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•Streamline network operations across protocol layers to achieve economies of skill, and evolve the overall service infrastructure to a more homogeneous, scalable and flexible architecture
•Streamline business operations to achieve significant economies of scope across service offerings (e.g., order fulfillment, support, billing, marketing)
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•Minimize the overall financial and tech- nological risks over the next seven to ten years
In order for service providers to achieve significant economies of scale, skill and scope they need to evolve their
a comprehensive approach to the service delivery architecture design.
The
An important capability that distinguishes the
“The Alcatel 7750 SR is a great example of a multiservice edge router. It not only combines the scalability that’s required for these consolidated IP/MPLS networks, but it also incorporates a number of different features that help service providers deliver
MARK BIEBERICH, SENIOR ANALYST, COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE, THE YANKEE GROUP
* This reference was provided to Alcatel prior to the merger.
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