Lucent Technologies Inc said it has won a US$40 million contract from the state-run Chunghwa Telecom Co (
This procurement will supply increasing traffic demands on voice and data transmission, Sharon Lu (
"Chunghwa will use this equipment to build an islandwide broadband voice and data transmission network, including three connected optical networks in northern, central and southern Taiwan," said Lu.
SDH technology uses a single laser to transmit information via beams of light across fiber-optic cables. Lucent will supply a variety of SDH equipment ranging in capacity from 155 megabits (million bits) to 2.5 gigabits (billion bits) per second.
These SDH systems are self-healing rings, protecting against service disruption in the event that a fiber is cut. The rings will be interconnected and managed by Lucent's WaveStar Digital Access Crossconnect System (DACS).
The dollar value of DHS equipment that Chunghwa Telecom is procuring in this tender is the largest ever in its procurement history, demonstrating Chunghwa Telecom's commitment to further developing the telecoms infrastructure in Taiwan, said Lu.
Michael Butcher, president and chief executive officer of Lucent Technologies Asia-Pacific, said the size of the tender indicates the growing importance of Asia for the company. "More than 30 percent of Lucent's US$27 billion in revenue last year came from Asia Pacific, and the market was expected to see a year-on-year growth of more than 20 percent," he said.
Under this procurement contract, Lucent will supply a network management system for Chung-hwa Telecom's new island-wide optical transmission networks. The deployment of these net-works, which will connect Chung-hwa Telecom's central offices and operation centers island-wide, is scheduled to be completed by June 2001. The first phase of the construction will be completed by August 2000.
Lucent already has two joint ventures in Taiwan with more than 1,100 employees located in Taipei, Hsinchu, Taichung, and Kaohsiung. It offers a wide array of products, including switching, transmission, wireless network systems, data communications products, communications software, business communications systems and microelectronic components.
More than seven million lines have been installed in Taiwan with Lucent's 5ESS switches, making it one of the largest switching deployment bases outside the United States.
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