ADVA Optical Networking and Fujitsu Sign Strategic OEM Partnership for the North American Market.Business Editors MARTINSRIED & MUNICH, Germany & RAMSEY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 17, 2002--ADVA 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 a strategic Original Equipment Manufacturer ("OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) The rebranding of equipment and selling it. The term initially referred to the company that made the products (the "original" manufacturer), but eventually became widely used to refer to the organization that buys the products and ") distribution partnership with Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., the North American North American named after North America. North American blastomycosis see North American blastomycosis. North American cattle tick see boophilusannulatus. telecommunications arm of Fujitsu Ltd., to deliver one of the industry's most complete, best-of-breed, and end-to-end optical networking portfolios to carriers and service providers in North America. Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu Network Communications will market, sell, support, and influence the development of ADVA's Fiber Service Platform ("FSP FSP - File Service Protocol ") 500 and FSP 3000 products as members of its FLASHWAVE(R) 7000 product family. The FSP 500 will be sold under the FLASHWAVE 7410 label, and the FSP 3000 under the FLASHWAVE 7420 label. The two products are key additions to the FLASHWAVE 7000 product family from Fujitsu Network Communications, further enabling the company to immediately offer high-capacity, end-to-end DWDM (Dense WDM) The term given to wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) when significantly more channels were being added. Since WDM is increasingly more "dense" all the time, both terms are used synonymously. See WDM. DWDM - wavelength division multiplexing solutions from customer premise through to ultra long-haul networks. Fujitsu Network Communications has established itself as a dominant market leader in 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") transport platforms, with more than 275,000 installed network elements in the central offices of nearly every major carrier in North America. This strategic OEM distribution partnership joins ADVA's technology-leading metro access and metro core infrastructure products with the optical transport products, well-established carrier relationships, and world-class sales, service, and technical support of Fujitsu Network Communications. ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet and Fujitsu Network Communications anticipate that this partnership will provide highly compelling and attractive network solutions for telecommunications service providers. "We firmly believe that the market opportunity for metro core Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing See WDM. ("DWDM") infrastructure and metro access services among North American carriers is sizable in the mid- to long-term, and therefore warrants a clear, concise, and aggressive strategy by Fujitsu Network Communications," says Ron Martin, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer Chief Operating Officer (COO) The officer of a firm responsible for day-to-day management, usually the president or an executive vice-president. of Fujitsu Network Communications. "After considerable analysis and careful evaluation, we concluded that ADVA's FSP products are among the most technologically-advanced and carrier-proven solutions commercially available today. We fully expect the competitive price points and broad range of revenue-generating, service-provisioning opportunities inherent in these platforms to create enormous interest and wide-scale deployment by Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers ("ILECs") and Inter-Exchange Carriers ("IXCs") in North America. We have already begun marketing and sales activities with these metro products to key carrier customers, and have received extremely positive feedback with high levels of interest." "It is absolutely clear that North American incumbent carriers place a high value on long-established relationships with their equipment vendors. The size, scope, and depth of these vendors' service and technical support organizations, coupled with their extensive working knowledge of carrier networks, positions them very well for new product introductions," notes Brian L. Protiva, ADVA's Chief Executive Officer. "We want to duplicate the success that ADVA has achieved in the European region with Siemens by partnering with a company of similar calibre and quality reputation in the North American market. Fujitsu Network Communications is without question the dominant market leader in the North American SONET transport equipment space and as a result of its key relationships with all major carriers, we anticipate deployment of the FLASHWAVE 7410 and 7420 fiber access platforms into future roll-outs of metro optical networks by many of the ILECs and IXCs." To support its focus on maximizing opportunities for metro optical networking solutions in the North American carrier market, Fujitsu Network Communications has already submitted these products for Telcordia Technologies' Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements (OSMINE) is a procedure by Telcordia to ensure compatibility with the latter's various operating systems. External links
Fujitsu Network Communications is updating its NETSMART(TM) 1500 element management system to fully manage the FLASHWAVE 7410 and FLASHWAVE 7420 optical transport platforms. ADVA and Fujitsu Network Communications will also coordinate future product development roadmaps of these products to ensure they remain highly cost-effective, service delivery platforms. About Fujitsu Network Communications Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. delivers next generation optical transport and photonics solutions optimized for metropolitan, regional, long haul, and ultra long haul, high capacity applications. The company's comprehensive consulting and network services offer support at any network development, deployment and maintenance stage. The company is the leading optical transport equipment vendor in the metro market and has increased its share in the long haul market. FNC FNC - Federal Networking Council is a division of Fujitsu Limited (TSE See Tokyo Stock Exchange. TSE 1. See Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE). 2. See Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE). : 6702), a provider of comprehensive IT and networking solutions for the global marketplace. For more news and information please visit http://www.fnc.fujitsu.com. FLASHWAVE(R) and NETSMART(TM) are trademarks of Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. About ADVA Optical Networking ADVA Optical Networking is a leading global provider of optical networking solutions for rapid and cost-effective provisioning of high-speed data, storage, voice, and video services in the metropolitan area. ADVA's carrier-class portfolio is comprised of the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) family of products - explicitly designed to ensure the lowest total cost of ownership. ADVA's solutions have been deployed at over 49 carriers and service providers (including PTTs, RBOCs, LECs, and IXCs) and more than 500 enterprises worldwide. ADVA's products are sold through an international network of blue-chip distribution partners in addition to its own direct sales force. Further information on ADVA: www.advaoptical.com. Published by ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany ADVA Optical Networking Inc., Ramsey/New Jersey, USA www.advaoptical.com |
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