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euNetworks Selects Infinera for Pan-European Network
Digital Flexibility for euNetworks' 15-City Network
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - February 24, 2009) - euNetworks has selected an Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) Digital Optical Network for its pan-European network to enjoy the
benefits of the speed and flexibility of Infinera's digital architecture.
Headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany, euNetworks is one of Europe's foremost
providers of high-performance networking solutions with low latency and
high availability. With a fiber-rich network connecting 15 major cities
throughout the heart of western Europe, euNetworks focuses on offering
high-quality services to a broad range of carriers, service providers and
enterprises including financial institutions and media companies.
euNetworks chose Infinera because Infinera's architecture offered speed,
flexibility, scalability, and reliability that could not be achieved with
traditional DWDM platforms. euNetworks Chief Technology Officer Albrecht
Kraas said the Infinera system's interchangeable tributary adapter modules
(TAMs) enable euNetworks to meet customer demands quickly and easily for a
range of services including wavelengths and Ethernet services. Based on
large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs) integrating more than 60
optical devices into a pair of tiny chips, the Infinera DTN offers 100
Gigabits/second (Gb/s) of optical capacity on every line card. The
scalability and reliability of the Infinera DTN will enable euNetworks to
quickly accommodate growing customer demand throughout its network with its
trademark low-latency, high-availability services.
Mr. Kraas said that Infinera's digital switching capability will enable
euNetworks to carry out its upgrade plans and turn many of euNetworks'
two-way network nodes into multi-directional nodes in the future simply and
cost-effectively. "The flexibility of upgrading to two, three, or four-way
nodes and the non-blocking switching of the Infinera system are far
superior to DWDM solutions based on ROADMs where you need to make decisions
in advance on an upgrade path and then you are locked into those
decisions," commented Mr. Kraas.
A ROADM or reconfigurable add-drop multiplexer uses analog optical
technology to switch light paths in the optical domain, requiring the
measurement and evaluation of a large number of optical parameters across
the entire network before initial network deployment, and putting
constraints on network upgrades as customer demand and traffic patterns
evolve over time. Infinera's digital architecture eliminates those
constraints by converting the optical traffic to the electrical domain at
every node, providing fully flexible switching from day one, with quick and
simple augmentation and modification of the network as traffic and
topologies evolve over time.
Six Weeks For a Pan-European Network
Xantaro Deutschland GmbH, an internationally focused service integrator,
carried out planning and implementation of the optical network for
euNetworks. Working closely together, Infinera and Xantaro deployed the
initial phase of the pan-European network, reaching 14 cities, in just six
weeks. Rapid deployment of the network was enabled by the expertise of the
Infinera and Xantaro engineering teams, backed up by the design of the
PIC-based Infinera system which eliminates more than 80 percent of intrabay
fiber connections. Infinera's GMPLS-powered IQ™ network operating system
automatically recognizes elements in the network and performs tests on
connectivity between network nodes, enabling networks to be configured more
easily and quickly than with traditional DWDM systems.
"The Infinera DTN perfectly achieved the criteria euNetworks stipulated for
its new optical network," said Matthias Kayser, Technical Lead, Optical
Transmission at Xantaro. "We are confident that euNetworks has chosen the
most advanced DWDM system available today," he added.
"We are delighted to support euNetworks with an Infinera Digital Optical
Network," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh. "Our deployment of another
pan-European network is a further indication that the European market is
recognizing that the speed, flexibility, and simplicity of the Infinera
solution provides irresistible competitive advantages."
The Infinera DTN is a digital ROADM combining high-capacity transport,
integrated bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered network intelligence in
a single platform.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the photonic integrated circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
customers with simpler and more flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services
without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information,
please visit www.infinera.com.
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Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
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as that the scalability and reliability of the Infinera DTN will enable
euNetworks to quickly accommodate growing customer demand throughout its
network; that Infinera's digital architecture eliminates constraints by
converting the optical traffic to the electrical domain at every node,
providing fully flexible switching from day one, with quick and simple
augmentation and modification of the network as traffic and topologies
evolve over time; that rapid deployment of the network was enabled by the
expertise of the Infinera and backed up by the design of the PIC-based
Infinera system which eliminates more than 80 percent of intrabay fiber
connections. Infinera's GMPLS-powered IQ™ network operating system
enables networks to be configured more easily and quickly than with
traditional DWDM systems; and that the speed, flexibility, and simplicity
of the Infinera solution provides irresistible competitive advantages. Such
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