OTTAWA, July 25 -- The Boeing Company has awarded an estimated $20 million contract to Nortel Networks to build a private nationwide optical network based on dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) and SONET technology.
Boeing plans to deploy Nortel Networks OPTera Long Haul 1600 Optical Line Systems and OPTera Metro 3500 Multiservice Platform in various cities extending over 9,100 miles.