Danish Service Provider Nianet Chooses Metrobility for Improved Services Delivery and Advanced Troubleshooting Capabilities.MERRIMACK, N.H. -- E[acute accent acute accent n. A mark (´) indicating: a. that a vowel is close or tense, as é in French été. b. that a vowel or syllable has a high or rising pitch, as in Chinese or Ancient Greek. c. ]Metrobility Provides Intelligent Platform for Immediate Cost-Savings and Greater Return on Investment E[acute accent]Metrobility Optical Systems today announced that Nianet A/S, a Danish provider of VPN (Virtual Private Network) A private network that is configured within a public network (a carrier's network or the Internet) in order to take advantage of the economies of scale and management facilities of large networks. and Internet services, has deployed Metrobility's Radiance suite of products for the provisioning of MPLS (1) (MultiProtocol Lambda Switching) The earlier name for GMPLS. See GMPLS. (2) (MultiProtocol Label Switching) A standard from the IETF for including routing information in the packets of an IP network. layer-3 services. Nianet supports a 3200km fiber network based on WDM/MPLS and is present in all major Danish cities. Customers include top 200 Danish enterprises with and average of five to ten office locations. E[acute accent]Nianet chose Metrobility's Radiance line of managed CWDM (Course WDM) An optical transmission method that is used for shorter distances than dense WDM (DWDM). Also known as "wide WDM," CWDM transmits fewer channels and uses wider spacing between the channels for distances up to 60 km. Wider spacing up to 25 nm, compared to 1. solutions supporting the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, New York, www.ieee.org) A membership organization that includes engineers, scientists and students in electronics and allied fields. 802.3ah OAM (Operations Administration Maintenance) Refers to managing and maintaining a network or network device. The P in "OAM&P" adds "provisioning" to the list, which is a telephone company term for setting up a service. standard because of the enhanced price/performance value and advanced management features offered at the customer end. The intelligent optical demarcation provided by Metrobility allows Nianet to more quickly address service problems, eliminate downtime, and greatly reduce the time and man hours spent on troubleshooting and problem resolution. E[acute accent]"Since moving to Metrobility's Radiance solution, we have seen drastic reductions in customer downtime, improved borderline quality, and experienced fewer hardware and duplex errors at the customer site," said Jens Peter Understrup, development manager for Nianet. "Most dramatic of all is the ease and speed with which we manage and prevent network problems. Metrobility gives us insight into customer sites without having to intrude into their actual network space. Everyday, across our networks, Metrobility is saving us countless hours in complicated and expensive onsite management and customer support." E[acute accent]"Our partnership with Nianet is further evidence that the world is moving to Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. for broadband network services," said Steven Curtis, vice president of worldwide sales and service for Metrobility. "Metrobility is ahead of the curve in delivering the solutions that allow service providers like Nianet to gain the most benefit from this trend and to enhance the network experience for end-users without increasing costs." E[acute accent]About Metrobility Optical Systems E[acute accent]Metrobility Optical Systems is an innovative, next generation optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. company focusing on delivering optical access, connectivity and multiplexing to create a more efficient, more reliable, and more manageable network infrastructure. Metrobility is leading the way in the design and delivery of intelligent, VLAN-aware optical demarcation devices for metro Ethernet. With over a million units installed in networks around the world, Metrobility Optical Systems is an ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 9001:2000 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire Merrimack is a town in Hillsborough County, New Hampshire, United States. As of the 2000 census, the town population was 25,119 (including the East Merrimack Census-Designated Place [1]), making it the eighth largest municipality in New Hampshire. USA. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems can be found at www.metrobility.com E[acute accent]About Nianet E[acute accent]Nianet operates one of Denmark's largest and most comprehensive backbone networks, bringing together all regions of the country and providing international access. Through new initiatives to support local communities as well as super broadband service to private businesses, Nianet is one of the country's most extensive networks. Nianet adopts the newest technologies to best meet the needs of today and to deliver a simpler to manage, less expensive network based on pure IP and Ethernet. Nianet's vision is to build the new Danish infrastructure that secures information and development for the people of Denmark while offering optimum speed and quality. More information at Nianet can be found at www.nianet.dk |
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