Mobile Demo Brings Digital Optical Networks to Your Doorstep
LONDON--(Marketwire - April 28, 2009) - Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) is on the move in Europe
this spring with the Infinera Express, a mobile demonstration unit equipped
with state-of-the-art Infinera networking systems. The Infinera Express
begins its European tour today in London. Future stops include locations
in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Benelux.
The Infinera Express is fitted out with the latest Infinera systems to
bring the Infinera Digital Optical Networking experience to any customer's
doorstep. Based on the world's first commercially available large-scale
photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the Infinera DTN delivers 160
wavelengths today with scalability up to 8 Terabits/second on a fiber. The
Infinera PIC delivers significant benefits in scalability, density, speed
of operations, and energy efficiency. Infinera systems use Infinera's
Bandwidth Virtualization™ architecture that is designed to deliver any
service, including 40 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) services today and future 100
Gb/s services, over any network infrastructure.
The Infinera Express is also equipped with the Infinera Management Suite, a
powerful and scalable software suite that enables network deployment,
provisioning, and performance monitoring. Infinera's GMPLS-powered network
management automates many of the processes involved in managing and
configuring networks. The Infinera Network Planning System enables
graphical modeling, planning, and configuration capabilities for designing
Infinera Digital Optical Network solutions.
All these tools can be demonstrated on the Infinera Express. In addition,
Infinera engineers can demonstrate the simplicity and speed of the Infinera
system, which enables the deployment of large optical networks with a few
mouse clicks. The demonstration shows how 100 Gigabits of optical capacity
can be turned up and operational in four minutes or less. Visitors are
encouraged to try turning up and configuring optical capacity themselves on
an Infinera link in the Express.
"The Infinera Express is fully equipped to provide customers with a
hands-on experience of the Infinera DTN and the Infinera Management Suite,"
said Tom Schmitt, Infinera Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and
Africa. "It's a powerful demonstration of the digital features and
capabilities of the Infinera architecture right on a customer's doorstep."
Infinera Momentum in Europe
Infinera's US mobile demo unit has been on the road for more than a year in
the US, where it clocked up more than 20,000 miles and contributed to more
than $20 million of Infinera revenue last year. After securing the number
one position in long-haul networks in North America in 2007 and 2008
(source: Ovum), Infinera is focused on winning customers and market share
in Europe and other key markets. In the past year Infinera has won new
customers in Europe including Deutsche Telekom, OTEGlobe, and EU Networks.
Customers are invited to visit
http://www.infinera.com/news/emea_infineraexpress.html to learn more about
the Infinera Express and to sign up to schedule a visit.
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
optical networks 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 http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on
current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and
uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to
Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially
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expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, such
as that the DTN is based on the world's first commercially available
large-scale PIC; that the Infinera DTN delivers 160 wavelengths with
scalability up to 8 Terabits/second on a fiber with unrivalled scalability,
flexibility, and ease of use; that the architecture is designed to deliver
any service, including 40 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) services today and designed
to scale to 100 Gb/s services in the future, over any network
infrastructure; that the Infinera system enables the deployment of large
optical networks with a few mouse clicks; that the demonstration shows how
100 Gigabits of optical capacity can be turned up and operational in four
minutes or less; and that the US Mobile demo unit contributed to more than
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