21st Century Network - Suppliers

Suppliers

In April 2005, BT announced that it had selected 8 suppliers for its 21CN roll out. These were:

  • Fujitsu (MSAN)
  • Huawei (MSAN and core optical)
  • Alcatel (Metro; also note Lucent is now Alcatel-Lucent)
  • Lucent (core MPLS, using Juniper components; also note Lucent is now Alcatel-Lucent)
  • Cisco (metro and core MPLS)
  • Siemens (metro, using Juniper components)
  • Ciena (core optical)
  • Ericsson (iNode)

The fact that Marconi received no major 21CN contract was a surprise to commentators and sent the company's shares tumbling. An example of analysis before BT announced the winners of contracts is Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein's: " so advanced with its products and so entrenched with BT Group PLC that its selection looks certain."

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