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Nortel wins USD1.4bn C&W contract
02-10-2000
by Elaine Larkin
Nortel Networks has won a 10 year, USD1.4 billion networking and outsourcing contract from Cable & Wireless.
It includes implementation of a global voice-over IP platform. Nortel will build and manage the voice-over IP (VoIP) network through its Global Professional Services group.
In the largest contract of its kind secured to date by Nortel, the company will plan, design, implement and operate the Cable & Wireless VoIP backbone network, which will extend throughout Europe and North America.
Voice traffic will be migrated onto the new network over a three-year period. Cable & Wireless is also expected to transfer employees managing its existing voice network to Nortel Networks.
"A combination of excellence in voice-over IP technology, systems integration and implementation, and network management made Nortel Networks the natural choice," said Mike McTighe, chief executive officer, global operations, Cable & Wireless.
Nortel's Succession Solutions technology includes next generation, multi-service network solutions for established carriers and emerging service providers that enable them to deliver mission-critical voice, data and multimedia services over a single, converged, packet-based network.
Succession Solutions is based on the latest generation of open standards, and is currently being tested or used by carriers and service providers globally, including Telstra (Australia), BT Spain, France Telecom, Global Village Telecom (Brazil), AT&T and SBC.
Worldwide expenditure on network consulting and integration services will grow to more than USD33 billion in 2004, more than double the USD16 billion spent in 1999, according to IDC.
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