Posted AT 8:01 AM EST on 04/09/08
BCE buys Nortel high-speed optical gear
SIMON AVERY
Globe and Mail Update
Nortel Networks Corp. has won a local contract for its high speed optical gear, announcing Thursday that BCE Inc.'s Bell Canada is purchasing equipment that carries Internet traffic four times faster than existing standards.
Nortel's adaptive optical engine moves data at 40 gigabits a second.
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