Alcatel's Romano Valussi to Join Tropic Networks Board of Directors.OTTAWA -- Tropic Networks Inc., today announced that Mr. Romano Valussi, President of Alcatel's (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :ALA) (Paris:CGEP CGEP Commonwealth Graduate Engineering Program (Virginia) CGEP Center for Gifted Education Policy .PA) optical networks activities, has been appointed to the Company's Board of Directors. "Tropic Networks is an emerging company offering an industry-defining solution that brings both manageability and reconfigurability to core metro-optical networks," said Romano Valussi. "I'm pleased to be joining the Board of Directors and look forward to working with the Tropic team to build on the ongoing success of this unique solution." Mr. Valussi joined Alcatel in 1990 as Director of Alcatel's Low-capacity SDH/Sonet Laboratories. Over the next 10 years, Mr. Valussi held progressively more challenging roles within Alcatel's optics activity. In July 2002, Mr. Valussi was appointed Senior Vice President, Product Strategy and Development and at the end of April 2003, he became President of Alcatel's optical networks activities. "Romano is a very valuable addition to Tropic's Board of Directors," said Bob Annunziata, Chairman of the Board, Tropic Networks. "He brings with him a solid understanding of the global optical market and the experience he and his team have gained in making Alcatel the worldwide leader in 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. equipment. We are very pleased to have him join our team." About Tropic Networks Founded to meet the challenges specific to building simple, manageable and flexible metro-regional optical transport infrastructures, Tropic Networks offers a new generation of reconfigurable OADM/DWDM solutions that help service providers minimize costs and maximize profits. The Tropic Networks TRX-24000(TM) ROADM ROADM Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer ROADM Reconfigurable Add Drop Multiplexing platform integrated with patented Wavelength Tracker(TM), advanced optical layer management technology, allows service providers to grow, simplify and manage their optical infrastructures, while leveraging existing network assets. Headquartered in Ottawa, Canada, Tropic was founded in May 2000. The company is privately held and venture capital backed. For more information, please visit www.tropicnetworks.com. About Alcatel Alcatel provides communications solutions to telecommunication telecommunication Communication between parties at a distance from one another. Modern telecommunication systems—capable of transmitting telephone, fax, data, radio, or television signals—can transmit large volumes of information over long distances. carriers, Internet service providers Internet service provider (ISP) Company that provides Internet connections and services to individuals and organizations. For a monthly fee, ISPs provide computer users with a connection to their site (see data transmission), as well as a log-in name and password. and enterprises for delivery of voice, data and video applications to their customers or to their employees. Alcatel leverages its leading position in fixed and mobile broadband Description Mobile Broadband is a type of wireless internet access that differs from Wi-Fi. Mobile Broadband is the name used to describe the 3G services which are made possible by HSDPA and HSUPA, the latest technologies on the W-CDMA evolutionary path. networks, applications and services to bring value to its customers in the framework of a broadband broadband Term describing the radiation from a source that produces a broad, continuous spectrum of frequencies (contrasted with a laser, which produces a single frequency or very narrow range of frequencies). world. With sales of EURO 12.5 billion in 2003, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.com A photo is available on CCNMatthews website at the following address: http://www2.ccnmatthews.com/database/fax/2000/valussi.jpg |
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