PITTSBURGH, Oct. 27 /PRNewswire/ -- FORE Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:FORE), a
leading global supplier of multiservice networking solutions, today announced
that the second largest cable operator in China, China Guangdong Provincial
Cable (CGPC), has selected FORE Systems' networking equipment to build its
asynchronous transfer mode (ATM) network backbone. The equipment will be
provided through Global Net Broadband Industry, Inc., a China-based systems
integrator. The new network will provide CGPC's 400,000 subscribers with new
services, including broadcast video, distance learning, high-speed Internet
access and voice switching.
"Implementing this ATM network will allow our customers to subscribe to
services never before available to them," said general manager of CGPC's Data
Center, Wendy Ye. "It will be an honor for our network to help our business
customers and we are proud that we can now bring to bear services that are
essential in our competitive environment. We are pleased that FORE and Global
Net Broadband Industry have done their best to meet our requirements. Their
approach will help us run a very efficient network and realize a profit more
quickly than we thought possible."
Network Built for Reliability, Resilience and Scalability
At the core of the network, CGPC will deploy FORE's Network Equipment
Building Standards (NEBS) compliant and fully redundant ForeRunner(R) TNX-210
and TNX-1100 ATM switches to provide the end-to-end ATM switching function.
CGPC will also deploy FORE's PowerHub(R) enterprise LAN switch to act as an
ATM adaptation device to deliver IP traffic to the ATM network. The network
was designed to meet or exceed CGPC's strict carrier-class requirements for
high reliability, resilience and scalability. The products chosen enable
CGPC's operations staff to implement moves, adds and changes to the network
without interrupting service to the users.
CGPC considered several vendors for this important project. Particular
emphasis was put on the vendor's understanding of CGPC's business issues as
well as the vendor's market presence, stability and industry proven
technology. Additionally, CGPC required a vendor that could offer both
enterprise and carrier class products, a migration path to OC-48c, per virtual
circuit (VC) queuing, sub-second Private Network-to-Network Interface (PNNI)
re-route times and full compliance with NEBS, a strict carrier standard.
Finally, the CGPC network operations staff demanded that the entire ATM
network be managed by a single network management product. FORE Systems'
ability to deliver on all these requirements was a key factor in winning the
business.
"Our relationship with CGPC is further evidence of our success in the
emerging service provider market as a whole, as well as in Asia," commented
Yudan Jin, FORE's country manager for China. "By providing network solutions
like this, service providers can deploy their networks from a single product
family, giving them the scalability and cost economies that will help them
deliver a high-performance network with a long life cycle that is also highly
profitable."
About Guangdong Provincial Cable
The Guangdong provincial government owns Guangdong Cable TV (GCATV).
GCATV serves more than 400,000 subscribers and operates 30 channels of cable
TV programming for the entire Guangdong province, one of the largest provinces
in China. It also provides IP and data services via its bi-directional HFC
and cable modem network to users throughout the province. The backbone of the
ATM-based network services will operate over CGPC's extensive fiber optic
network infrastructure. For more information, please visit www.gdcatv.com.cn.
About FORE Systems
FORE Systems is a leading global supplier of networking solutions based on
an Intelligent Infrastructure(TM) designed to handle the networked
applications of today and tomorrow.
FORE's Networks of Steel(TM) deliver the increased capacity, reduced
complexity and unparalleled flexibility and scalability necessary to build
networks that last. Thousands of enterprise and service provider customers
worldwide have put FORE Systems' solutions at the heart of their networks.
For more information on FORE's Networks of Steel, call 888-404-0444 or
visit the FORE Systems web site at www.fore.com |
