Silver Server Selected Telco Systems to Extend MPLS Closer to Customers


Mansfield, MA - Silver Server, Austria's largest independent ISP, has deployed Telco Systems' MPLS edge solution in an effort to scale their network to accommodate more users. The solution is based on Telco Systems' T-Metro 7224, a provider edge (PE) MPLS device that has enabled Silver Server to backhaul their xDSL DSLAM over fiber while overcoming the limitations of VLAN shortages in their network. The new network design has lowered the overall cost of the access network while allowing it to scale to meet the demands of Silver Server's customer base.

The T-Metro 7224 enabled Silver Server to create a seamless MPLS network over Layer 2 using pseudowires and HVPLS. "This cost-effective approach offered us an excellent enhancement to our core IP/MPLS backbone by extending the redundancy and scalability features of MPLS to our access network," stated Christoph Lobl, senior network engineer at Silver Server. "As a unified MPLS network, management of it has been greatly simplified and we have been able to improve protection of all links and nodes with faster convergence times and better traffic engineering."

With the deployment of the T-Metro, Silver Server has also added a diverse range Ethernet services offering across their network without concern for intermediate technologies or influence on the end-users' network configuration.

As a 10G provider edge device, the T-Metro 7224 was specifically designed to bring MPLS closer to the customer without the high cost and complexity generally associated with MPLS networks. The T-Metro 7224 can augment a carrier's network architecture by replacing the L2 aggregation with a full MPLS PE solution. By moving more intelligence into the aggregation layer, the carrier reduces the costs and complexities associated with the core equipment expansion, while improving scalability, security and resiliency of their network.

The T-Metro 7224 is equipped with a full Ethernet OAM tools to support end-to-end service management and ensure true service assurance in the metro access network. These OAM features combined with HQoS (Hierarchal Quality of Service) offer the mechanisms needed to ensure service delivery regardless of bandwidth availability.

More information on the Silver Server MPLS to the edge application can be found at http://webinars.telecoms.com/webinar/taking-mpls-to-the-edge/.

About Telco Systems

Telco Systems provides network edge solutions which enable service providers to migrate their services from a circuit-based network to a more cost effective packet network. These solutions support voice, video and data traffic over the Ethernet edge network to create a high degree of reliability, service assurance and guaranteed service quality for both business and residential customers. By implementing intelligence in these edge network solutions, Telco Systems enables carriers to differentiate their services, transform the user experience and lower their overall operating expense.

Telco Systems is a wholly owned subsidiary of BATM Advanced Communications (London stock exchange ticker symbol: BVC). For more information, please visit Telco Systems' web site at www.telco.com.

CONTACTS:

Raylene Kadrmas, Telco Systems

781-255-5314, rkadrmas@telco.com

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