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Tellabs launches solution for high-bandwidth 3G services

Indiantelevision.com Team

(18 February 2008 6:00 pm)

MUMBAI: Tellabs has introduced a small, tough and versatile solution that enables providers to offer high-bandwidth 3G services without breaking the bank.

The Tellabs 8607 access switch was premiered at the recently concluded Mobile World Congress (MWC) in Barcelona.

Infonetics Research principal analyst Michael Howard says, “For advanced mobile services such as m-commerce, gaming, and location-based applications to gain traction with users, network reliability is critical. There is no doubt that strengthening mobile backhaul improves the overall user experience for 3G applications, thereby enhancing the opportunity for operator revenue.”

The new Tellabs 8607 access switch is a single, flexible solution for seamlessly connecting any generation mobile site to the rest of the network because it includes TDM, ATM, IP and ethernet. Designed to also include DSL functionality without additional hardware, this single device performs DSL jobs traditionally done by two devices. Since it makes deployment and management easier, it performs like a star in rapid deployments.

Always ready for its close-up-The carrier-class Tellabs 8607 switch ensures the network stays up, regardless of conditions. Features such as power redundancy and environmental hardening increase reliability and enable use in a wide range of temperatures. These features, not often found in solutions of this size, ensure that mobile users can always access their favorite mobile services, whether it’s watching a movie or buying tickets to a premiere.

Tellabs VP and GM (managed access products) Mika Heikkinen says, “The Tellabs 8607 access switch’s size, ability to perform in extreme temperatures and support of fibre, copper, ethernet and DSL makes it the most versatile solution for mobile service providers across the globe.”

The Tellabs 8607 access switch supports fibre, copper and various DSL technologies. It also supports microwave-based backhaul networks.

Customers can reconfigure the switch to meet any deployment need. Interface modules, including Fast Ethernet, E1/T1, ADSL and G.SHDSL, and power modules are easily swapped out. This modularity gives the switch its small size and versatility, and ensures money isn’t wasted powering unused interfaces.