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Alcatel-Lucent To Power Transpower Comms |
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Written by Adam Gosling
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Thursday, 24 May 2007 |
Alcatel-Lucent has been selected by Transpower New Zealand to deliver, operate and maintain a new IP-based private communications network connecting 192 sites across the country. Alcatel-Lucent will also manage the transition of Transpower’s legacy communications systems to the new network.
Transpower owns and operates New Zealand’s high-voltage electricity
transmission network – the National Grid – linking electricity
generators to distribution companies and major industrial users.
Alcatel-Lucent's network transformation solution will enable Transpower
to migrate all of its critical communications systems to a single,
reliable, future-proof IP/MPLS system SDH over a fibre and microwave
radio network, delivering ongoing operational efficiencies.
As part of the proposed five-year contract, Alcatel-Lucent will be
responsible for Transpower’s overall life cycle management including
project management, network design and integration, procurement,
deployment, operations, and maintenance of the multivendor network.
“This communications network transformation is part of Transpower’s
continuing program of investment in New Zealand’s National Grid –
investments that will ensure the increasing demand for electricity is
met now and into the future,” said Transpower Chief Executive Dr Ralph
Craven.
“The challenge we faced in upgrading our communications network was how
to bring together multiple legacy and future technologies onto a single
platform that can be easily managed. Alcatel-Lucent has helped us meet
that challenge with a highly reliable and achievable communications
solution that will deliver operational savings and efficiencies into
the future.
Michael Fabian, President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Enterprise and Government
Services activities said: "We understand the mission-critical
communications requirements of the power industry. The network has to
be robust, reliable, and secure.
"Our carrier-grade IP Transformation solution, along with our extensive
multivendor experience and strong local presence in New Zealand, will
assure Transpower and their customers that they have a trusted partner
to support this vital national infrastructure.”
The transformed IP-based communications network will feature key
components of Alcatel-Lucent's mission-critical utility solutions
portfolio, including Voice over IP, Wireless LAN, digital microwave,
and LAN switching.
It will give Transpower access to advanced capabilities for voice,
video and data applications, as well as providing scalable network
architecture based on Alcatel-Lucent’s service routing and optical
networking portfolios including the 7710 SR, 5620 Service Aware manager
and Optical Multi-Service Node systems, to accommodate future
applications.
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