Next generation features will make international service providers more competitive and responsive to the booming broadband demand. Growing networks often fail to profit as might be expected. Incompatible communications protocols and inflexible networks can be sources of low profit margin, not to mention insufficient bandwidth utilization. As a result, service providers are forced to build overlay networks for frame relay, ATM, DSL and other services.
Available solutions are expensive and of limited effectiveness.
Hybrid transport elements that allow separation of traffic into ATM cells and STM frames also provide a partial solution. ADC's Cellworx STN is the first truly effective solution for integrated multiservice networking. The VP ring architecture reduces the need for widespread ATM switch deployment, which reduces capital costs, offering carriers the most economical, single manageable transport infrastructure. The next generation Cellworx STN is a powerful tool for carriers to quickly build efficient multiservice broadband networks. Carriers will soon realize the benefits of ADC's established ATM leadership coupled with existing international distribution channels.