BTexact Technologies Tests Quantum Bridge's End-to-End Optical Access Portfolio; BTexact to Focus on Burgeoning Wavelength Services Market and Fiber-to-the-Curb Opportunity.Business/Technology Editors ANDOVER, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 1, 2002 Quantum Bridge Communications, Inc., a leading developer of optical access networking solutions, today announced that its optical access portfolio is being evaluated by BTexact Technologies, British Telecommunications plc's (BT) advanced research and technology business. In addition to evaluating Quantum Bridge's industry-leading Passive 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. (PON (Passive Optical Network) An optical point-to-multipoint access network. There are no optical repeaters or other active devices in a PON, hence the name "passive. ) solution, BTexact is also evaluating the company's 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 and MTU (1) (Maximum Transmission Unit, Maximum Transfer Unit) The largest frame size that can be transmitted over the network. For example, an Ethernet MTU is 1,500 bytes. Messages longer than the MTU must be divided into smaller frames. products. Quantum Bridge has shipped BTexact its QB616 Intelligent Optical Terminal (IOT IOT In Order To IOT Index-Organized Table IOT British Indian Ocean Territory (ISO 3-letter country code) IOT Interoperability Testing IOT Initial Operational Test IOT In-Orbit Test ) that supports symmetrical traffic running at speeds of 622 Mbps, its QB3000 Optical Access Switch, and its QB8000 DWDM Optical Edge Switch. Working together, these elements support the ability for a carrier to deliver services between 1 Mbps to 2.5 Gbps all over a single optical network, and commonly managed under a single management platform. This optical access portfolio enables service providers, such as BT, to deliver the "triple play" of voice, video and data services while utilizing existing facilities. Leveraging cost-effective optical access solutions, service providers can now drive high-bandwidth, fiber efficient solutions, deeper into the network for both residential and business applications. The Quantum Bridge solutions also enable the efficient aggregation of low-bandwidth infrastructure applications for CCTV CCTV abbr. closed-circuit television CCTV closed-circuit television and wireless backhaul. "BTexact is an organization with an unrivaled understanding of the telecoms marketplace," said Dave McLaren Dave McLaren (born June 12, 1934) is a former football goalkeeper. McLaren began his career at local club Auchterarder before being signed to Dundee. He managed only one first team appearance for the team though, before heading to England in January 1957, where he would , Quantum Bridge's Managing Director of EMEA (Europe, Middle East, Africa) Refers to that region of the world. For example, one might see products packaged differently for the UK, EMEA and Asia Pacific markets. . "The fact that they are testing equipment that enables the revitalization of the access network with fiber and the eventual deployment of wavelength and sub-wavelength type services, should be a strong indicator of which way things are headed in Europe, as well as the rest of the world." About BTexact Technologies BTexact Technologies, BT's advanced research and technology business, offers expertise and experience in communications technology Noun 1. communications technology - the activity of designing and constructing and maintaining communication systems engineering, technology - the practical application of science to commerce or industry and e-business, backed by a team of more than 3000 technologists and one of the world's largest communications research and development facilities. As the centre of technical expertise for the BT Group, BTexact established a record of world-first achievement and of successful delivery of projects, large and small. It has created an intellectual property portfolio of some 14,000 patents based on almost 2000 inventions. BTexact is also responsible for corporate incubator, Brightstar. BTexact Technologies works in collaboration with all the other BT Businesses to serve their customers and also provides services to companies outside the BT Group. It is headquartered at Adastral Park Adastral Park is the name given to what was once the BT Research Laboratories or BT Labs based at Martlesham Heath near Ipswich in the English county of Suffolk. , at one end of the Cambridge-2-Ipswich Hi Tech Corridor, and is a founder member of the Cambridge Network The Cambridge Network is a networking organization for business people and academics working in technology fields in the Cambridge area (sometimes called Silicon Fen). . BTexact has people based worldwide - including locations across the UK and in Asia, continental Europe, and North America. BTexact's employees include many who are world leaders in their specialist fields, working at the forefront of standards development and new technologies in areas including multimedia, IP and data networks, mobile communications, network design and management, and business applications. For more information about BTexact Technologies, please go to www.btexact.com. About Quantum Bridge Communications Quantum Bridge Communications, headquartered in Andover, Mass., is a leading provider of optical access systems designed to address the bandwidth bottlenecks in today's access networks. The Quantum Bridge optical access solution family has been designed to meet the stringent network requirements of service providers. For more information, please visit our Web site at www.quantumbridge.com. Quantum Bridge and the Quantum Bridge logo are registered trademarks of Quantum Bridge Communications, Inc. QB3000, QB5000, QB8000, and QBVision are trademarks of Quantum Bridge Communications, Inc. |
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