Comcast to Conduct First Live 100G Network Trial with Nortel Optical Solution Comcast Hosts IETF Meeting Where 100G Test to be Conducted.

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M2 PRESSWIRE-13 March 2008-Nortel: Comcast to Conduct First Live 100G Network Trial with Nortel Optical Solution Comcast Hosts IETF Meeting Where 100G Test to be Conducted(C)1994-2008 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD

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PHILADELPHIA -- Comcast Corporation (Nasdaq: CMCSK, CMCSA), the nation's leading provider of entertainment, information and communications, is testing a 100 Gigabit/sec optical solution from Nortel* (NYSE/TSX: NT). Comcast** is conducting this test at the 71st meeting of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF) conference which it is hosting in Philadelphia.

Comcast's network trial will be first time real traffic is run over a 100G wavelength on its existing network that is also carrying live 10G and 40G links. The...