Sprint Expands Deployment of Metro Area Networks

Sprint announced plans to drive its fiber networks deeper into the metro areas of more than 30 U.S. cities before mid-2004. The MAN high-speed rings connect the Sprint fiber-optic backbone to local exchange carrier end offices, as well as to points of presence where long distance and ILECs typically exchange traffic. In many cases, Sprint also is connecting the MAN rings to PCS mobile switching centers, which route wireless calls to PCS customers of Sprint. The MAN ring architecture so far has been deployed in 17 cities.
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