[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.
