SEOUL, Feb. 21 (UPI) -- SK Group will use a multi-servicing platform from ECI Telecom in the expansion of its South Korea DWDM fiber-optic backbone network.
The expansion of the long-haul backbone will enable SK to offer third-generation broadband and e-government services. With 33 nodes, the new network will cover all of South Korea.
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The five-year, $20 million contract announced by ECI Tuesday specifies the company's XDM Multi-Service Provisioning Platform, a converged architecture that will allow digital and multimedia services along with DWDM (Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing) capability.
ECI said the contract was the latest in a long history between the two companies.
