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Date: 9th August 2004
Title: Tiscali France selects Transmode and ARCHE for National DSL Rollout
Transmode
Systems AB, a leading supplier of transmission equipment for fibre optic
networks, and ARCHE, the leading French System Integrator, announced today
that they have been selected by Tiscali France to support the rollout
of unbundled DSL services in several major urban areas across the country.
The contract was won through Transmode's System Integrator partner in
France, ARCHE. ARCHE, part of the Omnetica group, is France's leading
System Integrator for telecommunications solutions and has been Transmode's
partner since November 2003.
Tiscali is France's second largest ISP and its third largest provider
of residential DSL Services. Transmode's System 1100 WDM platform will
be used to backhaul residential broadband traffic over Gigabit Ethernet
from Tiscali DSLAM locations to central hubs. In the first phase of the
contract, due for completion by the end of August 2004, Transmode equipment
will be installed in more than hundred locations across 20 fibre rings.
Further rings will be added during 2005 as part of Tiscali's continuing
rollout of DSL services across France.
"We chose Transmode's solution because it offered the best balance between
functionality, price and modularity", commented M. Rostagni, Backbone
Manager of Tiscali France. "Transmode's leading-edge technology and competitive
pricing, together with the organisational strength of ARCHE as its System
Integrator partner, proved to the winning combination we were looking
for to support our DSL rollout plans".
"We are delighted to have been awarded this contract from Tiscali", says
Frank Segers, Transmode's VP of Channel Sales. "Working together with
both ARCHE and Tiscali, our engineers came up with a highly innovative
solution for backhauling Gigabit Ethernet traffic over CWDM rings, allowing
Tiscali to optimise wavelength usage across the rings for greatly enhanced
capacity and reach. DSL Backhauling is proving to be a key application
for our System 1100 platform across Europe, particularly as local loop
unbundling continues to gather pace".
"The maturity of our offer and Transmode's level of response were two
major assets in order to convince Tiscali" says Eric HUS, ARCHE's Sales
Engineer.
"As of the first discussions, we were able to understand and address Tiscali
France's network requirements, and to meet its technical and economical
objectives" says Laurent FLAVENOT, ARCHE's Carrier Sales Director.
For further information, please contact:
Transmode Systems
Michael Crossey
VP Marketing & Business Development
Phone: +44 7734 318210
Email: michael.crossey@transmode.se
Arche
ARCHE Omnetica Group
Eric Hohbauer
Marketing & Business Development
Phone: +33 (1) 69 18 32 15
Email: eric.hohbauer@arche.fr
Tiscali France
Martial Delpuech
PR Director
Phone : 33 (1) 41 66 46 89
Email : martial.delpuech@fr.tiscali.com
About
Transmode:
Transmode Systems is a leading global supplier of Smart Solutions for
Optical Access. The company pioneered a new generation of optical transmission
system built on CWDM technology, the System 1100, which has been deployed
in Service Provider and Enterprise networks globally. Based in Stockholm,
Sweden, Transmode has now broadened its product portfolio to encompass
next-generation edge aggregation solutions for SDH/SONET and dark fibre
networks. Transmode's corporate website can be found at http://www.transmode.com/
About
ARCHE:
With all the benefits of its thirteen years' experience in the field of
network technologies combined with the complimentary nature of its security
and administration activitites, ARCHE Groupe Omnetica is the leading French
network integrator. ARCHE designs, optimises, installs, runs, administers
and secures the complex or critical networks of major companies and telecommunications
operators. The company helps businesses to integrate new information technology
offering solutions and services to make their communications systems available,
effective, secure and easy to upgrade. ARCHE revenue for 2003 amounted
to 99,2 million Euros. The company employs more than 350 people all over
the French territory. For more information, please visit the Web site
: www.arche.fr
About
Tiscali
Tiscali France forms part of Tiscali S.p.A. (Nuovo Mercato, Milan: TIS,
Nouveau Marche, Paris: 005773), the European Internet Communication Company
providing broadband and narrowband access for consumer and business applications
as well as innovative communications services and contents. As of 31st
March 2004, Tiscali had 8 million active users of whom 1,24 million were
broadband customers, growing steadily. At the end of April ADSL customers
reached 1,32 million. Tiscali's corporate website can be found at www.tiscali.com
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