London, UK--5 May 2008: Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd. ("Huawei"), a leader in providing next generation telecommunications network solutions for operators around the world, has launched its advanced Quidway NetEngine 5000E?"NE5000E"?Core Router Multi-chassis Cluster System at SOFNET 2008, an industry forum organized by the International Engineering Consortium (IEC). The system has been successfully deployed commercially by China Telecom, allowing an increase in the operator's ADSL bandwidth for its subscribers.

With carrier IP network transformation and the rise of IMS, FMC and the digital home, demand for network bandwidth has increased dramatically. To keep pace, the development of core routers at network backbone nodes is entering a new phase. Carrier-class core routers now require a combination of high reliability, robust scalability and strong processing, forwarding and switching capabilities.

The NE5000E Cluster Core Router, based on industry-leading router cluster technologies offers an innovative solution to the IP network transformation of carriers. With the industry' s first 10Tbps switch capacity and forwarding performance architecture, the system meets the requirements of New Generation Networks on bandwidth performance, service quality and service provision capabilities. The system implements the industry's innovatory ISHE (In-service Hardware Expansion) that can be expanded from 1.28T to 80T without any hardware replacement and would meet the demands of operators' constantly-growing business requirements with the most flexible scalability. Furthermore, the system adopts ASIC-based core chips which can reduce power consumption by over 40%. By virtue of its industry's first 10Tbps capacity, most flexible expansion mode and top green design, Huawei' s NE5000E Cluster core router  structurally reduces TCO and satisfies the network integration requirements of users in the All-IP era.

"To support the continued and rapid growth in internet and business traffic, service providers are faced with the challenges to meet these bandwidth requirements while minimizing the complexity of their network infrastructures. Huawei's ability to cluster multiple NE5000E routers to provide up to 10 Terabits of switching capacity and significantly expand port density provides a seamless approach to meeting these needs," said Glen Hunt, Principal Analyst of Carrier Infrastructure, Current Analysis.

"In the All-IP age, router cluster is the inevitable form of routers at network core nodes. Huawei has years of experience and constant investment in the data communication field, and focuses on carriers' requirements. We are excited about the high-end NE5000E Core Router Multi-chassis Cluster System, which will pave the way for operators to evolve into an ALL-IP era while enhancing energy efficiency," said Samuel Chen, Vice President of Huawei Network Product Line.

According to the Infonetics, Huawei ranked No. 3 in 2007 worldwide service provider market for core routers. Huawei's Quidway series data communication products have been widely used in 102 countries and regions, and have been adopted in the national backbone networks of many countries, including Germany, Britain, Russia, Spain, Brazil, Saudi Arabia, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

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