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To: JW@KSC who wrote (28632)	11/13/1997 1:12:00 AM
From: pat mudge	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 31386

[GTE and Nortel] Jim -- How did we miss this???? <<< ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- Wednesday November 12, 10:49 am Eastern Time Company Press Release SOURCE: Northern Telecom Limited GTE Internetworking Selects Nortel (Northern Telecom) Fiber Optic Equipment For Its New Global Network Infrastructure - Nortel And Cisco To Collaborate On Product Interoperability IRVING, Texas, Nov. 12 /PRNewswire/ - GTE Internetworking, a unit of GTE Corporation [NYSE:GTE - news], has selected and begun installing Nortel's (Northern Telecom's) fiber optic equipment for use in its Global Network Infrastructure, currently under construction. GTE Internetworking has signed a letter of intent to purchase more than $US 150 million of Nortel's S/DMS TransportNode OC-192 (10 gigabits per second) systems plus Nortel's Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (D-WDM) equipment to build its highly reliable network capable of carrying a wide range of high-speed data, voice and video communications. GTE's Global Network Infrastructure will link more than 100 major metropolitan cities throughout the U.S., and will be using Nortel's Integrated Network Management (INM) system to manage the fiber optic equipment. GTE Internetworking's Global Network Infrastructure will be optimized to support the ever-growing capacity requirements of the Internet. The IP backbone will meet those needs with high-speed concatenated services up to OC-48C (2.5 gigabits per second). The network is being constructed in four-fiber rings, providing maximum network survivability, a critical factor in the transmission of bandwidth-intensive data applications. Ring configurations provide rerouting of traffic in the event of a fiber optic cable cut. Cost savings are built into the network design as Nortel can deliver the 'least cost per bit' network operation. ''This advanced network will carry primarily data, and therefore needs high capacity and extreme reliability, both of which we found with Nortel's OC-192 solution,'' said Steve Blumenthal, vice-president and general manager, Global Network Infrastructure. ''GTE Internetworking's cost-effective network will make advanced data communications more affordable for a larger segment of the market.'' Nortel will work with Cisco Systems, another GTE Internetworking strategic supplier, to ensure that Cisco 12000 Series Gigabit Switch Routers are interoperable with Nortel's SONET/SDH transport systems, providing GTE Internetworking with industry-leading capacity and quality for its customers' data traffic. This collaboration between two industry leaders would also provide a platform for the development of integrated network management tools, enabling quality of service improvements and faster deployment of IP and ATM services for GTE Internetworking's customers. ''We're pleased GTE Internetworking has given us the opportunity to help them create a high-capacity network,'' said Mike Unger, group vice-president, Transport Networks, Nortel. ''We look forward to working with GTE Internetworking to deliver a truly end-to-end network solution.'' Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (D-WDM) on Nortel's OC-192 systems with Nortel's Multi-Wavelength Optical Repeater (MOR) Systems, enables GTE Internetworking to provide up to 160 Gbps of capacity per fiber pair to its customer-base. Nortel's OC-192 has the best Bit Error Rate (BER) performance and transmission quality in the industry (10-15 BER), which means less than one corrupt bit in every quadrillion bits. SOURCE: Northern Telecom Limited>>>