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There's another industry recognition of Nortel's optical technology leadership to talk about with today's news that Nortel has been named Optical Network Vendor of the Year in the Telecom Asia Readers' Choice Awards.
The nice thing about this award is the fact that it represents a recognition across a broad base of the industry. First, Nortel had to make the finalist list through a nomination process that included 78 analysts, consultants and high-level telco executives. Then winners were chosen by Telecom Asia's online subscriber base of Asia service providers.
Nortel's optical business is making a habit of winning awards and recognition. Just last week analyst firm Ovum issued a new report on the 40/100gig market that singled out Nortel's leadership and even included a service provider quote that said "Nortel’s optical performance is head and shoulders above the others."
Questex Group Publisher Jonathan Bigelow (left) presents the award to Nortel's Matthew Wray.This also isn't the first time service providers have rated Nortel tops in optical. A recent Infonetics survey of 29 service providers worldwide ranked Nortel first for our packet optical technology and product roadmap. While Telecom Asia has been giving Reader's Choice awards to Asia service providers for 11 years, this is the first year that equipment vendors were included. "The best way to judge the companies offering the most relevant services is to ask their customers, who are our readers," said Joseph Waring, group editor of Telecom Asia in the press release.
One interesting tid-bit that came out of the Nortel press release was this fact -- Nortel already has "over 35 contracts for the 40gig - including nine in Asia."
