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Earlier today came the news that Nortel would provide the entire communications infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

With the London 2012 Games still four years away, the details of the network infrastructure are likely still being worked out. However, since Nortel is also a sponsor of the Vancouver 2010 Games only a year and a half from now, we can look at that network to get an idea for the scale needed to support one of the world’s biggest sporting events.

Nortel recently went live with a new Nortel 2010 page that has a lot of great info and detail on what we are doing for the Vancouver 2010 network. Of particular …

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Breaking news this morning that Nortel will supply the network infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games in London.

The London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games Limited (LOCOG) today announced that Nortel is the Official Network Infrastructure Partner and the latest London 2012 Tier One sponsor.

What that means is that Nortel will be responsible for delivering the entire communications infrastructure for the 2012 Olympic Games — from the 10G metro network to the IP phones and everything in between.

Nortel will work closely with BT (who is also a tier one sponsor) in their capacity as the official communications services partner for the London 2012 Games. BT will manage the voice and data …

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