Alcatel-Lucent to provide 7950 XRS core router to Telenet

Alcatel-Lucent will provide 7950 XRS core router to Telenet to meet the ever-expanding video and data demands of its customers. The company will deploy the world's most powerful IP (Internet Protocol) core router, the 7950 extensible routing system (XRS).

With this, Telenet will meet the demands of bandwidth-hungry video, cloud, and high-speed wireless services, and applications. At the same time, the system consumes 66% less energy than other core routers available today, supporting Telenet's commitment to reduce its ecological footprint.

Telenet is the leading cable operator in Belgium, and the first multi-system operator (MSO) in Europe to deploy the groundbreaking Alcatel-Lucent 7950 XRS core router.

The 7950 XRS will prepare Telenet for the next decade of demand-growth from both residential and enterprise customers, supporting the explosion of video traffic created by high definition content, on-demand viewing, and multi-screen delivery.

"The system delivers significant operational cost savings by reducing requirements for physical footprint and power consumption, requiring only a single watt to switch a Gigabit per second worth of traffic. Featuring an extremely efficient thermal design for cooling, the XRS can reduce power costs by 50% over a five-year period of network growth," claimed the company.

"To do this we knew we needed a core network that could handle the massively increasing load from bandwidth hungry services and applications being used by our customers. We chose Alcatel-Lucent because the 7950 XRS is field-proven to provide the experiences our customers have come to expect and deserve," said Bert Pelgrims, manager metwork and data services engineering.

" Telenet was the first customer worldwide to deploy our ground-breaking 7750 Service Router and it is once again placing trust and confidence in our innovative technology by deploying our core routing system to increase the capacity of their network," said Luis Martinez Amago, president, Europe, Middle East and Africa, Alcatel-Lucent.