IP Communications

Huawei (News - Alert) Technologies has reportedly installed a 2,700km-long optical NG-WDM (Next Generation-Wavelength Division Multiplexing) backbone network for Magyar Telekom in Hungary.

 

Installed in just three months, the backbone covers all of the country including the capital city, Budapest.

 

Based on Huawei’s OTN/ASON-based WDM platform, the backbone enables Magyar Telekom to migrate from providing traditional voice-oriented services through its previous DWDM system to providing next generation data-oriented services to its customers.

 

The network’s high-reliability, efficient bandwidth provisioning and long-distance optical transmission capabilities can reduce the CAPEX and OPEX (News - Alert) for Magyar Telekom. The network also increases transmission bandwidth to 10Gb/s per channel, which can be quadrupled to 40Gb/s per channel. Magyar Telekom will thus be able to provide fast, next-generation services, such as 3G mobile, IPTV (News - Alert) and HDTV to its customers in the future.

 

As a principal provider of telecom services in Hungary, Magyar Telekom provides a variety of services including wireline telephony, data transmission, value-added services, and is Hungary's largest mobile carrier and leading Internet service provider.

 

Huawei Technologies provides next generation telecom network solutions for operators around the world and was recently in the news for winning a CDMA network expansion contract from Bayan Telecommunications. As per the agreement, Huawei will provide an advanced ALL IP CDMA2000 end-to-end solution for the operator, including intelligent network, transmission, and microwave products.

 

Huawei's ALL IP solutions, coupled with environmentally-friendly technologies such as its Green Base Station Solution helps Bayan to expand the coverage of the network by more than 15 percent while decreasing the power consumption of the network by more than 20 percent.

Anuradha Shukla is a contributing editor for TMCnet, covering call centers, CRM and information technology. To see more of her articles, please visit her columnist page.