Belgacom Upgrades With Marconi
MARCH 18, 2004
LONDON -- Belgian telecommunication service provider Belgacom has awarded Marconi Corporation plc (London: MONI and NASDAQ: MRCIY) and its service partner Tein Telecom a three-year frame contract extension for optical transmission equipment and services. This extension renews an existing agreement signed in 2000 and includes products from Marconi's newly launched next-generation optical portfolio. It will give Belgacom more network capacity, improved flexibility and lower cost-per bit of data transferred to support the increasing traffic volumes generated by its nationwide Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) roll-out.
Belgacom will use Marconi's next-generation optical technology to converge existing Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) into an intelligent and simplified network core. This will improve Belgacom's ability to provide new broadband services, such as video and online gaming, that require more bandwidth and less network contention than fast internet access, which up until now has driven DSL demand.
Marconi has introduced four new optical platforms in the past year, including the MSH2K core optical switch, the OMS1664 (formerly SMA16-64) multiplexer, MSH64C multiplexer and cross connect and the Multihaul Dense Wavelength Division (DWDM) transmission platform.
"Belgacom is one of Europe's leading public network operators, widely acknowledged as a world-class service provider," said Rod Smith, EVP Marconi Northern Europe. "Our renewed partnership demonstrates the strength and depth of our customer relationships and the quality of service, both of Marconi and our local partner, Tein Telecom. This renewal provides continuity for Belgacom and shows that our vision and portfolio match their next-generation network demands."
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