First Communications selects Nokia Siemens Networks’ hiT 7300 DWDM system

Tuesday, 10 August 2010 09:00

Integrated telecommunications carrier First Communications has chosen Nokia Siemens Networks’ hiT 7300 long-haul DWDM  system to support high-speed, lower latency bandwidth services between Newark, NJ, and Buffalo, NY, for its carrier and enterprise customers. First Communications also expects to use this platform as it continues to expand its optical transport network, says Nokia Siemens Networks. Plans are underway to add high-capacity routes to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington DC, Ashburn, VA, and extend into Toronto, the company says. “Service delivery intervals can be just as important as reliability and round-trip latency to some of our enterprise customers, particularly financial companies and trading exchanges,” said Rick Poore, president of First Communications’ First Telecom Services division. (For more on this point, see "Timing everything when selling low-latency network services.")  “This is also a critical service provider requirement from a network management perspective. With Nokia Siemens Networks’ optical platform, we are guaranteed for best-in-class services with the flexibility to quickly provision and add new routes to support our customers’ growing demand for bandwidth.” Under the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its hiT 7300 to expand First Communications’ existing WDM network to provide 1G to 40G services. The platform is easily upgradeable to 100G as First Communications plans for higher network speeds in the future, Nokia Siemens Networks asserts. As part of the contract, Nokia Siemens Networks will also supply its all-in-one network management system to optimize the operator’s network operations through centralized control and supervision. The TransNet network planning tool will allow the operator to plan and simulate its entire optical transport network to optimize the rollout. Services such as network implementation and care are also part of the deal. Visit First Communications Visit Nokia Siemens Networks