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Telecommunications & Computing in the Pacific
FPTL’s new network platform
On March 28, Fiji Post and Telecommunications Limited decided to launch a new platform to provide FPTL with a flexible, migrat able network infrastructure and allow growth well beyond the year 2000. That network platform is the Newbridge 3600 and 3645 Main Street product from Newbridge Networks Incorporated.
The introduction of the new platform will benefit corporate customers in two ways - through an enhanced Digital Data Network and by allowing FPTL to intro duce new services that customers demand in an economical and flexible way.
The Digital Data Network is an existing fully digital point- to-point leased circuit service. It is used mainly by large corpo rate customers with sites throughout the country. The DDN allows customers access to the link 24 hours a day pushing through as much information as the speed of the link, with full security.
A typical application includes mission critical access from a bank’s Branch Office to the Corporate Head Office. This will
allow the branch to gain up-to-date cus tomer information and provide better cus tomer service. High quality, high speed and limited down time are some of the characteristics of the links.
The benefits that Newbridge 3600 has over the previous network include better network management. This means cus tomers will get faster responses in times of network outage as FPTL personnel will have instant reporting of faults on the man agement system. Other features that are provided on the Network Management include automatic re-routing in time of link failure, time of day band width allocation and rapid service provisioning.
The platform can provide voice ser vices for corporate companies which have a large number of calls between their offices. Company PABX’s can be linked for fixed monthly rental without additional charges on the circuit.
The introduction of Local Area Networks (LAN’s) and Voice and Data Networking has seen an increase in the data rates required by customers. On the Newbridge Main Street, FPTL will soon be in a position to deliver 128 kbps compared to a maximum of 64 kbps previously.
On the Newbridge Main Street, FPTL will be able to deliver new services such as Frame Relay and ATM. These technolo gies are new to the Fiji market. FPTL have the flexibility to deliver these services if the demand for them is sufficiently high.
Fiji Posts and Telecommunications Limited see our partnership with Newbridge Networks as a strategic advan tage to us and our customers. The complete
family of products from Newbridge will
allow FPTL to use the equipment in its exchanges as well as on customer premis es, giving FPTL management over the whole network. ■
The 3645 Main Street High Capacity Bandwidth Manager
The 46020 Main Street NetWork Management System