Riverstone Networks wins national contract from Telecom Serbia
July 5, 2005 Santa Clara, CA -- Telecom Serbia, that country's incumbent service provider, has selected Riverstone Networks to provide the Ethernet infrastructure for the provider's multi-service MPLS metropolitan area network (MAN). Upon completion, the network will provide triple play broadband services to the carrier's residential and business customers in the cities of Belgrade, Nis, and Novi Sad.
Riverstone says the first phase of the Ethernet network will employ its MPLS-based RS 8000 and RS 8600 Ethernet routers to provide DSL aggregation and Internet access to both business and residential users. Later, the company's Virtual Private LAN Services (VPLS) technology will deliver high-bandwidth Ethernet VPNs to the carrier's enterprise customers, complementing its existing leased line, ATM, and Frame Relay offerings. The carrier says it chose Riverstone's routers based on the products' ability to interoperate with legacy data equipment, allowing the carrier to gradually evolve to an all-Ethernet infrastructure.
"Riverstone's carrier Ethernet solutions provide the reliability and level of performance we need to better serve our customers," says Dragan Kovacevic, CTO of Telecom Serbia. "Using MPLS-based Ethernet, we will be able to offer a whole new world of services going forward, services that will allow both our residential and business customers to share information like never before, and help build a stronger economy."
Pupin Telecom, a systems integrator for large public networks, access networks, and Internet services, is installing and supporting the deployment's first phase.
"We are seeing a major move in eastern and central Europe toward Ethernet infrastructures," concludes Steve Whipps, general manager of Riverstone Networks' EMEA division. "The unique breadth of Riverstone's product portfolio, its carrier-grade features, and its ability to interoperate with legacy equipment provides carriers in these regions with the right form and functionality to meet their business goals, whether that [means] broadband aggregation, ATM-Ethernet evolution, business services, or a less costly, more efficient infrastructure to support bundled voice, video, and data services."