Alcatel-Lucent gets order to provide network solutions for Total

French communication firm Alcatel-Lucent announced on Thursday it has secured a contract from Total E & P Indonesie, the Indonesian subsidiary of Paris-based Total Group, to deploy microwave radio transmission equipment, an optical networking solution and a network management system to expand and enhance the energy company's mission-critical communications network.

The deployment will take place at Total E & P's operational and gas processing facilities on East Kalimantan.

Alcatel-Lucent will supply its 9600 LSY, a best-in-class synchronous digital hierarchy (SDH) wireless technology, as well as its Optical Multi-Service Node (OMSN) to enhance communications exchanges between sites for optimizing service delivery. Total E & P Indonesie will use Alcatel-Lucent's optical and microwave solutions to expand its existing backbone and capillary networks, ensuring that all sites have access to vital business applications and data.

The new, expanded network has additional network elements that can serve as backups to minimize the impact of potential outages or failures at specific nodes. The solution also includes a web-based network management interface that enables more accurate monitoring of network migration and rapid identification and resolution of network faults. (alex)