China's Great Wall Broadband Network Deploys World Wide Packets.Business Editors BEIJING, China & SPOKANE VALLEY, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 19, 2004 Ethernet Network Access Provider Gains Early Success in Asia World Wide Packets, the leading provider of Ethernet Access networking solutions, today announced that its LightningEdge(TM) suite has been selected for deployment by Great Wall Broadband Network Service Co. Ltd. (GWBN GWBN Great Wall Broadband Network Service Co (China) ), one of China's fastest growing broadband service providers. By selecting World Wide Packets, GWBN is able to deliver simultaneous telephony, business and entertainment video, broadband data, and Internet access See how to access the Internet. services, to any combination of business and residential subscribers, using Ethernet over fiber. This purchase marks the beginning of strategic cooperation between GWBN and World Wide Packets to deliver IP converged services to their residential and business customers. In partnership with Alliance Digital, Inc, a leading China-focused telecommunications business development services company, World Wide Packets has been deployed across GWBN's broadband network. GWBN selected World Wide Packets Active Ethernet solution because of the company's ability to deliver carrier class products that enable highly reliable and resilient networks with fully symmetrical 100 Mb/s or 1 Gb/s dedicated bandwidth to every subscriber. "As one of the fastest growing broadband service providers in China, our goal is to offer our residential and business customers a mix of voice, data, and video services at a highly competitive price," said Mr. Sun, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Great Wall Broadband Network. "We selected World Wide Packets because they offered the only solution that provided the scalability necessary to provide our customers with a breadth of services, while at the same time giving us the ability to continue to add subscribers to the network with a rich feature set." According to according to prep. 1. As stated or indicated by; on the authority of: according to historians. 2. In keeping with: according to instructions. 3. the China Internet Network Information Center China Internet Network Information Center (Simplified Chinese:中国互联网络信息中心), or CNNIC in short, founded as a non-profit organization on June 3, 1997, is the administrative agency responsible for Internet (CNNIC CNNIC China Internet Network Information Center CNNIC China Network Information Center ), Internet users in China have increased to more than 79 million and continue to grow in terms of broadband subscribers. Instrumental in this growth is GWBN, which will offer its customers a host of new and existing services using World Wide Packets including, data access, voice, VPNs, IP Centrex A telephone service in which an IP-based PBX is located in the telephone company's facilities. It connects to the customer via the LAN rather than by telephone wires. IP CENTREX offers voice over IP and other IP-based services as well as connectivity to the regular telephone system (PSTN). , video (VOD See video-on-demand. VoD - video on demand , IPTV (Internet Protocol TV) Also called "TV over IP," IPTV delivers scheduled TV programs and video-on-demand (VOD) via the IP protocol and digital streaming techniques used to watch video on the Internet. ), content and gaming, interactive television programs, and distance education. "GWBN's selection of World Wide Packets continues to validate the advantage of deploying active Ethernet for broadband networks  This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling.You can assist by [ editing it] now. and also firmly establishes our presence in Asia," said Dave Curry, president and CEO of World Wide Packets. "As leading-edge service providers such as GWBN offer triple play services to customers, the need to supply a guaranteed level of bandwidth is paramount. Our LightningEdge product family is unique in its ability to guarantee service level agreements using Ethernet as an alternative to SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy giving customers the flexibility required to support a mix of services for commercial and residential subscribers alike." About Great Wall Broadband Networks GWBN, a joint venture of Great Computer Group and Citic Group, is the leading broadband telecommunications operator in China, with a mission to provide broadband services to business and residential subscribers. GWBN supplies value-added services including telephony, business and entertainment video, broadband data, and Internet access services. Headquartered in Beijing, GWBN has 5 regional branch companies in Beijing, Shanghai, Shenzhen, Wuhan and Chengdu and covers over 30 major cities throughout China. For more information on GWBN please visit www.gwbn.net.cn. About Alliance Digital, Inc. Alliance Digital provides out-sourced China business development and technical services to telecommunications solution vendors wishing to enter or expand their position in the China market, with a focus on cost-effectively developing agreements and alliances with leading China service providers, telecommunications equipment manufacturers, and system integrators. For more information visit www.alliance-digital.com. About World Wide Packets Based in Spokane, WA, World Wide Packets LightningEdge(TM) Ethernet service delivery access network solution enables delivery of simultaneous telephony, business and entertainment video, broadband data, and Internet access services, to any combination of business and residential subscribers, using Ethernet over fiber and copper medium. By bringing together the limitless bandwidth capabilities of a fiber infrastructure with the affordability and proven performance of Ethernet, these networks eliminate the constant bandwidth challenges now facing network operators. World Wide Packets is a privately held corporation Noun 1. privately held corporation - a corporation owned by a few people; shares have no public market close corporation, closed corporation, private corporation , and a recognized pioneer of Ethernet geographic network solutions. For more information on World Wide Packets, please visit www.worldwidepackets.com. |
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