CIENA, Juniper Networks Enable Next-Generation Broadband Services; Leaders in Optical and IP Networks Announce 10G Interoperability, Arrival of Next-Generation IP-to-Optics Networking.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers LINTHICUM, Md. & MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- April 20, 2000 CIENA Corporation Ciena Corporation NASDAQ: CIEN develops and markets communications network platforms and software, and offers professional services. The Company's broadband access, data and optical networking platforms, software tools, and global network services support worldwide telecom (Nasdaq: CIEN CIEN Ciena Corporation (stock symbol) ), a leading provider of intelligent 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. systems, and Juniper Networks Juniper Networks, Inc. (NASDAQ: JNPR) is an information technology company based in Sunnyvale, California and founded in 1996. The company designs and sells Internet Protocol network products and services. , Inc. (Nasdaq: JNPR JNPR Juniper Networks, Inc. (stock symbol) ), provider of the industry-leading M160(TM) Internet backbone (communications, networking) Internet backbone - High-speed networks that carry Internet traffic. These communications networks are provided by companies such as AT&T, GTE, IBM, MCI, Netcom, Sprint, UUNET and consist of high-speed links in the T1, T3, OC1 and OC3 ranges. router, today announced the successful completion of interoperability testing between 10Gbps (OC-192c/STM-64) optical and IP networking platforms. Direct connectivity between CIENA's MultiWave CoreStream(TM) intelligent optical transport system and Juniper's M160 full-performance core router A router that resides within the middle or backbone of the network rather than at its periphery. The routers that make up the backbone of the Internet are core routers. See edge router and WAN router. makes 10Gbps next-generation optical networks, delivering pure 10G IP services over glass, a reality for service providers. "The announcement from two market-leading innovators, CIENA and Juniper, propels us forward into the next-generation of broadband IP-based services," said Julian de Bosdari, Senior Vice President, Marketing and Business Development at iaxis, a pan-European network operator using CIENA and Juniper systems at its network core. "We've already implemented IP over glass at 2.5Gbps. For iaxis, the ability to multiply this fourfold fourfold Adjective 1. having four times as many or as much 2. composed of four parts Adverb by four times as many or as much Adj. 1. and transport 10G IP signals over glass is an essential enabler in delivering new generation e-commerce and application portals. It takes our vision of an Internet-based economy, where voice is free and net-computing the norm, a step closer to reality." Interoperability testing included the successful passing of 10G IP data packets when the Juniper Networks M160 router was directly connected to the CIENA 10G CoreStream intelligent optical transport system. With next-generation 10G systems from both companies commercially available and now interoperable, CIENA and Juniper continue to lead the market with advanced technologies for a networked economy. "With the M160 router, Juniper is striving to help carriers quickly scale their networks and introduce new, faster services for their customers," said Scott Kriens, 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. at Juniper Networks. "Integrated 10G IP-to-optics takes that philosophy a step further by dramatically simplifying the network for the fastest service transmission available today. Service providers should achieve improved scalability and more cost-effective networks." "With CIENA providing deployable 10-gigabit capacity in real networks and Juniper's M160 filling those 10G circuits with wire-rate packets, our customers are building some of the world's largest Internet backbones A group of communications networks managed by several commercial companies that provide the major high-speed links across the country. ISPs are either connected directly to these backbones or to a larger regional ISP that is connected to one. today," said Patrick Nettles net·tle n. 1. Any of numerous plants of the genus Urtica, having toothed leaves, unisexual apetalous flowers, and stinging hairs that cause skin irritation on contact. 2. Any of various hairy, stinging, or prickly plants. , President and CEO of CIENA. "Sending pure IP packets directly over very large optical pipes is only the beginning of network innovations to come. Optical networking, and this kind of direct connectivity between IP and optics, will enable service providers to offer new high-bandwidth services at a fraction of the cost of legacy solutions." Juniper's M160 Internet backbone router is the first full-performance OC-192c/STM-64 platform. By providing aggregate route lookup rates in excess of 160 million packets per second and aggregate throughput exceeding 160Gbps, it allows service providers to grow their networks rapidly and reliably to take advantage of increased optical bandwidth. Carriers using Juniper's M160 routers in conjunction with CIENA's MultiWave CoreStream are able to create open, multi-service core networks with the most network capacity available today. CoreStream is the industry's first intelligent optical transport platform scalable to a capacity of approximately 2Tbps. ABOUT CIENA CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems form the core for the new era of networks and services worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture enables next-generation optical services and changes the fundamental economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA can be found at http://www.ciena.com. ABOUT JUNIPER NETWORKS(R) Juniper Networks, Inc. is a leading provider of purpose-built systems that meet the scalability, performance, density, and compatibility requirements of rapidly evolving, optically enabled IP networks. The company's purpose-built systems provide new IP infrastructure solutions for the world's leading service providers. Juniper Networks service, manufacturing teams, and IP engineers work closely with customers to build and support customer networks. The company is headquartered in Mountain View, California For the census-designated place, see Mountain View, Contra Costa County, California. For other places called "Mountain View", see . Mountain View is a city in Santa Clara County, in the U.S. state of California. The city gets its name from the views of the Santa Cruz Mountains. . For more information, please contact the company at 650/526-8000 or visit the web site at http://www.juniper.net. Juniper Networks is a registered trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. M160 is a trademark of Juniper Networks, Inc. All other trademarks, service marks, registered service marks may be the property of their respective owners. NOTE TO INVESTORS Forward-looking statements forward-looking statement A projected financial statement based on management expectations. A forward-looking statement involves risks with regard to the accuracy of assumptions underlying the projections. in this release, including, but not limited to, the cost savings, deployment timing, future scalability, and network management benefits of CIENA's (the Company's) products, are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof. The Company's actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied in such forward-looking statements, due to risks and uncertainties associated with the Company's business, which include the risk factors disclosed in the Company's Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 17, 2000. |
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