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UTStarcom Introduces Multiservice
Optical Products
UTStarcom Inc, a global leader in IP access networking and services,
announced
two series of products within its NetRing optical product line. UTStarcom's
NetRing 600, 2500 and 10000 multi-service optical transport products are
designed to deliver high-density, highly efficient STM-1 to STM-64, PDH (E1,
E3), Fast Ethernet, and Gigabit Ethernet services in SDH-based carrier
networks. The company's NetRing TX-60, TX-160 and TX-200 multi-service
provisioning platforms provide a cost-effective way to deliver OC-3 to OC-192,
DS1, DS3/EC-1, Transmux, Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet services in
SONET-based networks. With these new optical solutions, UTStarcom has further
expanded its footprint beyond the access marketplace to offer end-to-end
carrier-class support of circuit- and packet-based applications and
services.
"UTStarcom has always been a leader in wireless and wireline access, and we
have built some of the largest access networks in the world," said Bill Huang,
chief technical officer at UTStarcom. "As our carrier customers grow
subscriber volume for voice and data services, aggregation and transport
become important factors in service efficiency and operating cost reduction.
It is thus a natural next step for UTStarcom to extend its product energies in
this direction."
UTStarcom has installed a large volume of NetRing optical nodes worldwide,
and
is gaining traction in the optical market. The company's NetRing solution is
currently deployed with several service providers in North America, including
IDACOMM, a subsidiary of energy and technology holding company IDACORP Inc.
IDACOMM provides fiber optic broadband services for organizations in high
technology, manufacturing, distribution, health care, education, and state and
local government in eight western states.
"UTStarcom's optical products are well designed to optimize carrier
networks
with more features and flexibility in one platform," said David Bartlett,
executive vice president of Operations at IDACOMM. "A single system delivers
the services of multiple racks of equipment, which simplifies our operations
dramatically. In addition, the NetRing distributed switch fabric architecture
can scale efficiently to match our traffic growth needs."
Carrier-Class Edge Aggregation, Grooming And Transport
UTStarcom's NetRing and NetRing TX products provide aggregation, grooming,
cross-connect, and transport for SONET/SDH and Ethernet over SONET/SDH (EoS)
services, with the availability and reliability carriers expect of SDH/SONET
platforms. All systems support full-redundancy, multiple protection options,
and in-service upgrades.
The different NetRing systems stratify into the following target
applications:
- NetRing 600 and NetRing TX-60 products provide edge aggregation and
multi-service transport of voice and data services for multi-tenant unit,
office building, and enterprise campus applications. Carriers can also use
these products to aggregate T1/E1 traffic at wireless cell sites or other
remote locations.
- Carriers can choose the mid-range NetRing 2500 and NetRing TX-160
systems for edge aggregation and metro transport when more bandwidth and
capacity is required.
- The high-end NetRing 10000 and NetRing TX-200 platforms provide up to 10
STM-64/OC-192 SDH/SONET service for Metro core or regional transport
applications, for interconnection and aggregation of optical rings.
- All NetRing products support carrier-grade Fast Ethernet and Gigabit
Ethernet services, including Ethernet Virtual LANs and transparent LAN
services.
UTStarcom's NetMan 6000 OMC element management system provides carrier
class,
TMN compliant, full fault, configuration, accounting, performance and security
management capabilities for the respective product suites.
Standards-Compliant, Multi-Service Platforms Optimize Carrier ROI
NetRing products are based on a distributed architecture that combines
Add-Drop Multiplexing, Digital Cross-Connect System and Ethernet switching
functionality into an integrated, "pay-as-you-grow" multi-service system. With
the NetRing TX products, carriers can interchange interface and control
modules to help ensure maximum provisioning flexibility and investment
protection.
The NetRing optical solutions from UTStarcom are among the first to support
virtual concatenation, based on relevant ITU standards. With this
functionality, carriers can have the provisioning granularity in any STS/VC
increment, dramatically improving Ethernet/IP transport efficiency across
SONET/SDH networks. UTStarcom's NetRing products support advanced EoS
protocols, such as Generic Framing Procedure, which provides standards-based
data encapsulation for efficient mapping of a wide variety of data protocols,
including Ethernet, ESCON, FICON, Fibre Channel, and digital video into
SONET/SDH. Built-in Ethernet management functionality enables carriers to
apply traffic shaping and limiting policies on a per-port or per-traffic-flow
basis for point-to-point Ethernet, Ethernet aggregation, Layer 2 switching,
and Ethernet VLAN applications. Statistical multiplexing capability allows
native Ethernet/data switching and oversubscription.
NetRing 600, 2500 and 10000 products comply with ETSI telecom standards for
SDH deployment. The NetRing TX systems are fully NEBS Level 3 compliant and
have obtained "RUS Acceptance" by the U.S. Government Rural Utilities Service
(RUS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture. RUS Acceptance
enables rural U.S. telephone and utility companies to purchase and deploy
NetRing TX platforms with funds obtained through low-interest RUS loans.
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