Nortel Company has recently introduced the 40G/100G technology to Vietnamese customers - a technological background that permits transmitting 40G and 100G via the current infrastructure, helping increase the capacity by four and ten times without redesigning the network. Anup Changaroth - Marketing leader for Nortel’s Metro Ethernet Networks in Asia has a discussion with the media about this event.
What is your opinion about the potential of 40G technology in Vietnam market?
When comparing Vietnam market with other markets by sense we can see that many markets have already owned high density of broadband like Korea or Japan. However, Vietnam is emerging as a major market.
Vietnam is the third country Nortel launches this service. The first one was China followed by the Philippines. In these markets, customers are interested and excited about the technology. The 40G technology has been mentioned for a long time but deployment of this technology using traditional technologies is difficult because we will have to replace all installed optic cables by new systems.
With our 10G and even 2.5G transmitting systems we can deploy this new solution of Nortel without any change in the network. The developers are very interested in new ability of the technology when knowing that old systems will not be discarded. Customers can use the old system and have capacity increased considerably.
There is one thing that consumers do not realise is that telecommunication developers in Vietnam are upgrading their network size by adding new wavelength to their transmitting system. This type of network extension has been done commonly in Vietnam. The new technology allows some telecommunication developers to launch the 40G service instead of the 10G technology. This technology is highly appropriated in Vietnam.
Is it necessary for telephone service providers in Vietnam to adopt this technology or can they still use the 10G technology?
I think we can adopt both. The equipment we introduce today can be used for the 10G and 40G technologies. However, the application depends on the network as routers of high capacity can use up to 40G while those of lower capacity can use 10G. This technology has high application. Now it is the good time to develop the technology in Vietnam.
Could you please tell us who will be the first and potential customers of Nortel and its distribution system?
Oriental and potential customers of Nortel are just developers in Vietnam like VNPT, or VTN.
Regarding the distribution system Nortel will directly sell these services to service providers and developers. Any local supplier having request for our products can contact Nortel representative office in Vietnam.
What are difficulties when Nortel launches this solution in Vietnam?
One of challenges for customers is the low quality of their cables. Even for 2.5G and 10G systems the low quality of optic cables can cause problems. Nortel equipment has digital signals to overcome difficulties due to poor quality of optic cables.
We must check very carefully before developing this new solution for the best efficacy. I think this is our worry not problem.
The developers in Vietnam are still concentrating investment so economic value plays an important role. Could you please tell us about the value correlation between the 10G and 40G solutions?
This depends on many factors, firstly network configuration and distance of transmittance lines, the value difference will be around 2.5 to 3.5 times.
The earlier Vietnam deploys this configuration the more costs are saved. This is total initial costs plus regular operative cost in the life circle of the equipment.
Minh Nhi
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