Telecom New Zealand: Alcatel-Lucent to Upgrade Telecom Core Network
February 04 2013 - 4:13PM
Dow Jones News
By Rebecca Howard
WELLINGTON--Telecom Corp. of New Zealand Ltd. (TEL.NZ) Tuesday
said it has contracted Alcatel-Lucent (ALU.FR) to upgrade the
telecommunications provider's core transport network.
Alcatel-Lucent will upgrade the network to a converged 100 Gbps
Optical Transport Network this calendar year, the company said in a
statement.
The investment "is about squeezing more bandwidth out of the
same amount of fibre," said Telecom Chief Technology Officer David
Havercroft.
Telecom not provide any information about the cost of the
investment in the statement.
Write to Rebecca Howard at rebecca.howard@wsj.com
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