VSNL To Create Optical Mesh Network In India

VSNL has deployed Ciena Corporation's CoreDirector Multiservice Optical switches to create an optical mesh network in India. The network will also be used by Tata Teleservices (TTSL).

"By delivering the first, true nationwide mesh network in India, we are offering our customers the industry's highest level of reliability to support their mission-critical traffic," said Matthew Ma, vice president, Ethernet and Transmission engineering, VSNL. "More importantly, based on the intelligent, automated provisioning and multiservice capabilities of the network, we can quickly address customer requests for increased speeds or new services with the simplicity of remote, point-and-click provisioning.”

CoreDirector is a multiprotocol optical switching system that consolidates the functionality of a multiservice provisioning platform, digital cross-connect and Ethernet switch into a single, high-capacity intelligent switching system.