IP-Only Telecommunications Selects Avici Routers from Nortel for Network Buildout
Announcement posted by Nortel 12 Feb 2005
IP-Only will deploy Avici Systems QSR routers, to facilitate its rapid growth and international development strategy, helping IP-Only to remain at the forefront of demand for fast, reliable, and secure IP services. Through a strategic OEM agreement with Avici Systems, Nortel integrates, sells and supports Avici's carrierclass core routers as part of its packet-based switching and routing solutions portfolio. Avici Systems is Nortels worldwide preferred partner for IP core routers.
IP-Only delivers IP and Ethernet services, wavelengths and dark fiber to Swedish and international operators, as well as to many of Swedens largest and most demanding enterprises, television and multimedia service providers. IP-Only provides guaranteed capacity and high-quality IP services via its own IP backbone and extensive international peering relationships. IP-Only owns and operates one of the most powerful fiber networks in the Nordic region, connecting major cities including the Nordic capitals and providing wavelengths to Amsterdam, London, and Paris.
"With our growing enterprise and service provider customer base, IP-Only requires a routing platform that enables the fast rollout of services with previously unavailable levels of performance, reliability and scale," said Svante Jurnell, chief executive officer, IP-Only. As one of the fastest growing service providers in the Nordic region, Avicis carrier grade IP routers will be an integral part of IP-Onlys network.
Avici QSR routers will be used to upgrade IP-Onlys current Internet backbone and will provide the carrier with the ability to support escalating customer traffic and new applications through Avicis unique in-service scaling and reliability. The Avici QSR supports in-service hardware and sofware scaling to dramatically decrease the cost of new capacity additions and eliminate service disruptions. Avici routers are the only routers with demonstrated in-service scalability to multi-chassis systems in an operational network, extending the product lifecycle and supporting the rapid expansion of new IP-based services.
By using Avicis NSR, non-stop routing technology, IP-Only is deploying a 99.999 percent reliable backbone to support its customers mission-critical services. NSR delivers breakthrough reliability to IP networks by providing true hot-standby protection of the route controller. NSR not only protects Avici routers against control plane failure, it also enables in-service upgrades and protected configuration changes.
We are very pleased that IP-Only has selected Avici and Nortel to expand its broadband offerings and for delivery of reliable new services, said Rafael de Ory, managing director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Avici. This latest win demonstrates the strength of the strategic relationship between Avici and Nortel and the benefits it brings to our customers.
Avici has distinguished itself in the industry through a consistent focus on carrier-class routing with its TSR, SSR, and QSR platforms. These platforms dramatically simplify the PoP by matching the longevity and the reliability of the Class 4/5 switch with attributes such as 99.999 percent availability, in-service upgrades, multi-generational investment protection, and modular scalability built in from the beginning.
About IP-Only
IP-Only Telecommunication AB is an independent Scandinavian Internet and telecom operator focusing on high quality services for enterprises and service providers with particular demands on bandwidth, accessibility and reliability. IP-Only delivers advanced IP services for data traffic and telephony over its own high speed Nordic fiber network and international IP backbone. IP-Only, headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden has established itself as one of the leading operators for customers with high demands for network accessibility and reliability. Among IP-Onlys customers are Swedish and international operators, as well as many of Swedens largest and most demanding multimedia, content and service providers.
For more information, please visit www.ip-only.net.
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a leading provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet. Avici's family of routers is designed to meet carrier requirements for the highest scalability, reliability and network availability, while lowering the total cost of building and operating their networks. The company's routing systems provide new IP solutions to some of the world's leading service providers. For more information, please visit us at www.avici.com.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for
purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press
release, the word "will", "expected" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing
patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other
vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience,
ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the worlds most critical information. Serving both
service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing
end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband
designed to help people solve the worlds greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: the outcome of regulatory and criminal investigations and civil litigation actions related to Nortels restatements and the impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements, penalties and expenses could have on Nortels results of operations, financial condition and liquidity; the findings of Nortels independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the independent review with respect to revenues for specific identified transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis on the underlying conduct that led to the initial recognition of these revenues; the restatement or revisions of Nortels previously announced or filed financial results and resulting negative publicity; the existence of material weaknesses in Nortels internal controls over financial reporting; the impact of Nortels and NNLs failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including breach of its support facility and public debt obligations and Nortels inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); ongoing SEC reviews, which may result in changes to our public filings; the potential delisting or suspension of Nortels and NNLs publicly traded securities; the impact of management changes, including the termination for cause of Nortels former CEO, CFO and Controller in August 2004; the sufficiency of Nortels restructuring activities, including the work plan announced on August 19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions; cautious or reduced spending by Nortels customers; fluctuations in Nortels operating results and general industry, economic and market conditions and growth rates; fluctuations in Nortels cash flow, level of outstanding debt and current debt ratings; Nortels ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; the use of cash collateral to support Nortels normal course business activities; the dependence on Nortels subsidiaries for funding; the impact of Nortels defined benefit plans and deferred tax assets on results of operations and Nortels cash flow; the adverse resolution of class actions, litigation in the ordinary course of business, intellectual property disputes and similar matters; Nortels dependence on new product development and its ability to predict market demand for particular products; Nortels ability to integrate the operations and technologies of acquired businesses in an effective manner; the impact of rapid technological and market change; the impact of price and product competition; barriers to international growth and global economic conditions, particularly in emerging markets and including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of rationalization in the telecommunications industry; changes in regulation of the Internet; the impact of the credit risks of Nortels customers and the impact of customer financing and commitments; stock market volatility generally and as a result of acceleration of the settlement date or early settlement, which is currently not available, of Nortels forward purchase contracts; the impact of Nortels supply and outsourcing contracts that contain delivery and installation provisions, which, if not met, could result in the payment of substantial penalties or liquidated damages; and the future success of Nortels strategic alliances. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Nortel with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forwardlooking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
Use of the terms partner and partnership does not imply a legal partnership between Nortel and any other party.
IP-Only delivers IP and Ethernet services, wavelengths and dark fiber to Swedish and international operators, as well as to many of Swedens largest and most demanding enterprises, television and multimedia service providers. IP-Only provides guaranteed capacity and high-quality IP services via its own IP backbone and extensive international peering relationships. IP-Only owns and operates one of the most powerful fiber networks in the Nordic region, connecting major cities including the Nordic capitals and providing wavelengths to Amsterdam, London, and Paris.
"With our growing enterprise and service provider customer base, IP-Only requires a routing platform that enables the fast rollout of services with previously unavailable levels of performance, reliability and scale," said Svante Jurnell, chief executive officer, IP-Only. As one of the fastest growing service providers in the Nordic region, Avicis carrier grade IP routers will be an integral part of IP-Onlys network.
Avici QSR routers will be used to upgrade IP-Onlys current Internet backbone and will provide the carrier with the ability to support escalating customer traffic and new applications through Avicis unique in-service scaling and reliability. The Avici QSR supports in-service hardware and sofware scaling to dramatically decrease the cost of new capacity additions and eliminate service disruptions. Avici routers are the only routers with demonstrated in-service scalability to multi-chassis systems in an operational network, extending the product lifecycle and supporting the rapid expansion of new IP-based services.
By using Avicis NSR, non-stop routing technology, IP-Only is deploying a 99.999 percent reliable backbone to support its customers mission-critical services. NSR delivers breakthrough reliability to IP networks by providing true hot-standby protection of the route controller. NSR not only protects Avici routers against control plane failure, it also enables in-service upgrades and protected configuration changes.
We are very pleased that IP-Only has selected Avici and Nortel to expand its broadband offerings and for delivery of reliable new services, said Rafael de Ory, managing director, EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa), Avici. This latest win demonstrates the strength of the strategic relationship between Avici and Nortel and the benefits it brings to our customers.
Avici has distinguished itself in the industry through a consistent focus on carrier-class routing with its TSR, SSR, and QSR platforms. These platforms dramatically simplify the PoP by matching the longevity and the reliability of the Class 4/5 switch with attributes such as 99.999 percent availability, in-service upgrades, multi-generational investment protection, and modular scalability built in from the beginning.
About IP-Only
IP-Only Telecommunication AB is an independent Scandinavian Internet and telecom operator focusing on high quality services for enterprises and service providers with particular demands on bandwidth, accessibility and reliability. IP-Only delivers advanced IP services for data traffic and telephony over its own high speed Nordic fiber network and international IP backbone. IP-Only, headquartered in Uppsala, Sweden has established itself as one of the leading operators for customers with high demands for network accessibility and reliability. Among IP-Onlys customers are Swedish and international operators, as well as many of Swedens largest and most demanding multimedia, content and service providers.
For more information, please visit www.ip-only.net.
About Avici Systems
Avici Systems Inc., headquartered in North Billerica, Mass., is a leading provider of purpose-built carrier-class routing solutions for the Internet. Avici's family of routers is designed to meet carrier requirements for the highest scalability, reliability and network availability, while lowering the total cost of building and operating their networks. The company's routing systems provide new IP solutions to some of the world's leading service providers. For more information, please visit us at www.avici.com.
This release contains information about Avici's future expectations, plans, and prospects that constitute forward-looking statements for
purposes of the safe harbor provisions under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Such forward-looking statements are
subject to risks and uncertainties, which could cause actual results to differ materially from those anticipated. When used in this press
release, the word "will", "expected" and other similar expressions are intended to identify such forward looking statements. Such risks and
uncertainties include, but are not limited to, market acceptance of Avici products, services and enhancements, customer purchasing
patterns and commitments, development of the market place, product development and enhancement, intensity of competition of other
vendors, technological changes and other risks set forth in Avici's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
About Nortel
Nortel is a recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that enhance the human experience,
ignite and power global commerce, and secure and protect the worlds most critical information. Serving both
service provider and enterprise customers, Nortel delivers innovative technology solutions encompassing
end-to-end broadband, Voice over IP, multimedia services and applications, and wireless broadband
designed to help people solve the worlds greatest challenges. Nortel does business in more than 150
countries. For more information, visit Nortel on the Web at www.nortel.com. For the latest Nortel news, visit
www.nortel.com/news.
Certain information included in this press release is forward-looking and is subject to important risks and uncertainties. The results or events predicted in these statements may differ materially from actual results or events. Factors which could cause results or events to differ from current expectations include, among other things: the outcome of regulatory and criminal investigations and civil litigation actions related to Nortels restatements and the impact any resulting legal judgments, settlements, penalties and expenses could have on Nortels results of operations, financial condition and liquidity; the findings of Nortels independent review and implementation of recommended remedial measures; the outcome of the independent review with respect to revenues for specific identified transactions, which review will have a particular emphasis on the underlying conduct that led to the initial recognition of these revenues; the restatement or revisions of Nortels previously announced or filed financial results and resulting negative publicity; the existence of material weaknesses in Nortels internal controls over financial reporting; the impact of Nortels and NNLs failure to timely file their financial statements and related periodic reports, including breach of its support facility and public debt obligations and Nortels inability to access its shelf registration statement filed with the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC); ongoing SEC reviews, which may result in changes to our public filings; the potential delisting or suspension of Nortels and NNLs publicly traded securities; the impact of management changes, including the termination for cause of Nortels former CEO, CFO and Controller in August 2004; the sufficiency of Nortels restructuring activities, including the work plan announced on August 19, 2004 as updated on September 30, 2004, including the potential for higher actual costs to be incurred in connection with restructuring actions compared to the estimated costs of such actions; cautious or reduced spending by Nortels customers; fluctuations in Nortels operating results and general industry, economic and market conditions and growth rates; fluctuations in Nortels cash flow, level of outstanding debt and current debt ratings; Nortels ability to recruit and retain qualified employees; the use of cash collateral to support Nortels normal course business activities; the dependence on Nortels subsidiaries for funding; the impact of Nortels defined benefit plans and deferred tax assets on results of operations and Nortels cash flow; the adverse resolution of class actions, litigation in the ordinary course of business, intellectual property disputes and similar matters; Nortels dependence on new product development and its ability to predict market demand for particular products; Nortels ability to integrate the operations and technologies of acquired businesses in an effective manner; the impact of rapid technological and market change; the impact of price and product competition; barriers to international growth and global economic conditions, particularly in emerging markets and including interest rate and currency exchange rate fluctuations; the impact of rationalization in the telecommunications industry; changes in regulation of the Internet; the impact of the credit risks of Nortels customers and the impact of customer financing and commitments; stock market volatility generally and as a result of acceleration of the settlement date or early settlement, which is currently not available, of Nortels forward purchase contracts; the impact of Nortels supply and outsourcing contracts that contain delivery and installation provisions, which, if not met, could result in the payment of substantial penalties or liquidated damages; and the future success of Nortels strategic alliances. For additional information with respect to certain of these and other factors, see the most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K and Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q filed by Nortel with the SEC. Unless otherwise required by applicable securities laws, Nortel disclaims any intention or obligation to update or revise any forwardlooking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
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*Nortel, the Nortel logo and the Globemark are trademarks of Nortel Networks.
Use of the terms partner and partnership does not imply a legal partnership between Nortel and any other party.