ADVA's Fiber Access Solutions Deployed by BellSouth.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany & RAMSEY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 5, 2001 ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet Optical Networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. (German Neuer Markt: ADV ADV Advertisement ADV Adverb ADV Advance/Advanced ADV Advantage (tennis) ADV Advise ADV Advocate ADV Advancement ADV Advent ADV Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung ADV Adversus (Latin: Against) ), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced the successful deployment of its Fiber Service Platform (FSP FSP - File Service Protocol ) 500 to support BellSouth's point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet An Ethernet standard that transmits at 1 Gbps. Used mostly to connect high-end workstations and servers as well as for network backbones, Gigabit Ethernet transmits full duplex from point to point using switches and half duplex in a shared environment (CSMA/CD) using a hub. (GigE) Service. A recent University of California-Berkeley study predicts that more data will be generated in the next two years than was cumulatively generated in the previous 40,000 years. Companies are searching for ways to expand networks to accommodate the dramatic increase in data traffic. Applications such as streaming video A one-way video transmission over a data network. It is widely used on the Web as well as company networks to play video clips and video broadcasts. Computers in home networks stream video to digital media hubs connected to a home theater. , multi-media and managed services An umbrella term for third-party monitoring and maintaining of computers, networks and software. The actual equipment may be inhouse or at the third-party's facilities, but the "managed" implies an ongoing effort; for example, making sure the equipment is running at a certain quality are placing high demands on most LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. technologies. BellSouth's Ethernet services provide customers with bandwidth up to 1 Gbps now and 10 Gbps in the future, eclipsing most of today's technologies. "Customers demanding high-bandwidth business applications like transparent LAN speed services want a flexible solution that is highly reliable," said Chris Noll, research director, BellSouth Science and Technology. "BellSouth has developed point-to-point Gigabit Ethernet Service as an enhancement to its current offerings, which meets the evolving customer needs in the marketplace." Gigabit Ethernet is an extension of BellSouth's existing, fiber-based Native Mode LAN Interconnection (NMLI NMLI Native Mode LAN Interface ) solution. By further tapping the full range of fiber optic capabilities, BellSouth's GigE solution provides a cost-effective migration path that paves the way to the next generation of high-speed data applications. This allows companies to build a completely meshed, fiber-based NMLI and GigE network solution. "ADVA's win at BellSouth is impressive because of the truly demanding network requirements of an RBOC (Regional Bell Operating Company) The Bell telephone companies that were spun off of AT&T by court order in 1984 (the Divestiture). Also known as the "Baby Bells," the initial seven RBOCs were Nynex, Bell Atlantic, BellSouth, Southwestern Bell, US West, ," stated Mark Lutkowitz, Vice President of Optical Networking Research at Communications Industry Researchers. "It is another demonstration of ADVA's competitive strength of meeting the stringent cost points in the enterprise space." "We are delighted that a leading carrier like BellSouth selected the ADVA FSP 500 solution," said Steve Gitkin, Vice President of Sales, North America, at ADVA. "ADVA's FSP 500, in fact our entire portfolio, is designed to enable carriers to rapidly and cost-effectively deploy high-speed data services." For more information about ADVA Optical Networking, please visit us at www.advaoptical.com About ADVA Optical Networking ADVA Optical Networking is a leading global provider of optical networking solutions for the deployment, management, and delivery of high-speed services for the metropolitan area and enterprise markets. ADVA is leveraging its core technologies and expertise in the enterprise market to maximize growth opportunities in the exploding metro market. Key services include high-speed data, storage, video, and voice applications. The ADVA product portfolio is sold through an international network of distributors, value-added resellers, and original equipment manufacturers, in coordination with ADVA's own regional sales offices and direct service provider sales force. Customers include over 45 telecommunications organizations and metro service providers, as well as more than ca. 500 Fortune 1,000 companies, universities, and government agencies. Published by: ADVA AG Optical Networking, Munich and Meiningen, Germany; ADVA Optical Networking Inc., Ramsey/New Jersey, USA |
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