ECI Telecom has added MPLS capability to its BroadGate line of micro multiservice provisioning platforms (MSPPs). The company already offers MPLS support on its XDM MSPPs and 9000 family of CESRs.
With this added MPLS support, ECI said it extends MPLS-based carrier-class Ethernet services from the access to the core of transport networks, enabling service providers to deliver end-to-end solutions.
“Service providers see MPLS as a key ingredient in their migration to all packet networks. Our research with service providers around the globe indicates that the majority want IP/MPLS functions in their MSPPs, which allow them to leverage existing investments when integrating carrier class Ethernet capabilities into their infrastructure. By extending MPLS to the BroadGate metro access platform, ECI adds important functionality for the enforcement of hard QoS across network domains and the guarantee of quality of experience in the delivery of residential triple play, 3G mobile services, and VPNs for businesses,” stated Michael Howard, principal analyst at Infonetics Research.
In a series of product news announced at the Fall 2007 COMPTEL show in Dallas, ECI Telecom introduced a family of MPLS line cards to its XDM MSPP to support real-time services such as triple play, VPN and Ethernet-based 3G cellular backhauling. The MCS/M family of line cards is fully compliant with the MEF requirements for carrier-class Ethernet. By adding MPLS line cards to new or deployed XDM-based SONET/SDH networks, ECI said at the time, service providers efficiently can migrate their networks and increase revenue through the new Ethernet services.
