Cox Communications (Quote), which offers broadband and telecommunications services across North America, has awarded Nortel Networks (Quote) a three-year equipment contract estimated to be $65 million over the life of the contract.
Under the supply agreement, Cox plans to deploy Nortel Networks Optical Ethernet and next-generation SONET equipment -- including Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 3100, 3400 and 3500 Multiservice Platforms -- to increase network capacity and offer advanced services.
Cox also expects to deploy products from Nortel Networks' DMS telephony switching portfolio for adding residential and commercial telephone subscribers. Cox will be able to leverage investments in DMS in future deployments of voice over IP (Internet Protocol) technologies and architectures.
"We have had tremendous success with our telephone and optical transport services and we will further expand our network to accommodate growth," said Albert Young, vice president, Telephony and Transport Engineering, Cox Communications, in a prepared statement. "We are committed to leveraging our existing infrastructure, and to complementing it with best-in-class technology to offer our residential and business customers a very affordable, convenient bundle of high-quality communications services. We chose Nortel Networks because of our previous history of success with them."
In October, Nortel Networks announced that Cox would deploy its Optical Ethernet equipment -- including Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology -- in San Diego to offer new metro services like virtual local area networks.
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