SEPTEMBER 6, 2006 -- Golden Telecom (search for Golden Telecom), a leading telecommunications operator in Russia, plans to extend secure, affordable voice and broadband Internet services across Russia using a next-generation optical network from Nortel (search for Nortel). Nortel has already delivered equipment and services for the network's first stage and when completed, the network will extend into the east of Russia.
Nortel has had a long-term strategic relationship with Golden Telecom since 1993, when Nortel optical equipment was put into operation for Golden Telecom in Moscow. Since then, Nortel has continuously supported the Golden Telecom optical network, ensuring that it is ready to efficiently handle growth in network traffic and deliver the latest communications services including secure, affordable voice and broadband Internet services.
Golden Telecom's next-generation optical network will provide transport networking for both TDM and Ethernet traffic and support a wide variety of links between 2.5 and 10 Gbits/sec. The upgrade also prepares the Golden Telecom transport network for significant traffic growth in the future, providing a cost-effective upgrade path to 40 Gbits/sec when required.
"We chose a Nortel multiservice optical platform because it combined broad functionality, flexibility, and scalability with compliance to global industry standards at a competitive price," said Alexey Goryachkin, vice president and chief technical officer, Golden Telecom. "We expect these features to help us deliver services, such as broadband Internet access and voice services, to a greater number of subscribers across Russia."
"As well as enabling Golden Telecom to offer service more widely across Russia, the fiber-optic backbone will also be able to handle next-generation IMS-based bandwidth-hungry applications such as IPTV as demand for these services grows," said Sorin Lupu, president, Eastern Europe, Nortel.
Golden Telecom's wholly owned nationwide fiber-optic backbone network will significantly increase geographic coverage and is expected to attract new subscribers from the regional population of the Russian Federation which is estimated at 63 million users and is approximately 45% of Russia's entire population.
Golden Telecom plans to use its backbone to create an effective transition path to DWDM technology that will deliver network efficiencies such as real-time data backup, maximized server efficiency, and fast access to data-recovery services for emergency situations. To date, in the first stage of the project, Golden Telecom deployed the Nortel Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 platform to provide the necessary flexibility and optimal transition path to DWDM technology.
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