Utfors Selects Riverstone Routers

OVERKALIX, Sweden, Feb. 1 -- Scandinavian broadband communication services provider Utfors AB of Sweden has selected Riverstone RS routers for its metro MPLS Ethernet service deployment.

Utfors provides services in 31 cities throughout Scandinavia, including Stockholm, Gothenburg, Malmo, Oslo, Helsinki, Copenhagen and Uppsala. Its optical fiber network stretches from Oslo in the west to Helsinki in the east, with links to international centers in Germany and the UK. Riverstone will provide RS 8600 and RS 3000 routers as part of a several million dollar contract to deliver its VPN services at access rates of 2, 10, 100 and 1000 Mb/s to business customers.