Nortel Powers Sonofon's Super-Fast Communication Services in Denmark
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Metro Ethernet Network Delivers Interactive Gaming, Music, Video and Web Services
COPENHAGEN, Nov. 13 // -- Sonofon A/S, Denmark's second largest mobile telephone operator, is powering super-fast communications services such as interactive games, music downloads, video streaming and web browsing with a Nortel(x) (NYSE/TSX: NT) solution. The Nortel Metro Ethernet Networking wireless backhaul solution is allowing Sonofon, a subsidiary of Norway's Telenor, to deliver new, high-speed web-based products and services in Denmark.
"Today's consumers are impatient to download their music, video, and e-mail attachments in seconds rather than minutes," said Peter Berg, head of Consumer Division, Sonofon. "We chose Nortel's Metro Ethernet technology as a simple and cost-efficient way to extend Telenor's Norwegian network into Denmark, converging with the Sonofon Danish network to help us deliver these new super-fast communications services."
"Nortel's advanced wireless backhaul solutions provide flexibility, reliability, and cost-efficient scalability providing Sonofon with an efficient technology platform for delivering new high-speed revenue-generating mobile services," said Philippe Morin president Metro Ethernet Networks, Nortel.
The new Sonofon Multiservice Transport Network is an extension of the Telenor network in Norway which was deployed by Nortel and delivers ATM, IP and voice services.The Sonofon network enables services to be downloaded at speeds reaching 1.5 Mbps, which is similar to speeds achieved by DSL or cable connections.
The Telenor Norwegian network, based on Nortel technology, was launched in December 2004 and currently provides service to 70.6 percent of Norway's 4.5 million population. The network's ability to cope with this level of traffic gave additional confidence to Sonofon since, under the terms of its Danish UMTS license, its network coverage must exceed 30 percent of the 5.4 million population of Denmark by 2009.
Sonofon's current network includes products from Nortel's Metro Ethernet Networking solutions portfolio which meet the demand for increased bandwidth, high speeds and strict performance standards in metropolitan networks - using network consolidation to deliver revenue and profit potential. Sonofon's solution components include the Multiservice Switch 7480 for access aggregation and backhaul, the Multiservice Switch 15000 for backbone switching and the Ethernet Switch 470 for Ethernet aggregation.
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