Three years after exiting the DSL business, Nortel Networks has partnered with access vendors Calix, ECI Telecom and KEYMILE to deliver end-to-end, “ultrabroadband” solutions to service providers. Nortel also expects to partner to bring “video processing engines and in-home networking devices” into its portfolio.
Through the new initiative, those products will be combined with Nortel Networks’ VoIP, multimedia services, optical networking and WAN data solutions to deliver “ultrabroadband” services — which entail transfer rates of at least 10mbps to 20mbps, connectivity flexibility around copper or FTTP, and service and control intelligence around ensuring quality of service to deploy applications like triple play with video.
Calix will provide multiservice broadband loop carriers supporting voice, data and video services over fiber and copper access infrastructure to both small and medium business and residential subscribers for North American markets.
KEYMILE will provide multiservice network access products for markets using European standards. The product encompasses both NGDLC and DSLAM capabilities over SDH/ATM and gigabit Ethernet networks.
ECI Telecom, meanwhile, will provide a platform delivering multiple flavors of DSL, FTTP and aggregation platforms for central office DSLAM, optical line termination and remote terminal applications.
Nortel would not provide details on the sales strategy of the new partners, such as whether they would do joint sales calls or whether Nortel sales representatives would resell the products of its new partners.
