Tuesday, June 15, 2004

Bell Canada Deploys Nortel Networks' Metro DWDM

Bell Canada has deployed Nortel Network's Optical Metro 5200 Multiservice DWDM optical to offer broadband services such as Optical Storage Connectivity over shared infrastructure. Bell Canada is offering these services to its customers as part of its high speed metro (HSM) service. HSM offers a broad range of service interfaces including Fibre Channel, ESCON, FICON and Gigabit Ethernet, as well as a range of voice, video and mainframe protocols. CIBC, a Canadian-based, large financial services company, has selected Bell Canada's HSM services to facilitate a massive consolidation of its storage server resources at its Toronto area data centers. http://www.nortelnetworks.comhttp://www.bell.ca