ECI Telecom Wins Contract From Communication Authority of Thailand

The Communication Authority of Thailand has chosen ECI Telecom Ltd. (Petah Tikva, Israel) as the exclusive supplier of SDH solutions for the CAT2000 network.

Under the US$5.2 million contract, ECI Telecom will supply SDM-16 Add/Drop Multiplexers, which enable direct access of 2Mbit/s bandwidth from 2.5Gbit/s fiber and SDM-1 155 Mbit/s Add/Drop Multiplexers. The new network's capabilities will be further enhanced by ECI Telecom's eNM network management solutions that will centrally manage and monitor the entire access and backbone network. Additionally, ECI Telecom has offered special optical solutions that enable the transmission of traffic over long distances of over 100km.

Designed to accommodate future growth and the development of Thailand's telecommunications needs, the CAT2000 network will form a more than 2000-km long backbone that will link CAT Telecom Centers to the satellite earth station in the north eastern part of the country. The project will provide a diversity link to the "China to South East Asia" telecommunications network.