network.