Sprint progress in Boston

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, August 8, 2003

Sprint announced it has begun routing voice and data traffic on the first of several of its major fiber optic rings throughout the Boston area to enhance communications network reliability and improve monitoring capabilities for its customers. When additional fiber optic rings are added this year and next, the Sprint metro network is expected to total nearly 320 route miles in the Boston area. The deployment will position the all-digital, fiber optic Sprint network closer to thousands of area businesses and consumers, enabling them to benefit from the latest Sprint network characteristics and technologies. These rings will connect the Sprint network to several local telecom exchange points of presence and end offices. In addition, the metro network is expected to eventually connect to Sprint mobile switching centers, which route wireless calls for local PCS customers of Sprint.

This latest achievement is part of the Sprint MAN initiative, which broadens the company's local transport infrastructure into metropolitan areas across the United States. Sprint is driving the full capabilities of its all-digital, fiber optic network deeper into the metro areas of more than 30 U.S. cities before mid-2004.