Suppliers
In April 2005, BT announced that it had selected 8 suppliers for its 21CN roll out. These were:
- Fujitsu (MSAN)
- Huawei (MSAN and core optical)
- Alcatel (Metro; also note Lucent is now Alcatel-Lucent)
- Lucent (core MPLS, using Juniper components; also note Lucent is now Alcatel-Lucent)
- Cisco (metro and core MPLS)
- Siemens (metro, using Juniper components)
- Ciena (core optical)
- Ericsson (iNode)
The fact that Marconi received no major 21CN contract was a surprise to commentators and sent the company's shares tumbling. An example of analysis before BT announced the winners of contracts is Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein's: " so advanced with its products and so entrenched with BT Group PLC that its selection looks certain."
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