France's Saclay 2 Research Net Deploys Alcatel-Lucent

France’s higher education and research community, the Association Réseau Haut Débit du Plateau de Saclay, has selected Alcatel-Lucent to deliver a turnkey optical network operating at 10 Gbps and upgradeable to 40 Gbps. The network will build on a 30 Km optical infrastructure already deployed by Alcatel-Lucent in 2006. Under the project, Alcatel-Lucent will combine cabling, optical and IP networking solutions from its portfolio, with specialized service practices. The deployment includes the Alcatel-Lucent 1696 Metrospan, Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) and Alcatel-Lucent OmniSwitch 6850 platforms.http://www.alcatel-lucent.com/http://www.saclay2.net/