Nortel, Pride Bring Fast, 'Triple Play' Services to Nizhnevartovsk
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Metro Ethernet Solution Ten Times Faster than Previous Technologies
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MOSCOW, June 26 // -- Pride, an alternative telecommunications services provider in West Siberia, has launched 'triple play' voice, video and multimedia services in Nizhnevartovsk City at ten times the speed of previous technologies using a Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) solution. The newly deployed Metro Ethernet network for Pride is also making available services such as IPTV with video on demand; VoIP; and high-speed Internet access.
For homes in Nizhnevartovsk (population 249,000) this is the first time that such high-speed Internet services have been offered. The Pride 'Ethernet to the Home' service offers speeds up to 100 Mbps for residential and business subscribers.
Pride plans to use its new high-speed communication capabilities to build a subscriber base of at least 30 percent of Nizhnevartovsk's population by the end of 2006. Future plans involve extending the network and offering triple play services in other areas of West Siberia such as the city of Tyumen which has a population of over 538,000.
"Pride selected Nortel because its technology helped us create a single network infrastructure for delivering reliable and high-quality voice, video and data services that sharpen our competitive edge in an important Russian regional market," said Viktor Lukashev, general manager Pride LLC. "The built- in flexibility for network expansion also allows us to easily and cost- effectively introduce services and expand the Pride subscriber base across the Khanty-Mansiysk and Tyumen regions of West Siberia."
"Pride sets a good example for how to maintain a competitive edge in Russia's regional telecommunications space using a Nortel Metro Ethernet solution. The solution has transformed Pride's existing network to deliver faster and more efficient new services," said Sorin Lupu, president, Eastern region, Nortel EMEA. "The Nortel high availability pledge for Metro Ethernet networks also reassured Pride that these new services can be delivered with confidence."
Pride's Metro Ethernet network was sold and integrated with the support of Nortel's Moscow-based Sales Partner Step Logic. Nortel and Step Logic have worked together in the Russian market since the mid-1990s. "The Pride triple play network is the latest successful result in our ongoing collaboration with Nortel in Russia," said Andrey Kudriavtsev, general manager, Step Logic.
The Pride triple play network is based on Nortel's Metro Ethernet portfolio, including the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600 and the Metro Ethernet Service Unit 1800 which provides a cost-effective platform purpose- built for the edge of provider networks.
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