Munich-based Ethernet WAN specialist TeraGate has deployed Alcatel (News - Alert)-Lucent’s IP solution as the basis for its Ethernet VPN service. As a result, the company is able to introduce advanced services that differentiate the operator based on its customer-driven interactivity.
TeraGate’s Virtual Private LAN (VPLS) service leverages Alcatel-Lucent’s IP to deliver cost-effective, scalable Ethernet service for banking, financial services, government, and other clients. The solution comprises Alcatel-Lucent’s 7750 Service Router, 7450 Ethernet Service Switch, and 5620 Service Aware (News - Alert) Manager. Alcatel-Lucent also supplies TeraGate with field services, Level 2 and 3 support, network operations, and 24/7 monitoring.
TeraGate said it can now offer multiple services in different service levels to one customer with complete transparency. In addition, TeraGate’s customers can proactively track quality of service and regulate bandwidth on their own, through customer web portal TeraWeb. The value-added network also serves as the basis for additional value-added services like VoIP, video streaming, and on-demand services.
“The flexible system concept of Alcatel-Lucent is strengthening our market position, on a national as well as international basis, towards an end-to-end Ethernet service,” said Ulf Kramer, chief technology officer of TeraGate, in a statement.
VPLS is a class of VPN allowing the connection of multiple sites over a single-bridged domain over a provider-managed MPLS network. The network and applications run more smoothly as all ICT functions are linked as if they were on a single LAN.
TeraGate joins over 160 service providers in over 60 countries that have selected the Alcatel-Lucent IP portfolio. According to Ovum-RHK, Alcatel-Lucent was No. 2 in the IP/MPLS Edge market segment in the fourth quarter of 2006, with a 19% market share.
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