What are the pressing issues for success in today's telecommunications market? The ability to leverage and optimize existing network infrastructure is certainly one; the ability to rapidly deploy data services while protecting high-margin voice services is definitely essential; and the ability to economically transport mass amounts of traffic from the user to the core is undeniable. Delivering these business fundamentals has led to the introduction of a new breed of SDH/SONET network platform: a platform that allows switching, aggregation and grooming of traffic within the same network element.
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