Alcatel MPLS Migration Switch Takes Top Design
Award
7670 Routing Switch Platform Enables Profitable Service Delivery
Paris, FRANCE - June 20, 2001 -- Alcatel (Paris: CGEP.PA and NYSE: ALA) today announced that
its 7670 Routing Switch Platform (RSP) took gold at the Industrial Designers Society of America
(IDSA) Awards. The award, presented by IDSA and sponsored by Business Week, recognizes
design excellence. Competition was especially tough in this, the contest's 22nd year, with more
than 1300 entrants coming together to set a new record for participation.
The attractiveness of the 7670 RSP lies not just in award-winning design, but also in its native MPLS ability to aggregate ATM and IP traffic with
classic reliability and quality of service. This platform is used the world over by carriers to generate profits while simultaneously preparing for
network core convergence using Multi Protocol Label Switching (MPLS).
"The project faced several challenging design dilemmas that were met with tangible and reasoned solutions," says Bill Clem of the IDSA. "Alcatel
put a lot of effort into this user-centered design that successfully marries form and function."
"The pedigree of the IDSA and quality of its competitions are well respected - it's one of the reasons we entered the contest in the first place"
says Steve McCaughan, Alcatel's VP of the RSP Program. "As carrier networks evolve towards more profitable service delivery, emphasis on
design and ease-of-use have a bigger impact on revenues."
Leading up to the IDSA award win, the 7670 enjoyed several MPLS-related achievements. In addition to being the first multiprotocol core
platform to simultaneously run CR-LDP and RSVP-TE signalling protocols, it also successfully completed MPLS interoperability tests with seven
other vendors in trials conducted by the Optical Internetworking Forum.
Alcatel receives its award from the IDSA and Business Week in an official ceremony held August 18th of this year in Boston at the Berklee
Performance Centre.
About IDSA
IDSA is the voice of industrial design, representing the profession to business, government, education, the media and the general public and
serving its information and networking needs. idsa.org .
About Alcatel
Alcatel builds next generation networks, delivering integrated end-to-end voice and data networking solutions to established and new carriers, as
well as enterprises and consumers worldwide. With 130,000 employees and sales of EURO 31 billion in 2000, Alcatel operates in more than 130
countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: alcatel.com.
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