China Telecom has selected the Alcatel 7750 Service Router (SR) and 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM) to support differentiated IP and Ethernet services over its nation-wide IP/MPLS network, ChinaNet2. The contract was won through Alcatel Shanghai Bell. The 7750 SR will also enable the operator to integrate its voice and service level agreement (SLA)-based data services into one unified IP/MPLS platform. Financial terms were not disclosed. http://www.alcatel.com
- In November 2004, Juniper Networks announced that its routing platforms have been awarded the largest share of the contract for China Telecom’s next-generation backbone network, which is also known as ChinaNet Next Carrying Network (CN2). The Juniper gear will be deployed exclusively for China Telecom’s national core backbone and eight South China provincial backbone networks. Specifically, China Telecom will deploy the T640, T320 and M320 routing platforms with MPLS .
- Earlier in November 2004, Cisco Systems announced that China Telecom had selected its equipment for the business network portion of the ChinaNet Next Carrying Network or CN2. In October 2004, China Telecom selected Lucent Technologies for upgrades to its national optical backbone network. Under the project, Lucent will provide its WaveStar OLS 1.6T high-capacity DWDM system to build a transmission network spanning over 2,400 kilometers across China. The contracts were awarded as part of China Telecom’s National Transmission Backbone Expansion Project.
- In September 2004, it was announced that China Telecom will deploy Nortel Networks Optical Long Haul 1600 Optical Line Systems to expand its optical backbone networks in the cities of Wuhan, Guangzhou, Changsha, Fuzhou, Shanghai, Nanjing, Hangzhou, Hefei, Chongqing, and Chengdu.
- In August 2004, Alcatel Shanghai Bell announced a contract to supply 1.3 million Digital Subscriber Lines (DSL) to China Telecom in southern China.