Just one of many more announcements
Alcatel Introduces ADSL-Based Instant Internet and Other New Features in Its Wireline Access Portfolio With Litespan-1540
Alcatel at Telecom 99 -- Hall 4, Stand No. 210
GENEVA, Oct. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Alcatel (NYSE: ALA) unveiled a new
feature package in its wireline access portfolio for ETSI markets, with its
Litespan-1540. Alcatel's Litespan-1540 seamlessly builds on the Alcatel 1540
MSAN permitting telecom operators to serve both their business and residential
customers from a single node. This modular platform provides high-quality
traditional voice and data services in addition to Instant Internet and
multimedia in a flexible, future-safe environment.
With the introduction of this new feature package, telecom operators now
have a real solution for their customers requiring narrowband and broadband
services. "Litespan-1540 is a tailored solution for today's telecom operators
who want to be ready to meet all of tomorrow's challenges," confirms Luis
Martinez Amago, Vice President of Alcatel's ETSI wireline access activities.
"ADSL integration, greater capacity and flexible configurations make the
Litespan-1540 the best multiservice access solution on the market today."
Alcatel's Litespan-1540 combines in the same shelf the most advanced ADSL
technology for instant Internet with the usual narrowband services on a board
per board basis. The equipment is gaining in compactness also incorporating
an Add/Drop Multiplexer reduced to a single board. Its subscriber capacity
has doubled, with 30 subscribers to every POTS card and 16 subscribers to
every ISDN card.
Litespan-1540 is extremely flexible and supports many different network
topologies on the backbone side, including SDH STM-1/4, HDSL and optical PDH
as well as multiple capacities (from tens to thousands of subscribers per
node). Depending on the network's size, Litespan-1540 can be managed with a
simple laptop or as an element of a 3-layered integrated management system
with full interoperability.
Litespan-1540 is a future proof solution with the necessary bandwidth and
ease-of-upgrade to allow the operator to introduce any service upon demand.
A pioneer in wireline access systems, Alcatel consolidates its
Multiservice Access offering in a single family, Litespan, featuring specific
characteristics to meet all market requirements for ETSI specs (Litespan-1540)
and ANSI specs (Litespan-2000). Backed by the largest installed base with
more than 20 million installed access lines on the five continents, Alcatel is
recognized as the worldwide market leader in the wireline access segment.
Note to the editor:
Litespan-1540: Added Value for Telecom Operators
The new feature package in the Litespan-1540 lets telecom operators
provide multiservice offerings with clear advantages like the following:
*Flexibility
The Litespan-1540 provides any combination of voice and data services in
both the residential and business sectors serving the narrowband and
broadband needs of the subscribers.
*Scalability
The "invest as you grow" philosophy allows the operator to introduce new
services upon demand. Boards are interchangeable without traffic
interruption allowing the operator to replace POTS boards with ADSL
boards, for example, as broadband service demand grows. Thanks to this
"universal slot" concept, each system can gracefully evolve to meet
future needs as the service mix changes over time.
*Ease
Ease of installation, operation and maintenance, thanks to a modular
equipment concept and a reduction at minimum of the number of spares.
The new feature package also affects the operators' bottom line reducing
both the CAPEX and the OPEX:
Reduction in the copper plant, ducts and buildings by providing indoor,
outdoor and underground cabinets thus reducing floor space requirements.
Optimal use of bandwidth due to the use of fiber as well as multiplexing
and concentration technologies.
Integrated network management with an intuitive and easy-to-use graphical
interface, simplifying the daily management of the network.
The reach of broadband services is extended, making the
"Fiber-to-the-Economical-Point" concept (i.e. to-the-curb, to-the-home, etc.)
real and allowing for optimal "bandwidth management."
Full interoperability with other vendor's equipment is ensured, employing
the V5.1 and V5.2 for narrowband and, in the near future, VB5.1 and VB5.2 for
broadband interfaces.
Litespan-1540: What's New?
ADSL in the access node
The most advanced ADSL technology for Instant Internet access is now
combined in the same shelf together with the usual narrowband subscriber
services. Any combination of services is available by simply plugging in the
ADSL board alongside the narrowband boards.
Improved subscriber capacity
Litespan-1540 services more subscribers with fewer boards. Now, line card
capacity for POTS service is extended to 30 subscribers; 16 for ISDN. This
increase translates into less equipment and greater savings for the telecom
operators.
ADM on a single board
The Add/Drop Multiplexer has been reduced to a single board in the
Litespan-1540 node. This compact and powerful solution brings the advantages
of SDH closer to the end-user.
Flexible configurations for every situation
An access network needs to be tailored to the demographics and
telecommunication service demands of each operator's service area in order to
keep investment and operational costs to a minimum. This is why the
Litespan-1540 supports many different network topologies on the backbone side,
including SDH STM-1/4, HDSL and optical PDH as well as multiple capacities
(from tens to thousands of subscribers per node). This compact equipment can
be configured as indoor or can be housed in robust outdoor (and even
underground) cabinets.
Integrated Network Management
The integrated vision of management of the various levels of access,
transport and switching is an added value in Alcatel's networks. As such, the
Litespan-1540 also includes a Network Management solution that is compliant
with the ITU TMN standards and enhanced with additional advanced features that
configure the Alcatel Management Platform (ALMAP). Depending on the network's
size, Litespan-1540 can be managed with a simple laptop or as an element of a
3-layered integrated management system.
A future proof solution
New functionality is constantly being introduced to the Litespan-1540
portfolio such as VoIP, Fr-to-ATM conversions, VDSL and intelligent MDFs. The
future's technologies have yet to be defined but the Litespan-1540, with the
necessary bandwidth and ease-of-upgrade, is ready to meet all of tomorrow's
challenges. |
