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First Communications (News - Alert), an integrated telecommunications carrier based in the midwestern United States, has been offering its customers high-speed, lower latency bandwidth services between Newark, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The carrier has now chosen Nokia (News - Alert) Siemens Networks’ long-haul dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system to efficiently manage its network as capacity demand grows.

First Communications has stated that it has built a highly reliable fiber-based infrastructure which it uses to provide small and medium business, enterprise, and carrier customers superior voice, internet, and transport services. The company also expects to use this platform as it continues to expand its optical transport network. It has plans to add high capacity routes to Philadelphia, Baltimore, Washington D.C., Ashburn, VA., and extend into Toronto.

According to the business deal, Nokia Siemens Networks (News - Alert) will supply its all-in-one network management system to optimize the operator’s network operations through centralized control and supervision.

Nokia Siemens Networks will provide its hiT 7300 ultra-long haul DWDM platform to expand First Communications’ existing wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) network to provide 1G to 40G services. The platform is easily upgradeable to 100G as First Communications has plans for higher network speeds in the future.

Rick Poore, president of First Communications’ First Telecom Services division has said that the service delivery intervals can be just as important as reliability and round trip latency to some of their enterprise customers, particularly financial companies and trading exchanges. This is also a critical service provider requirement from a network management perspective. With Nokia Siemens Networks’ optical platform, they are guaranteed for best-in-class services with the flexibility to quickly provision and add new routes to support their customers’ growing demand for bandwidth.

Pathmal Gunawardana, head of optical sales in North America of Nokia Siemens Networks has said that Nokia Siemens Networks’ DWDM portfolio offers one of the lowest latency profiles in the industry, ensuring high-speed data transmission, which is a key need for First Communications’ customers. Furthermore, their optical platform is easy to plan, design, commission and operate, while offering the lowest total cost of ownership and maximum reach.