Martinsried/Munich, Germany; Mahwah/New Jersey; and Richardson/ Texas, USA. June 28, 2004. ADVA Optical Networking announced that their North American Original Equipment Manufacturing (OEM) partner, Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., has successfully deployed the FLASHWAVE® 7420 metro DWDM platform for USCarrier Telecom, LLC. The solution has enabled USCarrier to roll out its new E-Max 1000 Long Haul Wholesale Ethernet Service to carrier customers seeking to introduce competitively priced, advanced broadband offerings in the south-eastern United States.
The FLASHWAVE 7420 platform, sold exclusively by Fujitsu to North American service providers as part of a strategic OEM agreement with ADVA Optical Networking, is a flexible, cost-effective system that significantly extends the distance capabilities for data, storage, voice, and video applications.
Twenty incumbent local exchange carriers from Georgia and South Carolina - seeking to establish a region-wide fiber-optic network - formed USCarrier in 1997. Today, USCarrier operates more than 4,000 route miles of fiber across a coverage area that is about 70-percent rural and 30-percent urban. The company provides reliable, high-speed telecommunications bandwidth to carrier and reseller customers, local municipalities, and state-government agencies. It is the sole carrier in the southeastern United States to deliver broadband access to several major eastern seaboard cities, metro and north metro Atlanta, and many regional cities.
The FLASHWAVE 7420 platform is an important addition to USCarrier's network infrastructure because it multiplexes, transports, and switches multiple high-speed voice, video, data, and storage applications. USCarrier's E-Max 1000 customers will be able to bundle advanced broadband services such as voice-over-Internet Protocol (VoIP), streaming media and digital TV with high-speed Internet access. Augmented with ADVA's next-generation Erbium Doped Fiber Amplifier (EDFA) modules, the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 7420 nodes cost-effectively provide high-performance services over multiple rings in USCarrier's regional network, including a seven-node, 320-mile loop that links Atlanta, Georgia, and Chattanooga, Tennessee.
"The Fujitsu solution affords us tremendous flexibility in quickly, cost-effectively rolling out tiered bandwidth services to our wholesale customers at the network-management interface. We can sell a service today and provision live customer traffic tomorrow," said Michael S. Layer, President and Chief Executive Officer of USCarrier. "Fast service turn-up, simple scalability and the support of an experienced supplier were key factors in our choosing Fujitsu. Plus, the solution's planned support for in-service upgrades to 10Gbps provides us with cost-effective, long-term scalability. USCarrier has relied on Fujitsu for metro access and core networks, and our confidence in their regional platform is being borne out."
Brian P. McCann, Chief Marketing & Strategy Officer at ADVA Optical Networking, added, "The cost-efficient scalability and flexibility of our solution expand the renewable revenue potential of USCarrier's fiber assets, enabling cost-controlled growth into new markets and service opportunities. The FLASHWAVE 7420 platform and EDFA modules combine to uniquely deliver regional platform power, reach, and functionality at a metro platform price."
Sold by Fujitsu under the FLASHWAVE 7420 label, ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000 employs parallel use of Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) and Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) technology to enable all protocols between 8Mbit/s and 10Gbit/s and up to 256 applications with a total capacity of 640Gbit/s to be transported over one single fiber pair. The system's design supports point-to-point, linear add/drop, ring, and meshed network topologies of up to 10 nodes across distances up to 500 kilometers without regeneration. More information about the FSP 3000/FLASHWAVE 7420 platform and key applications can be found on ADVA's web site at www.advaoptical.com or the Fujitsu website at www.fujitsu.com/us/telecom/.
ABOUT USCARRIER TELECOM, LLC
USCarrier Telecom, LLC is a one-source provider of high-capacity, high-speed telecommunications bandwidth. Wholesale services include long-haul transport, metro Atlanta access, long-distance and Internet access connecting more than 40 cities in Georgia, Alabama, Florida and the Southeast. Headquartered in Atlanta, USCarrier has an operations center in Macon, GA with technicians deployed throughout the state. USCarrier has more than 4,000 route-miles of state-of-the-art fiber optic network in four states, monitored twenty-four hours, seven days a week.
ABOUT FUJITSU NETWORK COMMUNICATIONS INC.
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and carrier-class telecommunications solutions for the wireline, wireless and cable TV service provider market in North America. Supported by smart innovation and deep-rooted research from Fujitsu Labs, Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to deliver fully integrated IT/Telecom solutions for its customers. The company's comprehensive consulting and customer services offer support at any network design, development, deployment and maintenance stage. For additional information, visit: www.fujitsu.com/us/telecom/.
ABOUT ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING
ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is a leading global provider of optical networking solutions for rapid and cost-effective provisioning of high-speed data, storage, voice, and video services in the metropolitan area. ADVA's carrier-class Fiber Service Platform (FSP) product portfolio is explicitly designed to enhance services, simplify networks, and reduce the total cost of ownership. ADVA's solutions have been deployed at over 80 carriers and several thousand enterprises worldwide. ADVA's products are sold through an international network of blue-chip distribution partners in addition to its own direct sales force.