{"id":321,"date":"2010-06-13T08:29:09","date_gmt":"2010-06-13T08:29:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ecn.co.za\/?p=321"},"modified":"2010-06-13T08:29:09","modified_gmt":"2010-06-13T08:29:09","slug":"network-systems","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/network-systems\/","title":{"rendered":"Network &amp; Systems"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Network Overview<\/h3>\n<p>ECN operates a converged next generation network over a number of mediums including copper, fibre and microwave. ECN has opted not to build its own network, but rather to lease network capacity from the incumbent operators. ECN\u2019s focus is on providing leading-edge services via its IP-based NGN. The objective being to provide our customers with a next-generation \u201cone network many services approach\u201d as opposed to a legacy TDM \u201cone network one service\u201d design.<\/p>\n<h3>Switching Network<\/h3>\n<p>ECN has bilateral interconnect agreements in place with Telkom, Vodacom, MTN and Cell C. in order to terminate all call types and route all inbound calls.<\/p>\n<h3>Core \/ Access Network<\/h3>\n<p>ECN\u2019s core national network comprises of fibre that is entirely leased from multiple providers, typically on five year contracts. ECN foresees a sharp increase in the availability of dark fibre in South Africa and believes that new technologies such as DWDM will significantly increase capacity leading to a decline in prices over the next few years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Network Overview ECN operates a converged next generation network over a number of mediums including copper, fibre and microwave. ECN has opted not to build its own network, but rather to lease network capacity from the incumbent operators. ECN\u2019s focus is on providing leading-edge services via its IP-based NGN. The objective being to provide our [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[58],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-321","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-about"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=321"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/321\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=321"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=321"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ourtestserver2.co.za\/ecnnew\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=321"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}