Lucent Technologies to Deliver Advanced Network Services to Xspedius in Southeastern U.S.

Strategic Insights -

Lucent Technologies will provide Xspedius, a competitive local exchange carrier, with a comprehensive solution to enable the company to offer broadband voice and data services to millions of businesses and homeowners in the Southeastern U.S. The three-year, $200 million agreement significantly expands an existing relationship between the two companies and will establish Xspedius as a major service provider in the region.

Xspedius plans to expand its capacity to serve customers in six cities, including Birmingham, Ala., Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Greensboro, N.C., Memphis, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn. The company expects to establish network hubs in these cities and deploy Lucent's advanced network technologies, including high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) and multiservice switching and routing. Lucent's solution will enable Xspedius to provide a breadth of network voice features as well as the latest broadband packet services.

Key Takeaways:

  • The $200 million agreement between Lucent and Xspedius is a three-year deal that expands the existing relationship between the two companies.
  • Xspedius plans to establish network hubs in six cities, including Birmingham, Ala., Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Greensboro, N.C., Memphis, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn.
  • Lucent's solution will enable Xspedius to provide a breadth of network voice features as well as the latest broadband packet services.
  • The deployment of Lucent's advanced network technologies, including high-speed digital subscriber line (DSL) and multiservice switching and routing, will enable Xspedius to provide high-speed wireless networking within its internal information technology network.
  • Lucent's Worldwide Services organization will provide operations, provisioning, engineering, installation, maintenance, on-site support, and consulting for the Xspedius network.
  • The agreement empowers Xspedius to exceed customer expectations with advanced services and trusted reliability.

Statistics:

  • The agreement is a three-year deal valued at $200 million.
  • Xspedius plans to deploy Lucent's advanced network technologies to serve 6 cities, with initial hub cities in Birmingham, Ala., Mobile, Ala., Jackson, Miss., Greensboro, N.C., Memphis, Tenn., and Nashville, Tenn.
  • The deployment is expected to be completed by the end of this year.
  • The end-to-end solution from Lucent enables the Xspedius network to put bandwidth management in place to distribute and backup Internet traffic.