Spirit Communications deploys Alcatel-Lucent 7950 XRS core router
Systems house Alcatel-Lucent (Euronext Paris and NYSE: ALU) says it has supplied its 7950 XRS (Extensible Routing System) core router to Spirit Communications for an upgrade of the service providers network in the U.S. southeast. The network upgrade will enable Spirit to support 1 Gbps, 10 Gbps, and 100 Gbps IP connections.