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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (6865)	9/18/2000 3:33:47 PM
From: Bill H	Respond to of 14638

Nortel Networks wins optical Internet contracts in China SEP 18, 2000, M2 Communications - Nortel Networks has won three contracts to provide optical Internet systems to China - with Dandong Post and Telecommunications Bureau (PTB), Changchun Post and Telecommunications Bureau and mobile service provider Xiamen Mobile Communications. Under the agreement with Xiamen Mobile Communications Nortel will provide its 10Gb/s OPTera Connect DX Connection Manager system for Xiamen's backbone network. The system will enable Xiamen to deliver IP-based services, such as 'mobile office' over the air. The two other contracts cover the supply of Nortel's 10Gb/s optical systems to the cities of Changchun and Dandong in the Jilin and Liaoning provinces. Nortel's systems will enable both Dandong and Changchun PTBs to offer local Internet access, video services and Internet telephony to their customers. The value of the contracts was not disclosed. In related news Nortel says it has successfully deployed China's first province-level 10Gb/s metropolitan optical network for China Telecom Chongqing Corp. The network, which has been in operation since June, has also passed primary acceptance testing.