Nortel's Carrier Ethernet solution is about transforming traditional Ethernet into a true carrier-class technology. We are giving Ethernet the determinism; scale and management capabilities required to address the growing demand for high-bandwidth; mission-critical video and multimedia services.The portfolio comprises of the Metro Ethernet Services Unit 1800/1850; our low cost Ethernet access devices and the Metro Ethernet Routing Switch 8600; our low cost Ethernet metro aggregation/ core platform. The solution leverages the latest carrier Ethernet innovations; including PBB; PBT and PLSB. As a result Nortel's solution is based on existing Ethernet hardware and the provider's existing operations processes and knowledge base; offering a simple and cost effective approach to Carrier Ethernet.

Service-Oriented Architecture (SOA) is a business-driven concept that uses loosely coupled services and components to support the requirements of business processes and users. With SOA; communication resources on a network are made available as independent services or components that can be used to create new applications or composite services; regardless of the underlying platform implementation. Nortel views Communications Enablement of Applications (CEA) using SOA and Web Services as key in addressing the challenge of Hyperconnectivity. Come and talk to us about how you can easily and rapidly integrate communication functionality using SOA principles; creating communication-enabled applications and business processes simply and cost-effectively through significant reuse of existing components and services.

Cost Reduction in 10Gbps DWDM Networks is being enabled by technologies that provide greater reach; thereby minimising regenerators and other intermediate equipment that add CAPEX and OPEX. Broadband is driving Service Provider growth and traffic is set to grow exponentially driven by video content. Service providers therefore have to make their investments future proof and avoid frequent network renewal. Adaptive All Optical networks are therefore attractive; particularly where they provide immediate savings for 10Gbps traffic; whilst enabling growth to 40 and 100Gbps traffic over the same network. The Nortel 40G/100G 'Adaptive Optics Engine' can help leverage existing fibre plant and network assets for agile and efficient networking while delivering real value today.