CHICAGO, June 5 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel (NYSE: ALA; Paris:
CGEP.PA) today announced the North American introduction of the Alcatel
1850 Transport Service Switch (TSS), the next-generation metro networking
platform offering a 100% flexible mix of Ethernet, TDM and WDM in a single
platform. The Alcatel 1850 TSS provides North American service providers
with a powerful architecture to address the transition from circuit- based
to packet-based transport infrastructures. The product is being showcased
at the Alcatel booth (# 51018) at Globalcomm taking place in Chicago from
June 4 to 8, 2006.
The Alcatel 1850 TSS, was awarded "Best New Product" of 2005 by Light
Reading and is already gaining traction in the market with tier one
operators. Alcatel is currently engaged with nearly 20 service providers in
both ETSI markets and North America -- including active trials and paying
customers.
"Carriers' plans to migrate their existing transport network
infrastructures to a design optimized around IP and Ethernet technologies
are well underway, with over 60% of operators polls indicating they are
currently transitioning to Ethernet transport or will begin in 2006," said
Scott Clavenna, chief analyst at Heavy Reading. "This process is creating a
significant market opportunity for transport systems that gracefully enable
this transition, preserving the robustness of SONET/SDH while adding the
flexibility of IP and Ethernet."
Designed around a revolutionary 'Universal Switch' technology developed
by Alcatel, the Alcatel 1850 TSS is the industry's first platform that can
be used to aggregate, switch and transport any combination of
Ethernet/MPLS/RPR, SONET/SDH and WDM services. In service provider
networks, the 1850 TSS can provide CAPEX savings of more than 30 percent
and OPEX savings of more than 40 percent, compared to alternative
architectures based on separate platforms.
"The availability of the Alcatel 1850 TSS further demonstrates
Alcatel's commitment to addressing the evolving networking needs of North
American service providers as they seamlessly transition their networks
from TDM to packet," said Steven Pickett, senior vice president and general
manager of Alcatel's optical networking activities in North America.
"We are excited to deliver the industry's first product that creates
significant cost savings by converging multiple network elements into a
single, scalable platform."
As an integral part of Alcatel's triple play and convergence networking
solutions, the Alcatel 1850 TSS is suitable for both carrier and private
optical networks. Integrated under the Alcatel 1350 cross-layer management
suite, the Alcatel 1850 TSS is initially available in North America in the
100 Gbit/s chassis size.
About Alcatel
Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication
carriers, Internet service providers and enterprises for delivery of voice,
data and video applications to their customers or employees. Alcatel brings
its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications
and services, to help its partners and customers build a user-centric
broadband world. With sales of EURO 13.1 billion and 58,000 employees in
2005, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information,
visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com .
SOURCE Alcatel
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CONTACT:
press, Charlie Guyer, +1-978-257-3490, or
Charlie.Guyer@alcatel.com , or investor relations, Pascal
Bantegnie, +33-0-1-40-76-52-20, or pascal.bantegnie@alcatel.com ,
or Nicolas Leyssieux, +33-0-1-40-76-37-32, or
nicolas.leyssieux@alcatel.com , or Maria Alcon,
+33-0-1-40-76-15-17, or maria.alcon@alcatel.com , or Charlotte
Laurent- Ottomane, +1-703-668-7016, or
charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.com , all of Alcatel
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