Ericsson and Chunghwa Telecom deploy next-generation opti...

Ericsson and Chunghwa Telecom deploy next-generation optical network in Taiwan

Ericsson will deploy a metro aggregation network for Taiwan's largest telecom operator, Chunghwa Telecom (CHT), ensuring high-quality, high-capacity broadband services, such as IPTV and e-health, for both fixed and mobile access.

According to Chunghwa's market forecast, there will be an eighty percent coverage of 30Mbps broadband network in Taiwan by 2011. Ericsson's Marconi Optical Multi-Service (OMS) solution will be a key component assist Chunghwa to take a leading position in this market.

The OMS solution improves capacity and network efficiency, eliminating bottlenecks and significantly improving the quality and reliability of bandwidth-intensive services such as IPTV. Ericsson's technology gives users greater flexibility in terms of access technology choice, supporting any type of service from a common metro network.

The solution also plays an important role in lowering the transport costs (per bit) by aggregating and grooming traffic in the metro network, with support for both telephony (TDM: Time-Division Multiplexing) and IP (Ethernet) traffic. It also provides a key link between different parts of the network, such as the fixed and wireless backbone network and CHT's all-IP fiber network.

Under the agreement Ericsson will also be responsible for professional services, including network deployment, learning services and support.

Stefan Johansson, President of Ericsson Taiwan, says: "This cooperation to integrate the mobile and fixed-line metro aggregation network and the all-IP fiber network is a milestone for Taiwan's telecom industry as it moves into the optical era. We are happy that CHT has selected Ericsson's innovative solutions to grow with its business and this further cement the partnership between the two companies."