Despite technical problems, TPSA choose Lucent Technologies once again

Lucent Technologies has extended its contract with TPSA for the delivery and installation of its broadband XDSL in the telecoms giant network. The new contract, of an unknown value, will allow TPSA to provide Neostrada Plus and Internet DSL services not only in Wroclaw, Krakow, Poznan, Katowice and Gdansk but also in Bydgoszcz, Lodz, Opole and Szczecin. In February 2003 a part of Lucent's routers at TPSA network were replaced by Juniper Networks equipment after the company decided Lucent's products had been responsible for continuous breakdowns of TPSA's Neostrada over a three-month period. In a clear turnaround, Wieslaw Wojciechowski, in charge of the broadband access department at TPSA said, "Lucent's DSL solutions have proved themselves in our network and will allow us to provide better and more efficient services". (Rzeczpospolita, p. B3) J.K.