Lucent Technologies Awarded B$55 Million by JTB for Telecommunications Optical Network
Backbone
Business Wire - September 17, 1998 11:37
MURRAY HILL, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 1998--
Will supply high-speed, high-capacity transmission system for
1999 South East Asia Games and 2000 APEC Summit
BRUNEI DARUSSALAM-Lucent Technologies today announced it has been awarded a B$55 million (US$30 million) contract for a full turnkey project to
construct Jabatan Telekom Brunei's (JTB) backbone telecommunications network infrastructure.
The contract is for the design, supply, test, commission and support of an optical transport and access network infrastructure using the latest state-of-the-art
Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (SDH) optical fiber technology.
Lucent will supply SDH transmission equipment including its WaveStar(tm) family of next generation optical networking systems. As part of the agreement, Lucent
Technologies will also supply its Network Management System and optical fiber cable.
The ambitious infrastructure project will provide JTB with a high capacity optical network, which will allow JTB to offer customers more bandwidth and very high
communication speeds for multimedia and data applications. With the project expected to be completed in 11 months, JTB's world-class network will allow
high-speed digital transmission of speeds up to 2.5 Gigabits per second. Lucent's SDH equipment incorporates a 'self-healing' ring architecture which gives added
protection to JTB's network and insures reliability in the event of a fiber cut.
According to JTB, among its reasons for selecting Lucent's WaveStar series were that the technology is cost-effective, feature-rich and able to meet the demands of
the future. Lucent's industry-leading Integrated Transport Management (ITM) also gives full control of network elements, which will allow JTB to realize the full
potential of SDH.
"We are very pleased to join JTB a second time this month in providing state-of-the-art telecommunications technology and equipment to help Brunei meet the 21st
Century demands in telecommunications," said Raymond Tan, president of Lucent's Global Service Provider Business for Brunei Darussalam and Singapore. On
September 3, the JTB awarded Lucent a B$17 million contract to upgrade its 12 Lucent 5ESS(R) switches to be year 2000 ready.
With this expansion and modernization of JTB's existing transmission network, JTB will benefit from high-availability, high-speed transmission, with added bandwidth
that results in shorter response times for customers and a high level of automation achieved via a powerful centralized management system.
"Upon completion of the project, Brunei Darussalam will have a high-bandwidth, high-performance network infrastructure that will be able to meet the bandwidth
demand of multimedia services, electronic government and electronic commerce services within Brunei Darussalam and the world " said Buntar bin Osman, Director
of Telecommunications, Brunei Darussalam.
"This network will also meet the large bandwidth requirements for upcoming international events to be hosted in Brunei Darussalam, such as the SEA Games 1999
and the Asia Pacific Economic Conference's (APEC) Summit 2000," Buntar added. "The successes of these two high-profile events are dependent on the successful
implementation of this network and we have every confidence in Lucent Technologies to help us achieve our objectives."
Lucent Technologies, with more than 150 SDH networks deployed, is a leading provider of fiber optic cable, SDH and Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing
(DWDM) products in the Asia/Pacific region and around the world. Lucent was one of the first companies to bring SDH transmission technology to China, Japan,
Thailand, Indonesia and now to Brunei Darussalam.
Jabatan Telekom Brunei (JTB) is one of six departments under the Ministry of Communications, Brunei Darussalam. It offers a wide range of domestic and
international telecommunication services in voice, message and data communications.
Lucent Technologies Brunei has some 40 highly trained and experienced employees. In addition to providing the local and long distance networks ten years ago, in
1996 Lucent Technologies also set up the country's GSM network for DST Communications.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J. US, designs, builds and delivers a wide range of public and private networks, communications systems and
software, data networking systems, business telephone systems and microelectronic components. Bell Labs is the research and development arm for the company.
For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit the company's web site at lucent.com.
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