Canadian Research Organization Selects Alcatel IP Service Router for Virtual Private LAN Services
Posted on: Tuesday, 11 May 2004, 06:00 CDT
OTTAWA, May 11 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Alcatel today announced that the National Capital Institute of Telecommunications (NCIT), a research organization headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, has selected the Alcatel IP (Internet Protocol) service router to enable new, leading-edge services on its advanced research network, NCIT*net.
NCIT, in collaboration with Alcatel's Ottawa-based Research & Innovation team, will deploy the Alcatel 7750 Service Router to offer Virtual Private LAN Service (VPLS) over a multi-protocol label switching backbone network as part of the NCIT*net's focus on developing innovative applications and network services.
"Canada's National Capital region is rich in companies, such as Alcatel, who are dedicated to research in telecommunications. NCIT's mandate is to unite these organizations with our public research institutions in order to promote advanced research that leads to new technological developments," said Dr. Maike Luiken Miller, VP Research Alliances for NCIT. "Currently, the NCIT*net is undergoing a major upgrade to ensure its relevancy to leading edge research. The Alcatel routers are a part of this upgrade, permitting us to work with VPLS for the first time on this network. The VPLS research on NCIT*net is spearheaded by the University of Ottawa."
"The Alcatel 7750 SR delivers the flexibility and quality of service capabilities necessary for this research organization to share information and data both securely and reliably," said Hubert de Pesquidoux, CEO of Alcatel Canada. "At the same time, deployment of the Alcatel 7750 SR in an advanced research environment like NCIT also provides Alcatel's Research & Innovation team with a world class multi-vendor network environment in which to test new ideas."
The Alcatel 7750 SR enables service providers to quickly introduce scalable, advanced IP-based services, allowing them to attract and retain a wider customer base. In combination with Alcatel's network management portfolio, the Alcatel 7750 SR also enables service assurance, provisioning and a single point of operational support system integration, ensuring the smooth introduction and operation of new services for customers.
About NCIT
NCIT specializes in collaborative initiatives that unite the research capabilities of the National Capital region's federal laboratories, universities, colleges, global corporations and small and medium enterprises to engage in managed strategic research thrusts. The NCIT builds sustainable engineering research infrastructure and develops new channels to commercialization reflecting the evolution of the information and communications sector. The Ottawa community is prolific in converting technology to world leading products. The NCIT is a novel approach to maximizing the potential of the region. For more information, http://www.ncit.ca/ .
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 to their employees. Alcatel leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband networks, applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of a broadband world. With sales of Euro 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, http://www.alcatel.com/ .
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