ADVA Optical Networking's FSP 3000 Positions Cross Telephone for Profitable Growth in Business, Residential and Wholesale Services.

Upgrade to 10Gbit/s DWDM backbone delivers Oklahoma service provider enhanced degrees of power and flexibility to profitably expand offerings

MAHWAH, N.J. & MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany -- ADVA Optical Networking today announced Cross Telephone Company has deployed the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 3000RE to modernize its network backbone for profitable growth in services to business and residential users, as well as other service providers. The FSP 3000RE is currently delivering 10Gbit/s for the nearly 100-year-old Oklahoma provider's voice, data, video and wholesale services. Maximum scalability for the FSP 3000RE is up to 40Gbit/s on each of 40 wavelengths, or 1.6Tbit/s.

"ADVA Optical Networking's solution substantially enhances our competitive positioning and long-term profitability," said David Wright, Cross Telephone general manager. "In upgrading our core network from ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) to 10Gbit/s DWDM (dense wavelength division multiplexing), we now have the flexibility and scalability to deliver new bandwidth-intensive services to end users and to other service providers on a wholesale basis. The FSP 3000RE provides us a robust and simple platform to cost-effectively overlay additional services on existing infrastructure. It also allows us to implement Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) functionality in the future to dynamically switch traffic as needs arise."

Cross Telephone deployed FSP 3000RE platforms at its 14 central offices linked along three optical-fiber network rings across nearly 300km. ADVA Optical Networking's solution is able to support all of Cross Telephone's multi-protocol service traffic at native speeds, without the need for in-line amplification of the optical signals between any two central offices.

"Cross Telephone has been locally owned since its founding in 1911, so this is obviously a company that understands the long-term needs of its customers," said Brian P. McCann, chief marketing and strategy officer with ADVA Optical Networking. "The company's digital television and high-speed Internet services have been well-received, and the new opportunities for wholesaling individual wavelengths, Gigabit Ethernet and SONET (Synchronous Optical Network) services are exciting. Cross Telephone knew the time was right to upgrade its network and we are pleased that our solution provided the most powerful, flexible foundation for continued, profitable growth."

The ADVA FSP 3000RE is a cost-effective, dynamic optical transport platform that provides a multitude of service interfaces for central offices, customer premises, co-location and carrier hotel applications. Using Raman amplification, the FSP 3000RE can also support regional networks, where reach requirements can be up to 2,000km and spans can reach 160km. The FSP 3000RE provides a versatile, cost-effective and compact platform for access, metro and regional applications. Wavelengths can be selectively configured at any node, with Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) or with fixed OADM filters, delivering an assortment of transparent, protocol-independent or aggregated services. Extensive monitoring and control are delivered via the RAYcontrol[R] GMPLS-based control plane.

ABOUT ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING

ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is at the forefront of providing Optical+Ethernet solutions that advance next-generation networks for data, storage, voice and video services. Our company's strength comes from passionate and dedicated employees, all sharing a common vision: a fast, customized response to customers' ever-changing needs. Our innovative Fiber Service Platform (FSP) and strong customer focus provide carriers and enterprises the ability to scale their networks and deliver intelligent, competitive new services. ADVA Optical Networking's solutions have been deployed at more than 200 carriers and 10,000 enterprises around the world. For further information about ADVA Optical Networking: www.advaoptical.com.

ABOUT CROSS TELEPHONE

Cross Telephone Company is a locally owned and operated local exchange carrier providing state-of-the-art telecommunications services to over 10,000 rural residential and business customers in Southeast Oklahoma. Our vision is to build connected communities and the execution of that vision begins with understanding our customer's technology needs and is exemplified in our unwavering commitment and support for our customers. Our pride is in our people, our network and our service - which is second to none.

Since 1911 Cross Telephone has provided traditional local telephone service and class features to our customers, and in the latter decade we have expanded our offering to include High Speed Internet Services, Commercial and Residential VoIP Services, and a variety of IP Video Entertainment Services delivered over copper, fiber and wireless network facilities; all of which, are available to over 85% of our customers. Our access services are supported over what we feel is one of the most technically enhanced IP backbones in the nation - with which we have the capacity to deliver over 40MB of unshared bandwidth per customer.

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ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany

ADVA Optical Networking Inc., Mahwah, New Jersey, USA

ADVA Optical Networking Corp., Tokyo, Japan

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