Alcatel to Build up China's First 16 - Channel DWDM Link for Shandong PTA
PR Newswire, Saturday, October 09, 1999 at 13:52
Alcatel at Telecom Geneva - Hall 4, Stand no. 210
GENEVA, Oct. 9 /PRNewswire/ -- Alcatel has recently been awarded a
contract by Shandong PTA to build up a DWDM link from Jinan to Qingdao,
providing a transmission capacity of 16 channels at 2.5 Gbps on each fibre
pair. This has been confirmed as the first 16-channel DWDM link contract ever
signed in China.
"This contract has further confirmed Alcatel's long-term commitment to
introducing its latest technology to China's booming telecommunication
market," said Mr. Dominique de Boisseson, Chairman & CEO of Alcatel China Ltd.
"Alcatel is a world leader in the field of transmission, especially the WDM
technology. We're glad to share our market-leading technology with Chinese
customers and believe the technology will bring higher efficiency and
productivity to them."
Commenting on the signing of the contract, officials from Shangdong PTA
said the 470 kilometres DWDM link is expected to significantly increase the
voice/data transmission capacity between the two largest cities of the
province. It will also lay a sound foundation for Shandong PTA in its future
deployment of the latest telecommunication technology, they said.
Alcatel's market-leading saturation wavelength power control, out-of-band
forward error correction and software provisionable optical add-drop
technologies will be used in the project. The last two Alcatel technologies,
unique in the field, have been used in China for the first time. The
completion of the new link is scheduled for March or April next year.
Alcatel has been actively involving in many transmission projects owned by
China Telecom as well as local PTAs. In March, 1999, Alcatel completed and
activated a 420 kilometres, eight-channel WDM link for China Telecom,
connecting Chongqing and Chengdu.
NOTE: Alcatel WDM technology aims to ease network bottlenecks by
increasing the transmission capacity of fibre optic cables, in a simple and
cost-effective way. The idea behind WDM is to inject several channels of
information in the same optical fibre at the same time, each channel using a
different wavelength (or colour). The traffic is divided among several
channels circulating independently in the optical fibre, making it possible to
route different parts of the traffic in function of the network's specific
requirements.
With more than 1700 WDM systems installed worldwide, Alcatel claims a
leading position in the supply of optical networking systems to the major
national and international carriers.
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end
voice and data communications solutions to established and new carriers, as
well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 120,000 employees and sales
of EURO 21.3 billion ($25.0 billion), Alcatel operates in more than
130 countries.
Alcatel came to China in 1983. So far, it has established 21 joint and
wholly-owned ventures and has offered a full range of telecommunications and
cable products and services to China.
For more information, visit Alcatel on Internet:
alcatel.com.hk.
For full Alcatel Geneva Telecom press list, consult:
alcatel.com .
Alcatel Telecom Geneva:
Press Office: Tel + 41 22 746 5507/08
Olivier Le Friec: Tel: +33-6-08-40-94-43
Willem Zevenbergen: Tel: +33-6-07-86-76-04
Alcatel Press Office (Paris)
Tel: + 33 (0)1 40 76 12 98
Investor Relations
Claire Pedini Tel: +33-1-40-76-13-93
Claire.pedini@alcatel.fr
Charlotte Laurent-Ottomane Tel: +33-1-40-76-13-30
Charlotte.laurent-ottomane@alcatel.fr
Emmanuel Spite Tel: +33-1-40-76-16-04
Emmanuel.spite@alcatel.fr
SOURCE Alcatel
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