Alcatel-Lucent Managed Business Network manual On investment ROI

“BT has a commitment to meet our customers’ increasing demand for Ethernet services and has therefore set out an aggressive expansion strategy for our 21CN Ethernet footprint. Alcatel-Lucent’s involvement gives us confidence we can achieve these timescales.”

K a r l P e n a l u n a , D i r e c to r I P a n d Data P l at f o r m s, B T

“Cable & Wireless has built an international IP/ MPLS network from which we’re able to deliver a wide range of wholesale and retail services — in- cluding IP VPNs — with higher availability, faster provisioning and more flexibility. As our custom- ers look to us to deliver more bandwidth and more sophisticated and integrated service offerings, the enhanced density, performance, service scale and virtualization of the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router will play an important role in the ongoing commercial success of our Multi-Service Platform (MSP).”

A n dy E va n s, C h i e f T e c h n o l o g y O f f i c e r , C a b l e & W i r e l e s s

“With our All-IP strategy and extensive network, KPN is a leader in delivering cost effective, high performance Ethernet VPN services to our custom- ers. Alcatel-Lucent’s integrated PBB and VPLS solution will enable us to enhance network and ser- vice scalability — both in terms of reach and MAC addressing — supporting the expansion of our mul- tipoint Carrier Ethernet VPN service offerings for inter-metro and national coverage. With this simple software upgrade to the 7750 SR and 7450 ESS, we can grow our EVPN revenue and benefit from operational cost efficiencies while ensuring faster time to market for new Carrier Ethernet services.”

S i c c o W i e r s m a , M a n a g e r I n n o vat i o n N e t w o r k s, K P N

Terabit Performance and Integrated PBB/VPLS – for superior scalability

To help meet the increasing demand for bandwidth and scalability, Alcatel-Lucent offers terabit performance for the Alcatel-Lucent 7750 Service Router (SR) and 7450 Ethernet Service Switch (ESS). These enhancements leverage our unique next-generation FP2 silicon chipsets, which optimize network processing and traffic manage- ment to deliver data rates at speeds of up to 100 Gb/s. In addition, these enhancements more than double the density of Gigabit and 10 Gigabit Ethernet ports, support up to 10 times the number of services per router, reduce power consumption, increase availability and improve bandwidth efficiency. As a result, you gain a clear path to 100 Gigabit Ethernet, vastly improving your return

on investment (ROI).

In addition, integrated support for Provider Backbone Bridging (PBB) and VPLS dramatically increases the scale and reach of Carrier Ethernet VPN services, helping you meet exponential growth for Carrier Ethernet services. Integrated PBB/VPLS brings together the scalability benefits of PBB with the resiliency, traffic engineering and conver­gence­ benefits of VPLS and MPLS. So you can leverage your existing metro Ethernet infrastructure while expand­ing­ service reach to national and international markets.

With these innovations, you gain substantial investment protection, while reducing capital and operating costs.

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