SEPTEMBER 12, 2007 — Silk telecom's Australia network will feature Nortel's provider backbone bridging (PBB) and provider backbone transport (PBT) technology, which uses industry-standard Ethernet as the fundamental carrier-grade transport technology. Silk plans to deliver high-bandwidth services via the metro network.
Nortel's PBB/PBT enabled Metro Ethernet solution will integrate with Silk's CPL backbone, says Simon Perkins, CEO, Silk telecom, suggesting that this implementation strategy will keep the network cost-effective. Nortel's metro Ethernet networks deployment for Silk includes high-performance metro Ethernet routing switch 8600s at the network core and aggregation layers, metro Ethernet services unit 1850s at the access layer, and PBB/PBT technologies enabled for carrier-grade point-to-point and point-to-multipoint Ethernet transport. The PBB/PBT technologies will enable reserved bandwidth and 50-ms switchover, along with reportedly enhanced quality of service (QoS) monitoring.
Silk telecom is owned by the global Cheung Kong Group and originates from the combination of the telecom interests of three Australian electricity distribution companies: Powercor Australia, CitiPower and ETSA Utilities. The company operates optical telecommunications networks in Melbourne, Adelaide, Perth, and regional centers in South Australia and Victoria. It has a network presence in several Australian cities.
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