NTTPC Communications deploys Lucent DWDM gear

SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 -- NTTPC Communications, Inc. of Japan has deployed Lucent Technologies' (search for Lucent) Metropolis Wavelength Services Manager (WSM) -- an advanced DWDM platform -- throughout its network in Tokyo.

The Metropolis WSM is enabling NTTPC to quickly and cost-effectively increase the capacity of its network to support a wide range of IP based services.

"Increasingly, service providers are focusing on the introduction of next-generation multimedia services over their broadband networks, which is creating a demand for greater and greater capacity on our optical networks," said Motoo Tanaka, director of Network Division, Network Business Sector, of NTTPC. "We selected Lucent's Metropolis WSM to give us the flexibility to rapidly address this customer demand by providing additional capacity very quickly, speeding return on investment."

"Metropolis WSM is an ideal platform for operators that want to grow their networks dynamically, while delivering a wide variety of advanced features," said Ken Wirth, president and general manager, Multimedia Networking Solutions, Lucent Technologies. "We are honored to be able to support NTTPC -- which has the most extensive IP network in Japan --- as they help their customers meet the challenge of delivering revenue-generating services quickly."

The Metropolis WSM is designed to help to reduce cost and complexity through a common optical platform that offers DWDM, CWDM, and reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) technology.

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