Friday, July 20, 2012

BTI deploys mobile backhaul solutions for Fiberail in Malaysia



Metro networking company BTI Systems announced on July 19, 2012 that major Malaysian wholesale operator Fiberail expanded its deployment of BTI's Integrated Services Delivery Platform solutions.


Fiberail will be delivering Mobile Backhaul and Carrier Ethernet Business services across Malaysia through BTI's network solution. The Malaysian operator will also be able to provide "international interconnect" services to Thailand and Singapore.


Malaysia's telecommunications providers and its leading 3G Mobile and 4G WiMax operators rely upon Fiberail's extensive infrastructure and ancillary services throughout Peninsular Malaysia. Fiberail operates three fiber optic cable networks thousands of kilometers long that deliver voice, data and video capabilities through all major Malaysian towns. In addition, Fiberail recently expanded its metro Ethernet services to operators and financial service organizations, and it also provides services for global customers.

Fiberail chose the BTI 7000 Series packet optical networking platform, which converges Carrier Ethernet and wavelength services delivery at the metro service edge. The wavelength services are used by Fiberail to interconnect operators in neighboring countries, and the 7000 series' packetVX module cost-effective aggregation of 10G capacity for Mobile Backhaul and Ethernet services delivery. The use of a single platform to integrate different services also obviated the need for new infrastructure equipment.

In addition, Fiberail will also use the BTI 700 Series to directly deliver Ethernet connectivity to customer premises through the access network. Fiberail will be able to extend Carrier Ethernet services to business customers, carriers, cell towers, and data center operators.

The synergy between the BTI 7000 Series and 700 Series gives Fiberail the ability to provide end-to-end, low-latency Mobile Backhaul services to its many customers.

The rapidly-growing Malaysia market for broadband and mobile services currently has more than 34 million mobile subscribers. with one out of every three of those mobile subscribers owning 3G devices that require rapid content access. Broadband is estimated to have penetrated more than 55 percent of the households.

The market's growth is driven by mobile data and the demand for fixed broadband. Pyramid Research expects the telecom market to reach $14.6 billion service revenue by 2017. With BTI's help, Fiberail aims to leverage those new opportunities through its upgrades and expanded services.

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