Fixed orders - 11 June 2005

ECI Telecom provides its T::DAX All-Band bandwidth management solution to Centennial Wireless, and its XDM Multi Service Provisioning Platform -MSPP to DACOM in Korea.

Huawei will help Uzbektelecom (Uzbekistan) upgrading its fixed-line network under a $12m deal. 250K lines will be digitized.

BT has selected the CopperCom CSX(R) next-generation switch to add sophisticated Class 4 call routing and trunking.

Nexans will build all the submarine and land fiber optic cable system to link Kuwait and Iran.

Ciena has been selected by T-Online / Club Internet in France to supply its optical transport solutions.

Siemens will deploy its SURPASS softswitch for Telmex in Mexico and at Telmex's branches in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Peru and the United States.

Siemens Business Systems has been awarded a multi-year, 70,000 seat IT services contract to provide desk-side services to Microsoft.

Alcatel confirms BT has ordered its 7510 media gateway solution for its 21st Century Network (21CN). China Netcom's subsidiary, Zhejiang Netcom, has ordered its softswitch and media gateway solutions to provide multimedia services to its business customers. Russia's MTS will be equipped with Alcatel's customer contact centers. It will also supply an undersea optical cable system to Columbus Communications in the Caribbean (the new network, called FibraLink Network, will connect Jamaica to the ARCOS network).

Motorola will deploy its optical access platform in an FTTP deployment for the city of Philippi, West Virginia. It will provide its Printrak Biometric technology to Belgium.

Sonus could make a big splash in getting Bellsouth's softswitch deal, at the expense of Siemens.