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Faced with increasing demand for high-speed broadband internet connectivity and services, True Corporation needed to evolve its existing Internet infrastructure to address the growing broadband IP demands of both its residential and business customers. In addition to accommodating large scale increases in subscriber numbers, True Corporation also revealed aggressive plans to extend its product range and provide triple-play services (data, voice and video) in the future.
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"When planning our next-generation broadband network, it was important that the chosen system would not only efficiently scale to meet the increases in our subscriber base, but also be powerful enough to provide a foundation for a range of value-added, subscriber-centric services going forward," said Dr Viriya Upatising, CTO of True Internet Co.
The SmartEdge platform delivers the Redback's advanced subscriber management capabilities with the SmartEdge platform's purpose-built hardware and software. The result is claimed to be as follows:
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subscriber management with dynamic policy enforcement;
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carrier-class IP routing;
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ATM and Metro Ethernet aggregation;
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MPLS VPNs;
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advanced video capabilities, including multicast; and
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hierarchical and high performance Quality of Service (QoS).
Redback Networks' NetOp Policy Manager, a policy management solution working in unison with the SmartEdge multi-service edge router and other Redback products, is a portal that allows service providers to define, design and deploy new value-added, revenue generating services. Redback is working through one of its reseller partners to implement the solution at True Corporation.
Customers for Redback's SmartEdge include China Telecom, China Netcom, Chunghwa Telecom, and Turk Telecom.
* True Corporation Public Company Limited is the largest wireline service provider in Bangkok, the largest broadband provider in the country and a player in the wireless, cellular and Internet markets. Principal subsidiary companies in the True Group include UBC, one of Thailand's pay television operators, and True Move, a mobile phone service provider.
** Redback Networks Inc manages 40 million broadband connections for 15 of the top 20 carriers worldwide. Its multi-service routing platform delivers next generation broadband services such as VoIP, IPTV, On-Demand Video and on-line gaming. Redback Networks has more than 500 carrier customers worldwide. This year it marks its tenth anniversary.
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