[Shanghai, China, July 24, 2013]: China Telecom, a leading Internet service provider and carrier, announced today that the company has completed the IPv6 modernization of Shanghai Telecom’s MAN(Metropolitan Area Network), IDC(Integrated Date Center) bearer network, authentication, authorization, charging, domain name system (DNS), network management, and source tracing systems in a major target area. This upgrade was based on Huawei’s Global Network Evolution Experience Center (GNEEC) platform after a dozen cutovers. With this modernization, 400,000 family broadband network subscribers and Shanghai Telecom’s IDC equipment rooms can now access the Internet through the IPv6 network. With this achievement, Shanghai Telecom has become a leading player in IPv6 networking.
The IPv6 modernization is a very complex and systematic engineering process. Currently, the telecom industry does not have a complete set of technical specifications for network planning and design, cutover and verification, as well as O&M supporting teams. China Telecom chose Shanghai as the showcase city for deploying the next-generation Internet. This deployment faced a series of challenges that included requirements for rapid delivery, implementation of a complex network structure, and the ability to incorporate equipment from multiple vendors.
To minimize the rollout risks and reduce the impact of IPv6 modernization on live network services, Huawei leveraged its GNEEC platform to provide equipment performance verification, E2E service simulation and verification, remote cutover rehearsal for MV equipment, and quick O&M fault locating services. The GNEEC capabilities helped Shanghai Telecom successfully complete the transformation of its MAN, IDC bearer network, access network, supporting systems, and equipment from nearly 30 vendors. The resulting upgrade has laid a solid foundation for Shanghai Telecom’s IPv6 business.
Since 2012 China has accelerate its pace in IPv6 development especially the network access to End-users. It is planned that eight million IPv6 users will be achieved by the end of 2013 and twenty-five million by the end of 2015 according to the “Twelfth Five-year Strategic Plan” of China in Next Generation Internet.
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