China's Hunan Unicom Selects Lucent for Optical Backbone

Hunan Unicom, a subsidiary of China Unicom, selected Lucent Technologies to supply SDH optical transport systems for its provincial backbone. Under the contract, Lucent will supply its new Metropolis ADM MultiService Mux, LambdaUnite MultiService Switch (MSS) and the WaveStar ADM 16/1. Lucent will also deploy network management systems including the Navis Optical Element Management System (EMS) and the WaveStar ITM-SC to help Hunan Unicom integrate the new hardware into its existing SDH network. The LambdaUnite MSSs will be deployed to form the core of the network, connecting 2.5G rings throughout the province and 10G rings to data centers and long-haul switch centers. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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