China's Great Wall Broadband Network deploys World Wide Packets

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, May 7, 2004

World Wide Packets announced that its LightningEdge suite has been selected for deployment by Great Wall Broadband Network Service Co. Ltd. (GWBN), one of China's fastest-growing broadband service providers. By selecting World Wide Packets, GWBN is able to deliver simultaneous telephony, business and entertainment video, broadband data, and Internet access services to any combination of business and residential subscribers, using Ethernet over fiber. This purchase marks the beginning of strategic cooperation between GWBN and World Wide Packets to deliver IP converged services to their residential and business customers.

In partnership with Alliance Digital Inc., a leading China-focused telecommunications business development services company, World Wide Packets has been deployed across GWBN's broadband network. GWBN selected World Wide Packets Active Ethernet solution because of the company's ability to deliver carrier class products that enable highly reliable and resilient networks with fully symmetrical 100Mbps or 1Gbps dedicated bandwidth to every subscriber.

According to the China Internet Network Information Center (CNNIC), Internet users in China have increased to more than 79 million and continue to grow in terms of broadband subscribers. Instrumental in this growth is GWBN, which will offer its customers a host of new and existing services using World Wide Packets including, data access, voice, VPNs, IP Centrex, video (VOD, IPTV) content and gaming, interactive television programs, and distance education.