China Unicom has arranged to deploy high-capacity Nokia metro core routers in four additional provinces.
Unicom is deploying Nokia's high-end core router CR-B, powered by the extensible core routing system (XRS) platform, to help meet China's future capacity demands.
The expanded agreement now covers the provinces of Heilongjiang, Henan, Zhejiang and Hunan. Unicom has already deployed the technology in Beijing, Shandong, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Inner Mongolia and Qinghai
The deployment also forms part of the $182 billion Broadband China project to improve the speed and quality of internet service nationwide. The project aims to reduce the digital divide and provide national broadband coverage by 2020.
"We are honored to continue our work with China Unicom in the CR-B core router segment," said Mike Wang, head of the joint management team of Nokia Networks China and ASB ."Leveraging the Nokia 7950 XRS platform, China Unicom gains the bandwidth, flexibility and programmability necessary to manage its growing networks and to better meet the needs of the country's ambitious broadband strategy."