Italtel and ECI Telecom have signed a partnership agreement for the sale and customization of optical transport systems for metropolitan networks and access platforms for voice, data, IP video and fixed/mobile convergence. Under the terms of the deal, network equipment group Italtel will serve as preferred vendor and system integrator for ECI Telecom technology in the building of integrated communication networks for service providers, communications providers and utility companies in the quadruple-play access and transport markets. Italtel thus becomes one of ECI's global partners. The contract covers the integration and customisation, at the customers' premises, of ECI's Multi-Service Access Node (MSAN) Hi-FOCuS, and the metro edge BroadGate line of products. The Hi-FOCuS supports voice, data and video over one, converged IP platform, while the BroadGate line is a multi-service provisioning platform for transporting data streams over fibre optic in metropolitan networks.
