Nokia today announced and demonstrated full functionality of the Nokia ASR 2020 multiservice edge router at SUPERCOMM 2002. The Nokia ASR 2020 will enable carriers and service providers to bring the benefits of the IP layer and subscriber management closer to the access network. Using the Nokia ASR 2020, broadband DSL service providers will be able to terminate large numbers of ATM connections and Point-to-Point Protocol (PPP) sessions in a central office or small Points of Presence (PoP) and utilize the existing network more efficiently by bringing IP closer to the customer.
The newest release of the Nokia ASR 2020, the industry's first aggregation service router with true "five nines" reliability, enables DSL aggregation with subscriber management capabilities in a single high-performance routing platform for smooth, efficient migration to All-IP networks. The ATM access and IP routing capability will also enable DSL service providers to increase revenues per subscriber and deploy bandwidth-intensive applications in a cost-efficient manner.
"The 'five-nines' availability of the Nokia ASR 2020 continues to be unmatched in the industry," said Mark Slater, Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Broadband Systems, Nokia Networks. "The newest version of the Nokia ASR 2020 enables carriers to avoid network bottlenecks, and can significantly reduce costs and satisfy increasing customer demand for new applications, such as Video on Demand, that will drive revenues."
Deploying the Nokia ASR 2020 in either the central office site or access ring allows carriers and service providers to reduce operational costs and increase the average revenue per user (ARPU) through new value-added services. By distributing the session and service management functionality, carriers effectively avoid network bottlenecks that can often occur in Mega PoP environments. The Nokia ASR 2020 offers carrier-class availability and supports QoS and IP-level traffic management.
The Nokia ASR 2020 is designed to aggregate both IP and non-IP services, such as Frame Relay, and ATM, to IP/MPLS backbones using the Nokia patent-pending Service Transformer (TM) technology or cross connection services. These capabilities enable service providers to migrate from service specific overlay networks to a unified All-IP architecture, which simplifies their networks and reduces costs.
In addition to an industry-standard command line interface (CLI) for local OAM&P, the Nokia ASR 2020 can be remotely managed by Nokia NetAct for Broadband, Nokia's carrier-class broadband mediation and management platform. Nokia NetAct for Broadband provides support for fault, inventory, configuration, performance and security management for the Nokia ASR 2020, as well as for Nokia's broadband access network elements.
The newest release of Nokia ASR 2020 multi-service edge router will be globally available in Q3 2002.
The Nokia ASR 2020 'five nines' reliability and full functionality will be demonstrated live at SUPERCOMM at the Nokia booth (Hall A2, Booth #31942) in the Georgia World Congress Center.
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