Batelco, the public network operator in Bahrain, selected Ericsson for the migration of its fixed network to packet technology. The contract includes both Ericsson’s ENGINE Multi-Service Network and Ethernet DSL Access solutions. Ericsson’s ENGINE softswitch integrates voice and data traffic. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- In October 2002, Bahrain Telecommunications Co (Batelco), has selected the Cisco Metro Ethernet Switching portfolio to provide Gigabit Ethernet access over fiber connections to government offices and commercial organizations. Batelco will initially connect all of Bahrain’s government ministries to the network. The deployment will use Catalyst 3550 switches at the network edge, together with the Cisco ONT 1031 (Optical Network Terminator) within customer sites, and Cisco 7600 and Cisco 7200 Series Internet routers in the broadband aggregation layer. The new architecture will also include the Cisco Ethernet Subscriber Edge Solution Engine for managing the fiber end-points within customers’ premises. MPLS is used within the core to differentiate and streamline traffic types, and to provide the basis for VoIP, and video services in the future. Cisco is working with Schlumberger Network and Infrastructure Solutions on the project.