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Boosts Performance, Density, Cuts Costs for Wireless Customers

Nortel* [NYSE/TSX: NT] has introduced enhancements to its market-leading Multiservice Switch (MSS) portfolio designed to reduce costs and improve network performance for wireless operators and customers in high growth markets like government and enterprise.

Nortel’s multiservice switching solution addresses one of the single highest ongoing operational expenses wireless operators face when transitioning to third generation (3G) networks. It converges and compresses voice and data traffic from wireless base stations and transports it back to a central switching point, resulting in typical savings of 20 to 40 percent on T1/E1 leased line costs based on Nortel research and actual customer deployments.

“As 3G services gain in popularity, demand for data backhaul will grow dramatically as more and more data must be carried from the cell sites back into the network,” said Peter MacKinnon, president, GSM/UMTS, Nortel. “Backhaul cost reduction is a critical issue for wireless operators as they move into the 3G era.”

“This switching solution is another great example of the synergies Nortel offers across its packet core and wireless networking solutions,” MacKinnon said. “Nortel has been the market leader for years in multiservice switching. Now we are taking that expertise from our wireline products and applying the benefits for wireless customers.” more

Sounds good to me. Maybe they will sell more and I get more work. Happy, happy!