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Lucent Technologies' Optical Systems to Expand China Telecom's National Transmission Backbone

Posted on: Tuesday, 26 October 2004, 09:00 CDT

Lucent's DWDM Technology Used to Expand Service Offerings for China Telecom Customers in Four Provinces

Lucent Technologies (NYSE:LU) today announced that it has been awarded contracts to supply high-capacity optical networking systems to expand China Telecom's optical backbone network. The contracts, awarded as part of China Telecom's National Transmission Backbone Expansion Project, will take advantage of Lucent's 10Gb/s Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing(DWDM) systems. These are the first deployments of this technology in China Telecom's optical backbone network and are another major deployment of Lucent's optical networking products in China.

Under the terms of the contracts, Lucent will provide its WaveStar(R) OLS 1.6T high-capacity DWDM system to build a reliable optical transmission network spanning over 2,400 kilometers across China. With the expansion, China Telecom will be able to offer better services for over 4 million broadband users in Shanghai, Zhejiang, Fujian, and Guangdong provinces.

"Lucent has worked with China Telecom for a long time, and our optical systems have been widely deployed in its national backbones," said Ivan Shen, Chairman of Lucent Technologies China. "Today's announcements will significantly enhance our leading position in the national transmission backbones of China Telecom, and pave the way for Lucent to seize the pockets of opportunity in the overall telecom market in China."

Developed by Bell Labs, Lucent's R&D arm, the WaveStar(R) OLS 1.6T system is an ultra-high-capacity DWDM system that leverages both the "C-Band" and "L-Band" spectrum to provide up to 160 10-Gb/s wavelengths for a total capacity of 1.6 Tb/s on one fiber - the equivalent of transmitting 320 million one-page e-mails per second. It is based on an open architecture that enables it to operate in multi-vendor environments and helps carriers deliver high-bandwidth services to their customers while maximizing fiber performance, and improving the return on the existing network investment.

The Lucent WaveStar(R) OLS 1.6T, has more than 9,000 nodes commercially deployed worldwide.

About Lucent Technologies

Lucent Technologies designs and delivers the systems, services and software that drive next-generation communications networks. Backed by Bell Labs research and development, Lucent uses its strengths in mobility, optical, software, data and voice networking technologies, as well as services, to create new revenue-generating opportunities for its customers, while enabling them to quickly deploy and better manage their networks. Lucent's customer base includes communications service providers, governments and enterprises worldwide. For more information on Lucent Technologies, which has headquarters in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, visit www.lucent.com.

Lucent China has eight regional offices, two Bell Labs branches, five R&D facilities and a number of joint ventures and wholly owned enterprises. Currently, the company has approximately 4,000 employees in China and manufactures a full array of telecommunications network equipment and solutions that serves the Chinese and international markets. For more information on Lucent China, visit its web site at http://www.lucent.com.cn.

Source: Business Wire

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