Nortel Kit Used in Taiwanese 3G Network

Taiwanese telecommunications provider sparq has deployed a 3G network solution from Nortel for an island-wide data network to support the aggregation of increasing xDSL traffic. sparq has implemented this network for Far EasTone (FET), one of five licensed 3G telecom operators in Taiwan. Both sparq and FET are subsidiaries of the Far-Eastern Group.

The new network supporting UMTS uses Nortel's Multiservice Switch (MSS) portfolio to significantly lower ongoing network operational expenses through consolidation of disparate networks across a packet core, as well as reducing wireless backhaul costs across Radio Access Networks (RAN) by converging and aggregating voice and data traffic to reduce leased line requirements. Cost reductions are also realized through aggregating xDSL traffic back into the network. sparq also realizes additional cost reductions by aggregating it's growing xDSL access traffic over the same network back into the packet core.

"MSS is an important part of our wireline and wireless data networks product portfolio," said Jackson Wu, managing director, Nortel Taiwan. "Nortel has been the recognized market leader for years in multiservice switching, and now we are taking that expertise from our wireline products and applying the benefits for wireless customers."

Posted to the site on 7th March 2005