Ciena Corp., which specializes in network technologies, said today Teléfonos de México S.A. de C.V., or TELMEX, Mexico’s largest telecommunications service provider with whom Ciena has worked since 2002, has chosen Ciena’s CoreDirector multiservice switching system for its nationwide long-distance network.
The CoreDirector platform incorporates the functionality of ADMs, multiservice provisioning platforms, digital and optical cross-connects plus Layer 2 functionality into one system that automates network operations and improves network reliability, Ciena says.
TELMEX has used CoreDirector in its Mexico City metro network since 2002 and is using it to expand that network throughout the country.