Redback Networks Inc. has announced another customer in China - Zhejiang Telecom. Zhejiang will use Redback's SmartEdge family of multi-service edge routers to deliver broadband internet, IPTV and virtual private network (VPN) services to business and residential users.
"We want to thank Zhejiang Telecom for selecting Redback," said Simon Williams, vice president of sales and operations in Asia, Redback Networks. "China is Redback's second largest market outside the U.S. and we are pleased that Zhejiang Telecom leaders share Redback's vision of a single IP network for broadband data, voice and video services. Over time, we see a future where all communications services will be managed in harmony under a broadband infrastructure."
Over the last 12 months, Redback has 22 carrier wins in China, focused on the independently operated, provincial subsidiaries of China Telecom and China Netcom, the two largest incumbent carriers in China. For China Telecom, this includes provincial carriers in Guangdong, Zhejiang, Fujian, Anhui, Hubei, Jiangxi, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Ningxia, Heilongjiang and Tibet. For China Netcom, this includes similar deployments in Shandong, Liaoning, Hebei, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Henan, Shanxi, Inner Mongolia, Zhejiang, Chongqing and Yunnan.
Eleven of the top 20 DSL carriers worldwide deploy Redback's SmartEdge(R) multi-service edge routers to deliver various broadband services to tens of millions of business and residential customers worldwide. These customers include British Telecom, Belgacom, BellSouth, China Telecom, China Netcom, Chunghwa Telecom, France Telecom and Turk Telecom, among others.
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