Alcatel today announced it has reinforced its family of dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) products with the introduction of the Alcatel 1626 Light Manager, a new core DWDM platform. The Alcatel 1626 Light Manager addresses long-haul to ultra long-haul terrestrial applications as well as unrepeatered submarine applications in the core network and provides a migration path to operators who want to improve their core networks while optimizing cost savings. The 1626 Light Manager combines the best of both submarine and terrestrial technologies to provide unmatched performance at the lowest cost.
The Alcatel 1626 Light Manager offers an efficient solution to operators who want to extend and modernize their national or pan-continental optical networks while lowering the overall transmission cost-per-bit, by deploying new links or upgrading current DWDM systems. The new product platform provides enhanced transmission distance - 4,500 km - and capacity - 192 wavelengths at 10Gb/s.
Operators can also continue to leverage their existing network equipment, whether from Alcatel or other vendors. The 1626 Light Manager`s Optical Network Extender shelf enables in-service upgrades without traffic interruptions. In addition, it provides a continuity path to other Alcatel DWDM systems, 1686WM and 1640 OADM/WM, by extending their performance up to 2,500 km. The 1626 Light Manager`s shelf offers best-in-class footprint and low power consumption with a single shelf for all configurations. Built to minimize operator capital expenditures and optimize operational expenditures, the Alcatel 1626 Light Manager supports the new ITU Optical Transport Network standard and boasts tunable transponders over the full spectrum range, high scalability, automated commissioning and self maintenance features. In addition, Re-configurable Optical Add Drop and cross connect functions are integrated with the platform to support the migration path to the fully automated Optical Transport Network.
"With the introduction of the 1626 Light Manager, Alcatel is not only re-affirming itself as a technical leader in the field of WDM but also directly addressing the implementation and operational issues faced by our customers," said Romano Valussi, president of Alcatel`s optical network activities. "We work with operators to plan their systems growth to be in line with their investment and capacity demands so that they have the most efficient, cost-effective core network possible."
The 1626 Light Manager is designed to complement and extend Alcatel`s highly successful offering of regional and long haul DWDM products to achieve lower costs and superior system performances. Alcatel`s DWDM product portfolio also takes full advantage of the operational benefits provided by Alcatel`s integrated Network Management platform, offering end to end optical managed services for enhanced network efficiency and reliability.
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Alcatel provides end-to-end communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in telecommunications network equipment as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 16.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries.
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