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TATA COMMUNICATIONS
Leading Global Network Service Provider Deploys a Multiservice Carrier Ethernet Switching Platform to Deliver Global Ethernet Services:
both MSPP and packet-based products TATA Communication is a global network service provider with a network that spans four continents and comprises major ownership in 206,356 kilometers of terrestrial network fiber and undersea cable, and offers the greatest diversity to, and within, India. TATA selected the Traverse 2000 platform to deliver new Global Ethernet services because it best provided the functionality they were looking for in .  |
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Consolidated Communicationbusiness customers in Illinois and s
One of the Largest Local Telephone Companies in the US Migrates to GigE and Increases Backbone Capacity to Deliver IP Video:
Mattoon, Illinois-based Consolidated Communications provides a wide variety of voice, video, and data services to approximately 260,000 residential, public, and Texas. The company uses Turin Networks Traverse® 2000 platform to transport IPTV programming via a Gigabit Ethernet over SONET-based inter-exchange ring network.
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NEXTEL Partners
A Nationwide Mobile Operator Deploys Next Generation Digital Cross Connects to Evolve their Network and Meet Growing Bandwidth Demands:
Kirkland, Washington-based Nextel Partners, Inc., provides mobile voice and data services to subscribers in medium to small markets throughout the United States. The operator is deploying the Turin Networks Traverse® 2000 Multiservice Transport Switch as a next generation Digital Cross-Connect System (DCS) - initially in two regional mobile switching offices, and subsequently in two to three additional mobile switching offices - to increase network capacity and provide scalable optical to electrical conversions for its mobile infrastructure. |
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NTT Com
NTT Com is a wholly owned subsidiary of NTT, one of the world's largest global telecommunications companies. The company's world-class Tier 1 Internet backbone and secure closed networks connect more than 200 countries.
"We are experiencing strong demand from customers throughout Japan for reliable, high-speed data leased lines. Turin Networks' Traverse platform enables us to leverage our existing network to provide carrier-class Ethernet leased line services."
Mr. Masafumi Iida
Senior Manager, NTT Com
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Broadwing Communications (acquired by Level(3) in October, 2006)
Broadwing Communications, which was acquired by Level(3) in October of 2006, delivers innovative data, voice, and media solutions to enterprises and service providers. Enabled by its leading-edge optical network and award winning products and services, Broadwing provides communications solutions with unparalleled focus and speed.
"Turin's solution represents an important element in the continuing evolution of the Broadwing network services platform and provides the scalability and versatility we required for this important initiative."
Dale Richardson
Vice president of Engineering, Broadwing Communications.
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TATA COMMUNICATIONS
TATA Communication is a leading global communications service provider offering a comprehensive portfolio of next-generation Carrier and Enterprise solutions, including Voice, Mobile , Data and Ethernet. TATA Communication owns the world's largest designed global backbone capacity network, spanning across 4 continents and comprises major ownership in 206,356km of terrestrial network fibre-optic networks and sub-sea cables.
“Among all of the solutions we evaluated, the Traverse platform best provided the functionality we were looking for in both the MSPP and packet-based products. It was also clear during our testing that Turin has the same commitment to evolving Ethernet services as we do at TATA.”
Matt Sinno
Network Engineer,
TATA Communication.
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Columbus Networks
Columbus Networks Inc. is a Barbados-based International Business Corporation that holds investments in retail broadband telecommunication providers based in the Bahamas, Jamaica and Trinidad, and wholesale broadband networks throughout 21 countries in the greater Caribbean and Central American region.
“We needed to offer high-capacity transport services across our backbone to other service providers in the region along with a full suite of services in our metro access networks. Turin stood out as the vendor with the most cohesive solution for delivering the combination of advanced Ethernet and TDM metro access services while also offering the versatility to provide high-capacity transport within either SONET or SDH environments.”
Steve Richard
Chief Technical Officer,
Columbus Networks.
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Consolidated Communications
Consolidated Communications Holdings, Inc., is a family of companies providing advanced voice, data, and video services to both business and residential customers. Serving markets in Illinois and Texas , Consolidated Communications operates the 15th largest independent local telephone company in the nation.
“We considered a variety of platforms for increasing our transport capacity in order to support the triple play, and ultimately chose Turin 's Traverse 2000 platform for its scalability, comparatively low cost, and support for converged Ethernet and next generation SONET functionality. Turin provided a carrier-class solution that supported our existing services, while enabling us to provide next-generation video and beyond.”
Tom White
Vice President of Engineering,
Consolidated Communications.
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Access/On Multimedia
Access/On Multimedia was formed in 1994 to provide advanced communication services to the smaller cities and towns of central North Carolina . Thirteen local exchange carriers joined forces to build a 1200-mile fiber network and connected it with networks in other states. Today Access/On is part of a large network delivering advanced communications services.
“Among the vendors we evaluated, only Turin offered the right combination of service flexibility, optical interconnect capabilities, and carrier-grade Ethernet services that we needed to enable the new services our members wanted. In addition, we were very impressed by the highly positive experience that several of our members and partners have experienced with Turin equipment and service.”
Jeff Adams
General Manager,
Access/On Multimedia.
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VTel – Vermont Telephone
VTel is the largest independent telephone company in Vermont , and one of the largest family-owned telephone companies in America . Our traditional service area covers 14 towns and villages in Southern Vermont , serving approximately 50,000 Vermonters, with 21,000 telephone lines.
“Upgrading with Turin ’s solutions increases the bandwidth capacity of our optical backbone four-fold, enabling us to continue to provide our residential and business customers with affordable broadband data services such as DSL, and paving the way for VTel to offer emerging high-speed services such as Ethernet in the future.”
Norm Koch
VP of Network Operations,
Vermont Telephone.
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INS - Iowa Network Services
Iowa Network Services is privately owned by a group of 127 Independent Telephone Companies that serve 500,000 rural Iowans. Core network transport, broadcast video and Internet service via netINS are among the products offered by Iowa Network Services to telephone companies across the state of Iowa and to enterprise customers nationwide.
“INS deployed Turin ’s (formerly White Rock’s) next-generation transport system to provide Ethernet over SONET and allow us to provide broadcast and Video on Demand, Internet services and other IP services to a majority of the independent companies in Iowa that are rapidly moving to Ethernet as their connection of choice.”
Bob Sherlock
Vice President of Engineering,
INS.
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RCN Communications
RCN Business Solutions is a leading supplier of high-capacity transport, internet, bulk video, and voice services and is the smart telecommunications alternative for large and medium-sized businesses. Maintaining a network independent of incumbent providers in Boston , New York , Eastern PA , Chicago , and Washington , DC , RCN Business Solutions deploys custom solutions to companies in the finance, hospitality, media, government, health care and education industries.
“Turin ’s Traverse enables us to offer new, enhanced Carrier Ethernet services that give us a competitive edge in serving business customers. With the Turin solution, we can fully leverage our extensive optical backbone network to provide data services that are customized for our client’s particular needs, and offer the levels of reliability and end-to-end QoS that they demand.”
Felipe Alvarez
President,
RCN Business Solutions.
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Cox Communications
Cox Communications, a Fortune 500 company, is a multi-service broadband communications and entertainment company with more than 6 million total residential and commercial customers. Cox offers an array of advanced digital video, high-speed Internet and telephony services over its own nationwide IP network.
“Turin (formerly White Rock) provides a range of cost-effective transport solutions from DS1 to OC-192 including broadband Ethernet and Video on Demand delivery on a single converged transport infrastructure. These solutions allow us to deliver multiple services on the same platform while integrating with our ‘Ring-in-Ring’ architecture, which provides our customers with reliable, cost-effective solutions.”
Darryl Ladd
Director of Network Architecture,
Cox Communications.
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tel(x)
tel(x) is an internationally recognized, premier operator of telecom "meet-me" network interconnection facilities. The tel(x) facilities in New York City and Atlanta are considered two of the most densely populated "core" interconnect sites in North America .
“The Traverse switch brings our carrier customers a service that we believe is unique to tel x; the ability to interconnect global carriers using SONET, SDH and Ethernet with unparalleled efficiency and without having to deploy their own equipment at our facility.”
Hunter Newby
Chief Strategy Officer,
telx.
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Broadview Networks
Broadview Networks is a network-based integrated communications provider serving approximately 70,000 small and mid-sized businesses throughout the Mid-Atlantic and Northeast regions of the U.S.
“The TraverseEdge 2020 (formerly the VLX2020) provided the best combination of capital and operating costs, plus the ability to extend new Ethernet-based services to our market. Through their products and services, Turin (formerly White Rock) demonstrated a deep understanding of the needs of regional carriers such as Broadview and their flexibility and responsiveness have been exceptional ”
Ken Shulman
Chief Technology Officer,
Broadview Networks.
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SSE Telecom / Neos
A subsidiary of Scottish and Southern Energy’s Telecom Business Unit (SSE Telecom), Neos operates a 7,500km UK-wide telecoms network, including 1,100km of underground and overhead fibre optic cable installed on SSE's electricity network. Neos delivered the UK’s first National Ethernet Service .
“The convergence of Ethernet and SDH into the same box gives us a cost effective way of extending the coverage of our network. We now only need to deploy one piece of equipment to give a full service-offering from a new site.”
Bob Hase
Strategic Development Manager,
Neos Networks.
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Dacom
Dacom is Korea's second largest communications service provider that is devoted to the development of information and communication industry of the country since it was founded in 1982. Dacom has been at the forefront of the industry by providing quality dedicated line services to businesses, Chollian, the country's first information and communications service, and the best Internet connection to businesses in the Asia Pacific region.
“We are very excited about deploying the Turin Networks Traverse solution in partnership with CommVerge Solutions Korea. The Turin platform will allow us to provision a new network related to our Customer Leased Line Network, with particular emphasis on network resiliency.”
Mr. Young II Ko
Director,
Government Account Team of Dacom
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Tricom
Tricom , S.A. is a full-service communications services provider in the Dominican Republic . Tricom offers local, long distance, mobile, cable television and broadband data transmission and Internet services.
“We evaluated a variety of technologies and platforms for upgrading our existing optical network to a high-performance metro core that is optimized for next generation packet services like Ethernet. "We were most impressed with the ability of Turin 's Traverse platform to provide any combination of scalable optical transport, wideband DCS, Gigabit Ethernet switching, and SONET-to-SDH gateway flexibility from a single shelf, and determined it was clearly the best fit for our needs.”
Valeriano Valerio
Senior Vice President of Engineering and Operations,
Tricom
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Epsilon
Epsilon is a London based telecommunications company with an extensive international network. We connect more than 175 Operators with a Telephony wholesale or retail business via our extensive network in over 56 Carrier neutral facilities in 14 countries.
“Turin products will be at the heart of our expanded Ethernet service capability. The advanced features of the Traverse platform’s NGE (next-generation Ethernet) cards, coupled with other equipment from the product portfolio, allow for a truly flexible Ethernet service offering.”
George Szlosarek
Network Operations Manager,
Epsilon
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