ADC Selected by White Rock Networks as Preferred Service Provider for Product Implementation.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers RICHARDSON, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 7, 2002 White Rock Networks, a leading provider of next-generation optical transport systems for the local metro transport market, today announced that ADC (1) See A/D converter. (2) (Apple Display Connector) A peripheral connector from Apple that combines digital video display, USB and power in one cable. , a leading global supplier of fiber optics fiber optics, transmission of digitized messages or information by light pulses along hair-thin glass fibers. Each fiber is surrounded by a cladding having a high index of refractance so that the light is internally reflected and travels the length of the fiber , network equipment, software and integration services for broadband, multiservice networks, has been selected as a preferred service provider. ADC will provide complete engineering, furnish and installation (EF&I) services to support White Rock's family of high-speed metro optical transport products. White Rock's family of "building-block" products provides "best-of-breed" price/performance and fits into carriers' existing networks without making those networks obsolete. Designed to dramatically improve the performance of Synchronous Optical Network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. (SONET) networks, White Rock's initial products include the VLX VLX Visual Language of Experimentation (modeling language) 2020(TM) OC-192 and the VLX2010(TM) OC-48 add/drop multiplexers (ADM See add/drop multiplexer. (language) ADM - A picture query language, extension of Sequel2. ["An Image-Oriented Database System", Y. Takao et al, in Database Techniques for Pictorial Applications, A. Blaser ed, pp. 527-538]. ). ADC offers systems integration services to support customer requirements throughout the technology life cycle, including the integration of both ADC and other complementary products. Nearly 2000 ADC systems integration employees are in the field providing a wide range of implementation services tailored to support all types of public network solutions. Services include engineering and installation of all types of public networks. "We are pleased to be named a preferred service provider for White Rock," said JoAnne Anderson, president of the Systems Integration Business Unit at ADC. "White Rock is quickly moving to the front as a next-generation optical transport systems provider, and our systems integration capabilities will assist them in helping service providers to build more efficient, robust systems cost-effectively -- and ultimately meet customers' demands for the delivery of high-speed, high-quality services." "At White Rock we are dedicated to providing our customers with only the highest standard of product support -- from turn up to maintenance of their optical transport networks. As a preferred service provider, we are confident that ADC will help us deliver the quality product support we have committed to as part of our overall customer support program," said Lonnie Martin, White Rock's founder/CEO. About White Rock Networks White Rock Networks provides carriers with a family of next-generation optical transport systems that enable the cost-effective delivery of high-speed services in metro areas. The company's innovative building-block architecture provides carriers with "step-function" improvements in their capital and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales , as well as deployment flexibility in serving a variety of metro customers. For more information about White Rock Networks, visit the company's website at www.whiterocknetworks.com. About ADC ADC is The Broadband Company(TM). ADC tailors high-quality, custom solutions of network equipment, fiber optics, software and systems integration services that enable communications service providers to deliver high-speed Internet See broadband. , data, video and voice services to consumers and businesses worldwide. ADC (Nasdaq:ADCT ADCT Adaptive Discrete Cosine Transform ) has sales into nearly 100 countries and is included in the Standard & Poor's 500 Index and the Nasdaq 100 Index Nasdaq 100 Index A market-capitalization-weighted index of the largest and most active nonfinancial domestic and international issues listed on the Nasdaq Stock Market. . Learn more about ADC Telecommunications, Inc. at www.adc.com. |
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