Operating-system software advances were put in place by Alcatel with respect to the company's 7750 Service Router (SR) and the 5620 Service Aware Manager (SAM). This gives operators the service continuity, richness, and assurance to support nearly every type of business service over IP and opt to converge these onto a single multi-service edge router.

The 7750 SR has the reliability and scalability required to deliver the range of IP and Ethernet services, and with today’s advances is optimized for converged network service delivery. For service providers, uniting existing and emerging services on one platform for efficiency and cost-savings is inevitable. For more information, visit Alcatel at www.alcatel.com.