Belgian telecommunication service provider Belgacom has awarded Marconi Corporation plc and its service partner Tein Telecom a three-year frame contract extension for optical transmission equipment and services.
This extension renews an existing agreement signed in 2000 and includes products from Marconi`s newly launched next-generation optical portfolio. It will give Belgacom more network capacity, improved flexibility and lower cost-per bit of data transferred to support the increasing traffic volumes generated by its nationwide digital subscriber line (DSL) roll-out.
Belgacom will use Marconi`s next-generation optical technology to converge existing synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) into an intelligent and simplified network core. This will improve Belgacom`s ability to provide new broadband services, such as video and online gaming, that require more bandwidth and less network contention than fast Internet access, which up until now has driven DSL demand.
Marconi has introduced four new optical platforms in the past year, including the MSH2K core optical switch, the OMS 16-64 (formerly SMA16-64) multiplexer, MSH64C multiplexer and cross connect and the SmartPhotoniX Multihaul transmission platform.
"Belgacom is one of Europe`s leading public network operators, widely acknowledged as a world-class service provider," said Rod Smith, EVP Marconi Northern Europe. "Our renewed partnership demonstrates the strength and depth of our customer relationships and the quality of service, both of Marconi and our local partner, Tein Telecom. This renewal provides continuity for Belgacom and shows that our vision and portfolio match their next-generation network demands."
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Marconi Corporation plc is a global telecommunications equipment, services and solutions company. The company`s core business is the provision of innovative and reliable optical networks, broadband routing and switching and broadband access technologies and services. The company`s customer base includes many of the world`s largest telecommunications operators.
The company is listed on the London Stock Exchange under the symbol MONI and on Nasdaq under the ticker MRCIY. Additional information about Marconi Corporation can be found at www.marconi.com.
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