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WOW! Business Selects Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router to Deliver Carrier Ethernet Services

Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router Image Credit: Alcatel-Lucent

WOW! Business, a division of WOW! Internet, Cable & Phone has selected Alcatel-Lucent IP Routing and Transport technology used by cable MSOs to deliver Carrier Ethernet services to business and enterprise customers. The partnership will see the Denver-based cable company upgrading the its business services network to 19 markets in Midwest and Southeast areas of U.S using Alcatel-Lucent's 7750 Service Router and associated product family.

The upgrade is to meet the growing need for ultra-broadband business services and applications, including VPN, Cloud and data center interconnect services, as well as cell tower backhaul. Alcatel-Lucent added that the all-IP network is being deployed in 19 markets and has already enabled WOW! Business to deliver carrier-grade Ethernet services to businesses in Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Columbus and Evansville with more market rollouts on the way.

WOW! Business owns and operates more than 42,000 miles of local fiber‐optic and coaxial networks, along with data centers that provide customers with scalable, low‐latency access to national carrier backbones. 

"Cash Hagen, Chief Technology Officer for WOW! Business, said: “Wow! Is dedicated to doing just as our name suggests – wowing our customers with the best possible network services and products.  Demonstrating the value, reliability and performance of our Carrier Ethernet services is among the highest of our priorities.  Alcatel-Lucent’s Carrier Ethernet portfolio will enable us to provide the best possible carrier-grade Ethernet networks that our customer demand and deserve.

Mike Calabrese, Vice President of Alcatel-Lucent’s Global Cable and MSO Segment, said: “Cable MSOs like WOW! Business recognize that a shift to IP can dramatically lower costs, support new services and keep subscribers happy. Alcatel-Lucent’s IP networking portfolio offers an ideal option for WOW! to push IP deeper into their networks, to deliver an array of state-of-the-art ultra-broadband services to an even broader set of business customers.”

-            Vodafone Global Enterprise President of the Americas region, Chuck Pol 

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