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Romania's RoEduNet Educational Network Selects Nortel Optical
Solution
LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, Nov 17, 2008 (MARKET WIRE via COMTEX) --
The Romanian Educational Network (RoEduNet) has chosen a Nortel(1)
(TSX: NT)(NYSE: NT) next-generation 10G optical solution to provide
scientists and researchers with enough bandwidth and network capacity
needed for major science and research projects as well as education
and training. Felix Telecom, Nortel's integration partner in Romania,
will deliver the project to RoEduNet including design, installing,
deploying and providing ongoing servicing for the network.
The adaptive and intelligent RoEduNet(2) optical network from Nortel
will unite all Romania's key Research and Educational facilities,
using more than 4,239 kms of optical fibre to connect cities and
campuses. The network provides universities, high schools, cultural,
scientific and research non profit institutions with the means to
communicate with each other, as well as delivering access to
higher-speed, always-on connectivity.
"We are building a true partnership and cooperation between RoEduNet
and Nortel," said Professor Rusu, general manager RoEduNet. "And, we
are able to draw on Nortel's innovative optical solution to ensure
that our new 10G network can down the road easily evolve to 40G and
100G to address the challenge of ever-increasing bandwidth needed for
conducting complex research projects that require resources from all
over the world."
"The RoEduNet project appealed to Nortel from the beginning because
of its value to global research," said Sorin Lupu president Eastern
Europe Markets, Nortel. "As a technology leader, Nortel is always
keen to further links with collaborative research and education
networks because they hold the answers to the world's most
challenging scientific research questions. The RoEduNet network is a
prime example of the tremendous potential the future holds for
research and education initiatives; when organizations like RoEduNet
increase network capacity to meet the high-bandwidth demands of
today, while paving the way to meet even greater bandwidth demands in
the future."
Nortel 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Technology makes it possible for
RoEduNet to effect a smooth and cost-effective transition from its
10G network to 40G and later to 100G. With Nortel it is possible to
increase network bandwidth simply and economically to cope with
bandwidth-sapping applications like IPTV, Internet video and grid
computing for faster processing capabilities. This is a powerful
benefit for cash-conscious research and educational institutions.
The RoEduNet Romania-wide 10G optical network infrastructure uses a
solution that is built on Nortel's flagship Optical Multiservice Edge
6500 convergence platform and Common Photonic Layer line system,
enabling a more agile, adaptive, next-generation optical network. It
includes Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer capability
(ROADM) on the CPL and electronic Dynamically Compensating Optics
(eDCO) on the Optical Multiservice Edge 6500. ROADM enables rapid
changes to service and traffic patterns by allowing users to
dynamically add and drop optical wavelengths without terminating
them. eDCO allows wavelengths to be routed through the network
independent of distance, fibre dispersion and network topology.
Nortel's 10G optical technology can deliver both 40G and 100G network
capacity through the addition of simple 'plug and play' technology
components. This enables RoEduNet to upgrade to 40G when needed
without wholesale re-engineering of the optical layer. Nortel's
40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine dynamically corrects changes in
optical signals wherever they develop over thousands of kilometres to
ensure a clean transmission is maintained over any type of fibre used
today.
Nortel's Optical Network Manager is being used by RoEduNet to conduct
network-wide administration, monitoring and planning from a single
management centre in Bucharest. This enables rapid troubleshooting,
fault resolution and traffic management with no need for technical
personnel to visit individual network nodes.
About RoEduNet
The Romanian Education Network (RoEduNet) is an organization and at
the same time a data communication system, which connects a large
number of Local Area Networks to a national WAN data communication
infrastructure in Romania. This infrastructure is operated by Network
Operations Centers (NOCs) in Bucharest, Galati, Iasi, Targu-Mures,
Cluj, Timisoara and Craiova. The aim of this technical complex is to
offer the participants - universities, high schools, cultural,
scientific and research nonprofit institutions - the means to
communicate with each other, as well as to have access to Internet
information resources.
About Felix Telecom
Felix Telecom is one of the big integrators in Romania for IP and
large communications networks. The company executes the design,
installation, the putting into service and the supervision of
systems, voice, data and image networks; it also sells and maintains
service equipment and accessories relating to informatics and
communications systems. Felix Telecom is able to provide all kinds of
services for voice, data and images, offering a high level of QoS and
security.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications
capabilities that make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality
for our customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed to
help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and performance
by simplifying networks and connecting people to the information they
need, when they need it. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries around the world. For more information, visit Nortel on the
Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
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Nortel
Victoria Tchouikova
007 (495) 544 5000
Email: vtchouik@nortel.com
Nortel
Greta Brown
+44-(0)1628-432968
Email: gretab@nortel.com
Website: www.nortel.com
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