AirFiber and KDI To Provide Japanese Businesses Another Option for High-Bandwidth Services; KDI to Utilize AirFiber's OptiMesh Wireless Optical Network in Japan, Providing Alternative Access for Broadband.Business Editors and High-Tech Writers SAN DIEGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 25, 2000 AirFiber Inc., a telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. equipment provider, and KDI KDI Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence (NSF) KDI Korean Development Institute KDI Kernel Debug Interface KDI Kernel Downloadable Image (LynxOS) KDI Kosovo Democratic Institute , the research group for DDI ddI and ddC: see AZT. , Tuesday announced the successful deployment and testing of AirFiber's wireless 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. technology. KDI is evaluating AirFiber's OptiMesh(TM) network to provide reliable, high-bandwidth telecommunication services to companies in Japan as an alternative to fiber optic cable Noun 1. fiber optic cable - a cable made of optical fibers that can transmit large amounts of information at the speed of light fibre optic cable transmission line, cable, line - a conductor for transmitting electrical or optical signals or electric power . The successful trial in the Tokyo area featured end-to-end application demonstrations such as full-motion high-bandwidth video conferencing See videoconferencing. (communications) video conferencing - A discussion between two or more groups of people who are in different places but can see and hear each other using electronic communications. . OptiMesh is a reliable high-bandwidth (up to 622 Mbps) network that will allow KDI to offer "last mile" access at a fraction of the cost and time required to install fiber to buildings. The OptiMesh network is based on wireless optical networking technology, which has the ability to deliver high-bandwidth access for voice, data and multimedia services over the air using invisible eye-safe beams of light. The network's short-link "mesh" architecture and redundant features provide carrier-grade reliability of 99.999% in even the most severe weather conditions. "Alternative carriers in Japan have few options when it comes to connecting their customers to fiber backbones," said Jim Dunn, CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of AirFiber Inc. "We saw Japan as an ideal market for our OptiMesh product, which we believe will change Japan's competitive telecommunications landscape. KDI and DDI have a vision directly in line with ours to provide end-to-end high bandwidth services from the core network to the access network to their customers." Prior to today, the only realistic high-bandwidth service option that alternative carriers in Japan had was to lease fiber access from competitors. It was not practical for alternative carriers to deploy and own their own fiber network to all their customer's buildings due to the exorbitant costs and months or years of deployment time. With OptiMesh, KDI and DDI now have the ability to extend fiber-like access to buildings without the cost and time constraints In law, time constraints are placed on certain actions and filings in the interest of speedy justice, and additionally to prevent the evasion of the ends of justice by waiting until a matter is moot. typically required for fiber. KDI and DDI can also directly own the high-bandwidth access network that connects their customers to voice, data and multimedia services. "OptiMesh will provide true end-to end high-bandwidth services without requiring a fiber cable network for 'last-mile' access. AirFiber's wireless optical networking technology, in conjunction with other technologies we are evaluating will give Japanese businesses a real choice for end-to end high-bandwidth services," said Dr. Hayashi, Presendent, KDI. "High-bandwidth wireless transmission capabilities, high network reliability and economics were the critical factors that led KDI to evaluate AirFiber's OptiMesh technology." Upon the successful completion of the trial, the companies expect KDI to integrate the OptiMesh network with other components of KDI's end-to-end high-bandwidth network and ultimately to deploy this network to customers in metropolitan areas of Japan. About AirFiber San Diego-based AirFiber is a telecommunications equipment supplier of wireless optical networks that provide high-bandwidth access to urban buildings for voice, data and multimedia services. The company's flagship product A primary product of a company, which is typically why the company was founded and/or what made it well known. For example, MS-DOS, Windows and the Microsoft Office suite have been flagship products of Microsoft. CorelDRAW is a flagship product of Corel Corporation. , OptiMesh(TM), is a reliable, quickly deployed and cost-effective access solution for carriers worldwide. Founded in 1998, AirFiber, Inc. is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. . For more information, visit the Web site at www.airfiber.com. About Kyocera DDI Institute of Future Telecommunications, Inc (KDI) Tokyo-based KDI is a telecommunications technology research group for DDI. KDI is actively evaluating and testing new telecommunications technologies and products that can provide strategic benefits to DDI's telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. and services. For more information, visit the Web site at www.kdi.co.jp |
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