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Nortel Networks Solution to Enable T-Mobile Germany to Offer New IP Services
URL(s): www.nortelnetworks.com
FRANKFURT, Germany - T-Mobile Germany, the leading German wireless services
operator, has selected Nortel Networks* [NYSE/TSE: NT] to supply a new,
high-performance Frame Relay core network consisting of Passport* 7480. This
network will support T-Mobile's data communications needs as they evolve
their network to deliver Internet Protocol (IP)-based GPRS (General Packet
Radio Service) data services and later on UMTS (Universal Mobile
Telecommunications System) services across Germany.
The versatile, highly scalable Passport 7480 multiservice switch will enable
T-Mobile to maximize bandwidth efficiency and support evolution to a UMTS
wireless voice and data network with a common infrastructure. A streamlined
intelligent network and service management system will position T-Mobile to
minimize operating costs and maximize customer service. The network will
also support new, next generation wireless service offerings that can create
new revenues.
"For service providers, there is nothing hotter than converging voice and
data networks," said Stephan Thielmann, account vice president, Nortel
Networks. "Today, service providers need to reduce capital and operational
expenditures and leverage new opportunities to remain competitive. By
linking intelligent IP services and existing infrastructure, the Passport
portfolio enables service providers to grow-as-they-go, evolving their
networks to next generation MPLS solutions, extending the value of existing
investment."
Nortel Networks Passport 7480 multiservice switch offers high-performance
cost savings, investment protection and management simplicity. Designed for
the service provider environment, the flexible, scalable Passport portfolio
is ideal for networks spanning from access adaptation to core backbone
switching. It supports ATM, frame relay, IP VPNs (Virtual Private Networks),
MPLS, circuit emulation (CES) and other voice and data services.
T-Mobile Germany is the leading provider of mobile telecommunications
services in Germany and European wide at number 2. The subsidiary of
T-Mobile International AG (100 percent) supplies about 22.5 million
customers in its German T-D1 network. T-Mobile Germany has about 10,000
employees and generated sales of 6 billion Euro in year 2000.
Nortel Networks is a global leader in networking and communications
solutions and infrastructure for service providers and corporations. The
Company is at the forefront of transforming how the world communicates,
exchanges information and profits from the high-performance Internet through
capabilities spanning Optical Long Haul Networks, Wireless Networks and
Metro Networks. Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries and
can be found on the Web at www.nortelnetworks.com
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