CIENA Announces Plans for Next Generation MultiWave CoreStream -TM- DWDM Optical Transport System; Platform Will Enable 2 Terabits of Capacity.LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 1999-- 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) ) today announced MultiWave CoreStream(TM), a next generation of dense wavelength division multiplexing See WDM. (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 ) optical transport systems that will enable carriers to expand to up to 2 terabits of transport capacity. CoreStream is designed for use in high capacity long-haul applications and is part of CIENA's new LightWorks(TM) architecture for building intelligent optical networks. "CIENA CoreStream's scalable platform enables carriers to economically address today's bandwidth challenges while confidently building in network scalability to address future bandwidth requirements Bandwidth requirements (communications) The channel bandwidths needed to transmit various types of signals, using various processing schemes. Every signal observed in practice can be expressed as a sum (discrete or over a frequency continuum) of sinusoidal ," 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. , chief executive officer and president at CIENA Corporation. Incorporating CIENA's field proven optical technologies and scalable system architecture, CoreStream lays the foundation for the next generation of intelligent optical networks. "CoreStream moves DWDM and optical transport beyond ultimate channel count comparisons to what carriers truly care about - forward-looking network scalability and protection of invested capital," said Steve Alexander, CIENA's chief technology officer. "Since we brought our first MultiWave system to market, we focused on giving carriers access to immediate bandwidth with the peace of mind that the equipment they install today will allow them to grow that bandwidth without major network reconstruction or "sunk" capital costs going forward. CoreStream extends CIENA's scalability philosophy to the 2 terabit per second A terabit per second (Tbit/s or Tbps) is a unit of data transfer rate equal to 1,000 gigabits per second, 1,000,000 megabits per second, 1,000,000,000 kilobits per second, or 1,000,000,000,000 bits per second. range." In a separate announcement today, CIENA introduced its new LightWorks architecture which lays out a roadmap for carriers as they transition from legacy voice networks to data driven optical networks. CIENA has been at the forefront of this network evolution pioneering scalable DWDM systems worldwide as well as being the first vendor to deploy technology to allow carriers to connect ATM/IP products directly to the optical layer without intervening SONET equipment. MultiWave CoreStream's open architecture incorporates CIENA's DirectConnect(TM) technology enabling carriers to transparently transport all types of network traffic - voice, video and/or data. Customers will ultimately be able to transport up to two terabits of legacy voice traffic originating from any vendor's SONET/SDH equipment. Carriers can also dramatically simplify their network architectures and reduce capital and operating costs operating costs npl → gastos mpl operacionales by transporting ATM or IP traffic directly via CIENA's MultiWave equipment. CoreStream's modular architecture enables incremental capacity upgrades all the way up to 2 terabits/second over a single fiber pair. Each channel can be any mix of OC-12/STM-4, OC-48/STM-16 or OC-192/STM-64 optical interfaces. "The problem our customers face is trying to gauge when their needs for one or two terabit capacity systems will mature. The advantage of the CoreStream platform is that customers who have deployed CIENA's MultiWave Sentry products will be able to protect that investment at whatever pace their need for capacity grows," concluded CIENA's Steve Alexander. CoreStream offers carrier-class reliability through enhanced network management with CIENA's WaveWatcher(R) enabling network operators to maintain and monitor all of their CoreStream elements from a single console. In addition, CIENA's SmartSpan(TM) software automates system operations and ensures reliability and performance by embedding software intelligence within each CoreStream element. Optical channels can be added without service disruption. Each optical channel has intelligent digital performance monitoring which helps a carrier meet service level agreements and troubleshoot network problems. CIENA's CoreStream features a new generation of broadband optical amplifiers enabling flexible bandwidth commissioning and long-distance span designs. It also offers an optical add/drop multiplexer A device installed at an intermediate point on a transmission line that enables new signals to come in and existing signals to go out. In a typical example, most signals pass through the device, but some would be "dropped" by splitting them from the line. enabling the customer to access up to 8 channels in the middle of DWDM spans. The initial release of the MultiWave CoreStream will be capable of 480 Gb/s of transport capacity and is expected to be commercially available in September, 1999. Release two will expand the transport capacity up to 2 terabits and is expected to be available in mid 2000. See MultiWave CoreStream at SUPERCOMM CIENA's MultiWave CoreStream product as well as the new LightWorks architecture will be demonstrated at the SUPERCOMM '99 tradeshow at booth #7739 in the Georgia World Congress Center The Georgia World Congress Center or GWCC is the major convention center in Atlanta. It is the fourth-largest convention center in the United States at 1.4 million ft2 (130,000 m2) and hosts more than a million visitors each year. , Atlanta, Georgia, from June 7-10, 1999. ABOUT CIENA CIENA Corporation's market leading 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 form the core of telecommunications networks worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture changes the fundamental economics of service provider networks by simplifying the network architecture and reducing the cost to operate it. CIENA's networking solutions utilize bandwidth expanding dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) technology and include the MultiWave(R) family of products for long-haul, short-haul and metropolitan applications. CIENA's CoreDirector(TM), an intelligent optical core switch, delivers dynamic provisioning, grooming, flexible capacity management and survivability sur·viv·a·ble adj. 1. Capable of surviving: survivable organisms in a hostile environment. 2. That can be survived: a survivable, but very serious, illness. . Through its CIENA Services subsidiary, CIENA provides a range of engineering, furnishing and installation (EF&I) services for telecommunications service providers in the areas of transport, switching and wireless communications wireless communications System using radio-frequency, infrared, microwave, or other types of electromagnetic or acoustic waves in place of wires, cables, or fibre optics to transmit signals or data. . Additional information about CIENA and its LightWorks architecture can be found on its worldwide Website: http://www.ciena.com. NOTE TO INVESTORS: Forward-looking statements in this release 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 difficulty in anticipating core demand for bandwidth as well as other risk factors disclosed in the Company's Annual Report on Form 10-K Form 10-K A report required by the SEC from exchange-listed companies that provides for annual disclosure of certain financial information. Form 10-K See 10-K. , as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on December 9, 1998, as updated and restated into "plain English Plain English (sometimes known, more broadly, as plain language) is a communication style that focuses on considering the audience's needs when writing. It recommends avoiding unnecessary words and avoiding jargon, technical terms, and long and ambiguous sentences. " format in a Form 8K filed April 5, 1999, and as further updated by the Company's Quarterly Report on Form 10-Q Form 10-Q See 10-Q. as filed with the Commission on May 21, 1999. |
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