NEC And Telenor Ink Agreement To Deliver End-to-End Transport Network Solutions

(RTTNews) - NEC Corp. (NIPNF), together with Juniper Networks, Inc. (JNPR) and Infinera Corp. (INFN) announced that NEC has signed a global framework agreement with Norwegian telecom company Telenor ASA (TELNY.PK, TELN).

The new contract will see NEC becoming an end-to-end, turnkey solution provider for Telenor. As the system integrator, NEC will supply all major aspects of the operator's transport network, including microwave, IP routers and optical and will manage the delivery, installation and commission of equipment.

NEC has selected Juniper Networks and Infinera to help provide IP Transport Routers and Optical Communications Equipment. NEC has supported Telenor Group's successful rollout of 3G and 4G mobile services across the globe as a global supplier of microwave communications systems since 2006.

Under the new contract, NEC, Juniper Networks and Infinera will provide IP transport routers and wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) optical communications equipment to the Telenor Group's 13 telecommunications affiliates worldwide to handle the ever increasing volume of traffic and content over today's networks.