Riverstone Networks Inc. (Quote) said that Korea's National Electric Power Corp.'s PowerComm Corp. subsidiary will become the first national telecommunications carrier to deploy an all-Ethernet metropolitan area network. PowerComm will use Riverstone's products for its new network.
PowerComm will deploy over 1,000 advanced Riverstone service-creation routers in the greater Seoul area to create what is being called "the world's largest metro Ethernet network." PowerComm's next-generation network will unify its cable and last-mile Ethernet sub-networks, allowing the national carrier to offer its own advanced telecommunications services while leasing the network to other service providers in Seoul and neighboring communities, Riverstone said in a statement.
PowerComm will deploy interlinked RS 38000 aggregation routers in its metro core and RS 1000 and RS 3000 access routers in its metro edge, which will reach every district throughout greater Seoul, with a population of 11 million, Riverstone said.
The network will offer Layer 2 and Layer 3 services and feature Riverstone's Ring Rapid Spanning Tree resiliency technology for high availability and operational simplicity. In addition to offering its own Internet-based services to compete with traditional legacy service providers, PowerComm will also lease its network to local broadband service providers.
PowerComm has installed over 60,000 kilometers of optical fiber throughout Korea, Riverstone said.
Riverstone already has wins with Korea Telecom and DACOM in the Korean market, company officials added.
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