Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) heeft een miljoenencontract getekend met E-Plus, de op twee na grootste mobiele netwerkoperator in Duitsland. Lucent gaat datanetwerkapparatuur en -diensten leveren voor het beheer en de consolidatie van spraak- en dataverkeer op het 3G UMTS-netwerk van E-Plus. De implementatie zorgt ervoor dat E-Plus haar huidige infrastructuur efficiënt kan beheren als het netwerkverkeer toeneemt op het moment dat klanten gebruik gaan maken van 3G UMTS-diensten.
Volgens de overeenkomst levert Lucent E-Plus PacketStar (PSAX) 1000-, 1250-, 2300- en 4500- Multiservice Media Gateways voor de levering en bundeling van verkeer op het Asynchronous Transfer Mode-netwerk (ATM).
Lucent WorldWide Services, de servicetak van Lucent, levert samen met E-Plus integratie- en testfaciliteiten. E-Plus is hiermee verzekerd van een soepele overgang van de apparatuur en diensten in haar netwerk.
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Voor meer informatie:
Annemiek Driessen
Lammers van Toorenburg Benelux PR
Tel: 030- 65 65 070
E-mail: lucent@lvtpr.nl
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News Release
LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES SELECTED BY E-PLUS TO SUPPLY ATM ACCESS EQUIPMENT TO SUPPORT THIRD GENERATION WIRELESS SERVICES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: WEDNESDAY, JUNE 25, 2003
BONN, Germany - Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced that it has been awarded a multi-million dollar contract with E-Plus, Germany's third largest wireless carrier, to supply data networking equipment and services to manage and consolidate voice and data traffic from the operator's third-generation (3G) Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) network. The implementation will enable E-Plus to use their existing transport infrastructure to efficiently manage the large increases in network traffic as customers subscribe to new 3G UMTS services.
Under the agreement, Lucent is providing the operator with PacketStar® (PSAX) 1000, 1250,2300 and 4500 Multiservice Media Gateways to provision and aggregate traffic onto its asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network.
"We selected Lucent Technologies PSAX products because of their ATM capabilities, and their robustness and flexibility paired with their high port density," said Thorsten Dirks, managing director Innovation, Product Development, IT and Operations from E-Plus. This implementation will enable E-Plus to expand its existing infrastructure to support new services and is easily upgradeable to grow with the customer in the long run. This will result in reduced operational and capital expenditure for E-Plus."
Delivering up to five gigabits of redundant (or 10 gigabits of non-redundant) switching capacity, the PacketStar® (PSAX) portfolio offers the highest port capacity per inch of any product of its type on the market today. This is important for mobile operators where space at network edge sites is often limited. Additionally, key components of the product, the transmission modules, can be interchanged among the different PSAX base systems to increase flexibility and lower the total cost of ownership for E-Plus.
Lucent Worldwide Services, the services arm of Lucent Technologies, is working with E-Plus to provide integration and testing facilities to ensure a smooth transition of this solution into the E-Plus network.
"The Lucent PacketStar® (PSAX) technology offers a flexible, high-performance solution for E-Plus as they further develop their ATM infrastructure to support the rollout of 3G services for their subscribers," said Dr. Werner Irler, head of Mobility Sales for Lucent Technologies in Germany, Austria and Switzerland. "The PacketStar® technology is interoperable with other vendors equipment, enabling it to be easily installed into the customer's existing infrastructure."
More information about the PacketStar® solution is available at http://www.lucent.com/packetstar
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About Lucent Technologies
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers networks for the world's largest communications service providers. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent relies on its strengths in mobility, optical, data and voice networking technologies as well as software and services to develop next-generation networks. The company's systems, services and software are designed to help customers quickly deploy and better manage their networks and create new, revenue-generating services that help businesses and consumers. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at http://www.lucent.com.