Ericsson Supplies DWDM ERION to Sonera
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<< Ericsson Supplies DWDM ERION to Sonera; Gigantic Optical Highway From Central Europe Via Denmark, Sweden and Finland and On to Moscow
STOCKHOLM, Jun 30, 2000 (BUSINESS WIRE) -- Ericsson today announced they have
signed a contract to supply the major part of an optical trunk DWDM networking
solution to Sonera, Finland. Their ERION solution will be used to enhance the
optical highway between Central Europe - Copenhagen - Stockholm - Helsinki and
on to Moscow. Total length of the network will be over 7.500 kilometers.
The already existing optical cables have reached their limits in capacity and
will now be boosted by deploying the latest optical technology by Ericsson. The
ERION Linear DWDM system, designed to carry 10Gbps in each separate wavelength,
will be used along the route.
"With the Ericsson optical networking, ERION solution, Sonera does an upgrade
into new high speed optical technology, enabling a tremendous increase in
network traffic capacity, in a transport sector growing tremendously," says Mr.
Tuomo Kokkila, Director of International Sales of Sonera Carrier Networks. "The
IP traffic and 3rd generation mobile services are the main generators of the
requirements and with this solution we will now be able to offer our customers
not only a more reliable service, but also a better management overview, at the
same time as we can meet the expansion in traffic volumes."
With this new optical highway, several different traffic types are multiplexed
into combined high traffic volumes and carried over the network with its own
individual optical wavelengths. The network is designed to carry 320Gbps on each
pair of fibers. Sonera was the first operator to select Ericsson as its vendor
already four years ago, when the first products were released to the market. The
ERION product portfolio reduces the operators' investment, improves overall
network efficiency and cuts operating costs, for any traffic application.
"Ericsson's optical research team has since these days developed the technology
much further, and Ericsson has now captured a strong foot-hold in the DWDM
marketplace not only within trunk networks, but also in the metro region," says
Dr. Per O. Andersson, Director Products and Solutions, Optical Networks within
the Ericsson-group. "Today's market demands have created a strong pull for
carrier-class optical products where we, as world leading supplier, can solve
and deploy these demands quickly and reliably."
Ericsson is the leading communications supplier, combining innovation in
mobility and Internet in creating the new era of Mobile Internet. Ericsson
provides total solutions covering everything from systems and applications to
mobile phones and other communications tools. With more than 100,000 employees
in 140 countries, Ericsson simplifies communications for customers all over the
world.
Read more at ericsson.com
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, PLEASE CONTACT
Isabella Laihorinne-Smedh, Press Manager, Corporate Communications Phone: +46 70
551 0369 E-mail: isabella.laihorinne-smedh@lme.ericsson.se
Jouni Vaananen, Account Manager, Ericsson Finland Phone: +358 400 812 576;
E-mail: jouni.vaananen@lmf.ericsson.se
Dr. Per O. Andersson, Director Products and Solutions Optical Networks, Ericsson
Phone: +46 70 652 5677, E-mail: per.o.andersson@etx.ericsson.se
About DWDM and ERION
The ERION products by Ericsson based on the DWDM technology - the key optical
networking technology, that operators are deploying today, to maximize the
capacity of fiber networks. The ERION optical networking solution also offers
the prospect of a flexible, scalable, managed optical network, with the built-in
traffic protection, reducing costs. The ERION Linear offers an economical
architecture optimized to meet the needs of the emerging datacentric optical
networking applications, with an open architecture.
DWDM technology provides many times the capacity of traditional Synchronous
Optical Network systems (SDH/SONET) by making it possible to transmit multiple
"colors," or wavelengths of light, over a single fiber. ERION, Ericsson's
intelligent optical networking portfolio, provides a flexible, scalable and
secure solution to the problems of increasing demand for bandwidth in long haul
metropolitan core, and access transport network architectures.
Beside the trunk ERION Linear solution, the portfolio also includes a Wide Area
Metro, (WAM) ring solution - the ERION FlexRing which supports both hub and
meshed network topologies and is optimized for ring circumferences of up to
500km. ERION Metro its subsystem is designed for metro access networks with
circumferences of up to 100km.
Over 500 ERION systems are installed throughout the world for applications
including IP, CATV, Gigabit Ethernet and SDH/SONET. The ERION family of products
also allows access to Ericsson's Packet Backbone Network (PBN) - an
architectural model for next generation backbone network and portfolio of
carrier-class IP and ATM data products. With PBN, service providers are able to
configure highly scalable end-to-end multi-service networks with telecom-grade
resilience and serviceability.
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CONTACT: Ericsson
Isabella Laihorinne-Smedh, +46 70 551 0369
E-mail: isabella.laihorinne-smedh@lme.ericsson.se
or
Ericsson Finland
Jouni Vaananen, +358 400 812 576
E-mail: jouni.vaananen@lmf.ericsson.se
or
Optical Networks, Ericsson
Dr. Per O. Andersson, +46 70 652 5677
E-mail: per.o.andersson@etx.ericsson.se
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