MSPPs pick up speed

When Cisco and Lucent announced potential multi-million dollar pacts with BellSouth for their multi-service provisioning platforms (MSPP) at SUPERCOMM 2003 in June, it was a testament of the RBOC's recognition that these boxes will change the economics of the metro network and the services it o...

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Published in:Telecommunications Americas 2003-09, Vol.37 (10), p.18
Main Author: Masud, Sam
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Alliances
Bandwidths
Carriers
Communications equipment
Customer services
Ethernet
Service introduction
SONET
Success
Technological change
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Summary:When Cisco and Lucent announced potential multi-million dollar pacts with BellSouth for their multi-service provisioning platforms (MSPP) at SUPERCOMM 2003 in June, it was a testament of the RBOC's recognition that these boxes will change the economics of the metro network and the services it offers to customers. Although the advantage MSPPs offer is often cast as their ability to leverage the existing SONET infrastructure, it would almost be an understatement to say these devices enable an evolution of the SONET network, when what this next-gen SONET gear promises to bring about is a revolution. What specifically got BellSouth's attention is the next-gen SONET capability of the Cisco ONS 15454 and the Lucent Metropolis DMX Access Multiplexer. What next-gen SONET has over legacy SONET ADMs (add-drop multiplexers) is that these boxes, although they have a smaller footprint and consume less power, offer more density and a greater range of interfaces - everything from DS-1 through OC-192.
ISSN:1534-956X