The primary business of national rail operators like Sweden’s Banverket is transportation, not telecommunications. But with exclusive responsibility for its country’s 58,082 rail systems—including conventional rail, underground and light rail systems carrying both freight and passengers—Banverket knows how critical effective and reliable communications are to safe and secure travel. In 2007, Banverket chose Alcatel-Lucent to transfer its systems to a highly available, highly secure converged IP network over an MLPS platform.

Challenges

Quickly and seamlessly transition a complex, technologically diverse network to IP; Accommodate increasing customer voice, video and data usage; Support newer, high-bandwidth applications and services; Address end-of-life and replacement issues for older technologies; Reduce operating expenses

Benefits

Simplified network operation and management; Single, easy-to-use interface; Enabled new revenue-generating opportunities by selling off excess capacity; Enhanced employee productivity; Reduced communication costs

Alcatel-Lucent Solutions

IP Telephony, Converged IP Network over an MPLS platform

Alcatel-Lucent Products Deployed

5620 Service Aware Manager, 7450 Ethernet Service Switch, 7710 Service Router, 7750 Service Router, OmniSwitch 6850, OmniSwitch 6855, Vital QiP