Nokia Siemens Networkshas completed
the acquisition ofCarrier Ethernetspecialist
Atrica.
The acquisition gives Nokia Siemens Networks an end-to-end
Carrier Ethernet product portfolio, covering demarcation, edge,
access, aggregation, metro core, and services management
provisioning.
The Atrica product portfolio, which includes service management,
will be fully integrated into the portfolio of Nokia Siemens
Networks.
Nokia Siemens Networks has more than 70 Carrier Ethernet
deployments worldwide.
"Carrier Ethernet is an ideal technology to handle growing
traffic demands and to decrease the cost of bandwidth," said Bernd
Schumacher, head of IP Transport at Nokia Siemens Networks.