Peppe,this is a good question.
"KANATA, Ontario, February 16, 1999 -- Newbridge Networks (NYSE: NN; TSE: NNC)
today announced that Empresa Brasileira de Telecomunicacoes SA (Embratel), Brazil?s
long-distance carrier, has selected the industry-leading Siemens / Newbridge MainStreetXpress
36170 Multiservice Switch to provide asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) services in Sao
Paulo and Rio de Janiero. The scalable, multiservice, multi-access platform enables Embratel to
consolidate existing digital overlay networks, including private line and frame relay
infrastructures, onto a single, unified ATM platform centrally managed by the MainStreetXpress
46020 Network Manager.<i/>
Looks like NN platform will combained exisiting networks into ATM single platform.
Press release is talking about two largest city where LU about new natioinwide network. However I doubt there is much difference between nationwide and two largest city.
Nobody is building network in rain forest.
Also LU needs two separate "boxes" for ATM and FR and someone has to combined them(I could be wrong).
AS for as LU statement"This network architecture will allow
Embratel to offer 'absolute' Quality of
Service (QoS)."
We have to remember about MCI........, then think about absolute QoS.
Regards
Zbyslaw |
