Outremer Telecom, a private telecommunications operator based in France, has deployed Redback Networks’ SmartEdge 800 Service Gateway platform to offer high-bandwidth services to both its business and residential broadband subscribers. The SmartEdge Service Gateway platform combines subscriber management capabilities with edge routing functions. Outremer Telecom is using the SmartEdge 800 in its POPs to deliver VPN services to its corporate customers and DSL to residences. Redback said its service gateway was selected for the deployment because it supports the necessary subscriber level features for DSL, such as PPP termination and RADIUS authentication, while also offering VPN services using a variety of methods, such as Layer 2 and Layer 3 MPLS and GRE encapsulation. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- In June 2003, Redback Networks announced the integration of its subscriber management systems (SMS) technology into its SmartEdge platform. The combined feature set will allow service providers to utilize the same Redback network management, policy management, user profiles and billing systems in an edge platform with dynamic policy enforcement, carrier-class IP routing, ATM mediation, MPLS VPNs, multicast and QoS capabilities. At the same time, Redback is introducing the SmartEdge 400 , a smaller version of its SmartEdge 800 platform. The new platform is designed for deployment in smaller central offices and POPs, whereas the SmartEdge 800 is positioned for larger POPs.