Alcatel-Lucent provides IP Transport networks to True Corp
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Alcatel-Lucent has signed a four-year frame agreement with True Corporation to supply an IP transport network.
The upgraded network will converge True’s mobile, cable and Internet backhaul over a common network. At the same time it will provide ultra-broadband speeds of up to 100G across True’s businesses, providing a clear network evolution from 3G to 4G LTE.
The new metro network has the agility, scale and efficiency needed to meet the demands of new application driven, on demand services. This helps True deliver mobile, residential, business and cloud services via a future proof architecture which supports high capacity metro aggregation and transport with speeds of 100G and higher, Alcatel-Lucent said in a press statement.
Alcatel-Lucent’s simplified architecture for True’s mobile backhaul and broadband network will provide scalability, a single management system as well as one with reduced power and space requirements, the statement said.
True’s customers will benefit from increased reliability as well as increased bandwidth access to meet their surging data demands, it added.
Agreement encompasses Bangkok, accounting for 65 percent of Thailand’s telecommunications traffic, and overall covers more than 15 million mobile subscribers and more than one million broadband households.
Alcatel-Lucent technology supplied to True for IP Routing includes: 7705 Service Aggregation Router (SAR), 7210 Service Access Switch (SAS), 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS), 7750 Service Router (SR), 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM), the statement said.
Vichaow Rakphongphairoj Managing Director and Group Chief Operating Officer, True Corporation said: “Today our business is all about quality and cost efficiency. Alcatel-Lucent’s commitment on both key business criteria is strong and is the foundation of our partnership, True looks forward to a long and profitable collaboration with Alcatel-Lucent.”
Sebastien Laurent, President & Managing Director of Alcatel-Lucent Thailand, said: “Enabling True Corporation with network technology gives real meaning to our Bangkok-based regional IP routing and transport delivery team. We are increasing the reliability of their network performance across the board and the access speeds their customers will enjoy on their phones and their computers will provide for an extremely positive converged experience.”
