Nortel Networks CEO Sets Out Vision of Network Transformation

Service providers need to make sustained investments in their networks or their growth opportunities will be limited, said Frank Dunn, president and CEO of Nortel Networks, in a keynote address at ITU Telecom World 2003 in Geneva. Dunn said global communications has reached an important inflection point whereby changes in the design of communications network infrastructure have created new sources of revenue and greater efficiency for service providers. Key elements of the new network, according to Dunn, include broadband and optical technologies, voice over packet, wireless data, multimedia services and applications, and security, all underpinned by a packet network core. He also said that enriching global communications and creating new sources of revenue will also require a regulatory environment that encourages investment in research and development, innovation and network transformation.
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