Broadwing Communications to Use Corvis Technology for Enhanced Wavelength Services.Business Editors COLUMBIA, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 10, 2000 Carrier's purchase of $200 million in innovative optical technology will accelerate deployment of next-generation broadband services See broadband and broadband service provider. Corvis Corporation, a leader in delivering all-optical Internet infrastructure, today announced that Broadwing Communications, a wholly owned subsidiary Wholly Owned Subsidiary A subsidiary whose parent company owns 100% of its common stock. Notes: In other words, the parent company owns the company outright and there are no minority owners. of Broadwing Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange : BRW BRW Business Review Weekly (business magazine; Melbourne, Victoria, Australia) BRW Business Report Writer BRW Barrow, AK, USA - Barrow (Airport Code) BRW Business Requirement Worksheet ) will be the first to deploy Corvis' suite of all-optical networking A communications network that works completely in the optical domain. It uses optical switches connected by optical fibers. See optical switch and optical computer. products to provide enhanced wavelength services. "Business customers need an advanced high-speed network that is capable of providing the next-generation of broadband services," said Rick Pontin, Broadwing Communications 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. . "Broadwing's national backbone, combined with Corvis' groundbreaking technology, creates a powerful, flexible and reliable data-centric network that is capable of rapidly and efficiently adding capacity when and where it is needed. As a result, our customers will be able to offer new applications and services to the marketplace much faster than previously imagined." The Corvis suite of all-optical products will enable the industry's first end-to-end all-optical network solution to support both 2.5 and 10 gigabits per second. It offers the high-capacity, all-optical switching and transport with integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. management required for next-generation, terabit IP networks. "The optical mesh will give us the flexibility to provide services rapidly without costly network pre-provisioning," said Mike Jones, Senior Vice President of Engineering for Broadwing Communications. "Broadwing is redefining the market by providing customers with today's most advanced broadband applications and services," said Dr. David Huber, President and 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 Corvis. "Our products will enable Broadwing to quickly deliver the network capacity required for these cutting-edge services in a matter of hours, all with the click of a mouse." Corvis is the first company to combine all-optical switching with ultra-long distance optical transport and integrated network management. The Corvis Optical Routing Switch See layer 3 switch. can transparently provision and reconfigure both OC-192/OC-192(c) and OC-48/OC-48 (c) service streams with a capacity of up to 2.4 terabits/second. "Combining all-optical switching with ultra-long distance optical transport provides the foundation for a flexible mesh network A communications network in which there are at least two pathways to each node. If one of the paths fails, the other is still available. A "fully meshed" network means that every node has a direct connection to every other node, which is a very elaborate and expensive architecture. ," said Glenn Falcao, Executive Vice President of Corvis. "The Optical Routing Switch allows carriers to route wavelengths directly through the optical layer, eliminating the need for electrical switches in the core network and enabling rapid provisioning of new capacity." About Corvis Corvis Corporation is a privately held all-optical Internet infrastructure company founded by Dr. David Huber, one of the leading figures in the field of optical communications Optical communications The transmission of speech, data, video, and other information by means of the visible and the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum. . The Company has introduced the first transparent all-optical switching, transport and network management solutions that will revolutionize the way traffic is moved in the new Internet-driven economy. The Corvis all-optical mesh network is the foundation for building the next generation all-optical Internet to meet the explosive growth of users and applications. Corvis products and services give communication service providers the capability to build a transparent, high-capacity all-optical network necessary to quickly accommodate the continuing growth of Internet, video, voice, and other data traffic. This flexibility can result in a significant gain in network capacity using existing fiber in the field. For more information, call Corvis at 443-259-4000 or visit the Corvis web site at www.corvis.com. Corvis, CorWave, and the Corvis logo are trademarks and/or service marks of the Corvis Corporation. About Broadwing Broadwing Communications is a wholly owned subsidiary of Broadwing Inc. Broadwing Inc. (NYSE: BRW) is an integrated communications powerhouse delivering voice, data and Internet solutions to a variety of customers nationwide. Broadwing combines unparalleled customer service with a premier next-generation fiber network and award-winning IP backbone, to create data and Internet solutions that are innovative, reliable, and provide businesses a competitive advantage. Broadwing sets the standard for customer accountability with its first-in-the-industry Installation Guarantee. Headquartered in Cincinnati, Ohio “Cincinnati” redirects here. For other uses, see Cincinnati (disambiguation). Cincinnati is a city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Hamilton County. with 6,000 employees in 38 cities, Broadwing can be found on the Web at broadwing.com |
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