Alcatel  Shanghai Bell recently received  a  service router contract worth RMB 11 million ($1.6 million) from Hebei  Netcom  as well as a transport network contract worth RMB 13 million  ($1.9  million)  from  Shanghai  Mobile, a source from ASB said today.

"ASB trumped  Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. and received approximately 70 percent  of  an  IP-based  metropolitan  area network project from Hebei Netcom,  China  Netcom's  subsidiary in Hebei Province. ASB will provide the 7750  service  router  to  Hebei  Netcom," the source, who wished to remain anonymous, told Interfax.

The 7750  service router is a multi-service edge router designed for the delivery of data, voice and video services on a single IP/MPLS (Internet Protocol/Multi Protocol Label Switching) network.

ASB was  also  recently  selected  by  Shanghai  Mobile,  China Mobile's subsidiary  in  Shanghai Municipality, to supply its IP over DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing) solution, the source said.

ASB outdid  Huawei  in  the  bidding, the source said. Huawei used to be Shanghai Mobile's dominant transport network equipment supplier.

An IP over  DWDM  solution  enables the convergence of operators' IP and DWDM core networks, increasing service flexibility and reliability while lowering costs. DWDM is an optical technology used to increase bandwidthover existing fiber optic backbones.
 

Source:INTERFAX-CHINA