Lucent Technologies launches new product portfolio for metro networks

Worldwide Computer Products News, June 6, 2001

Worldwide Computer Products News-6 June 2001-Lucent Technologies launches new product portfolio for metro networks (C)1995-2001 M2 COMMUNICATIONS LTD http://www.m2.com

The US telecomms equipment maker Lucent Technologies has introduced Metropolis, its new portfolio of products that aims to eliminate the bottlenecks in metropolitan networks.

Metropolis is designed to enable service providers to deliver new high-speed, revenue-generating services such as Gb Ethernet, virtual private networks, storage area networks and digital subscriber lines.

The portfolio includes three categories of products, based on the most common types of metro networks - SONET/SDH, multiservice and wave division multiplexing (WDM). All products can fuse with Lucent's new multiservice data switches and existing IP and ATM equipment to provide an end-to-end broadband network that links to long-distance or other metro networks.

The products of the Metropolis portfolio are available immediately. Pricing was not revealed.

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