Alcatel’s carrier customers in North America are using its Access Management System (AMS) to manage more than 10 million DSL lines, representing approximately 80%of the North American DSL market. The AMS provides management, monitoring and provisioning of DSL, fiber-to-the-user, data and voice services. The system can manage multiple, geographically dispersed platforms from one central location, with scalability of up to 2500 network elements and 100 concurrent users. It also enables remote configuration, performance, security and fault management on these network elements. http://www.alcatel.com
Alcatel's AMS Managing 10 Million DSL User Lines
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