Canadian communications gear maker Nortel Networks has landed key projects in China that will make Internet protocol virtual private network (IP VPN) services more accessible to small and medium-sized businesses.
Telecom carriers China Telecom and China Netcom will deploy Nortel's latest IP VPN-enabled firewall, router and switching products in nine mainland provinces to help deliver secure broadband Internet access, content and services.
Nortel officials did not provide financial details of the projects.
Nortel China president and chief executive Robert Mao on Wednesday said China Telecom would use the Shasta 5000 broadband services node (BSN) in Shanghai, at the Beijing Research Institute and in Jiangxi, Shaanxi, Guizhou, Zhejiang and Hunan provinces.
Liaoning Communications and Heilongjiang Communications, provincial branches of China Netcom, would deploy Shasta 5000 BSNs.
'Shasta 5000 BSN will allow China Telecom and China Netcom to aggregate subscribers on to a single platform, while positioning them to offer new, network-based broadband services, and to drive significant reductions in operational costs,' Mr Mao said.
He said the Shasta 5000, the first network-based firewall system to gain industry-standard certification, would also help China Telecom and China Netcom business customers protect against denial-of-service, virus and hacker attacks.
