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Nortel: Romania's RoEduNet Educational Network Selects Nortel Optical
Solution Nationwide Advanced Research and Education Network Delivers
Bandwidth for Projects Using 40G-Ready Optical Technology from Nortel
through Felix Telecom
(M2 PressWIRE Via Acquire Media NewsEdge)
RDATE:17112008
LONDON - The Romanian Educational Network (RoEduNet) has chosen a
Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: 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
** 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, Trgu-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.
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