Lucent is supplying and integrating Riverstone's carrier Ethernet routers with Lucent Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) access concentrators to aggregate broadband traffic onto a converged Ethernet infrastructure in Telefonica's network. As a result, Telefonica will have a more cost-effective network that can carry multiple types of traffic and services with high reliability and Quality of Service (QoS), say Lucent officials.
Subsea cable alternatives can provide a level of comfort for those concerned about disruptions. Realistically, they will continue to play a small, but critical role in the short term.
Maintaining existing network infrastructures often incurs huge technical debt before newer technologies are adopted over time.
Amid ongoing regional uncertainties, telecom infrastructure in the Middle East has expand to include terrestrial low-latency network infrastructure, which offers resilience and agility in navigating political complexities without relying solely on undersea networks.
