Nortel Meets Bandwidth Explosion with New, Revolutionary 40G to 100G Optical Solution

Nortel Meets Bandwidth Explosion with New, Revolutionary 40G to 100G Optical Solution

Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] is introducing the industry’s first optical technology that can deliver both 40G and 100G network capacity, enabling four times the network throughput immediately while providing the foundation to simply and affordably increase capacity tenfold as required. This innovative capability equips carriers to keep pace with dramatically increasing demand from bandwidth-sapping applications like IPTV, Internet video, HD programming and mobile video phones.

Nortel’s 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine is a revolutionary technology platform that enables both 40G and 100G transmission with the same ease and simplicity of today’s 10G networks. Nortel’s technology enhancements allow fiber-optic cables, thinner than a human hair, to carry vast amounts of information globally. The current state-of-the-art networking speed is 10G (Gigabits per second), which can support the bandwidth of 1000 HDTV channels simultaneously. By increasing that capacity to 40G, carriers can transmit four times the traffic over the same link and 10 times the traffic when evolving to 100G.

Two customers – TDC and Neos Networks – have selected the new Nortel solution and trials with other carriers are currently underway globally. Danish communications solution provider TDC** recently selected Nortel’s 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine for its European network and Neos Networks**, a leading service provider in the U.K., is deploying the Nortel 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine solution to provide bandwidth-on-demand to their customers. (See the related announcements: Nortel 40G Optical Solution Enables TDC to Meet Skyrocketing Bandwidth Demands Across Europe, Liquid Bandwidth Flows Across UK Delivered by Neos Using Nortel 40G-Ready Optical Solution.)

“With Nortel’s new 40G/100G optical technology, carriers can now increase network bandwidth simply and economically,” said Philippe Morin, president, Metro Ethernet Networks, Nortel. “We are seeing significant demands for bandwidth as a result of business-to-business VPNs and the conversion from analog to high-definition video delivery over the desktop. In addition, every operator’s plan to deliver new revenue-generating services such as IPTV, or to sell the latest video-enabled consumer devices, will come to nothing if these exploding bandwidth demands aren’t met. With the coming era of Hyperconnectivity, where every device that should be connected to the network will be connected, the staggering bandwidth demands will only continue upwards.”

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