Corning Selected by Huawei Technologies to Supply EDFAs for SONET/SDH Transport System; Companies Enter Strategic Relationship for Optical Amplifier and Pump Laser Supply.Business Editors CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 Corning Incorporated Corning Incorporated NYSE: GLW is an American manufacturer of glass, ceramics and related materials, primarily for industrial and scientific applications. The company was known until 1989 as Corning Glass Works. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :GLW GLW Glasgow Airport (UK) GLW Gross Laden Weight GLW Good Lady Wife (Australia) ), a world leading optical amplifier A device that boosts light signals in an optical fiber network. Unlike regenerators, which have to convert light to electricity in order to amplify it and then convert it back again to light, the optical amplifier amplifies the light signal itself. supplier, today announced that it has entered into a supply agreement with Huawei Technologies Co., Ltd., a leading telecommunications equipment provider based in China. Under the agreement, Corning will be Huawei's principal supplier of single-channel EDFAs for its high-speed transport system. The agreement, covering a three-year time frame, marks the start of a strategic relationship for the supply of optical amplifiers and pump lasers by Corning to Huawei. "Strength in amplifier design, pump lasers and passive components confirmed our decision to partner with Corning," said Pingan Zhang, senior vice president, 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, Huawei Technologies. "Corning(R) PureGain(TM) EDFA (Erbium-Doped Fiber Amplifier) A device that boosts the signal in an optical fiber. Introduced in the late 1980s, the EDFA was the first successful optical amplifier. modules meet Huawei's stringent technical requirements for high-speed data transport." Huawei will use the Corning PureGain 1000 amplifier platform in its OptiX 10G(TM) SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy optical network systems. PureGain 1000 single-channel EDFAs are based on a simple, reliable, field-proven design. The flexible platform will be tailored to meet Huawei's needs. "We are pleased Huawei selected Corning PureGain EDFAs to complement their OptiX 10G optical transport platform," said Gerald Fine, senior vice president and general manager, Corning Photonic Technologies. "This supply agreement marks the start of what we expect to be a long-term, mutually beneficial relationship." About Corning Incorporated Established in 1851, Corning Incorporated (www.corning.com) creates leading-edge technologies that offer growth opportunities in markets that fuel the world's economy. Corning manufactures optical fiber, cable and photonic products for the telecommunications industry; and high-performance displays and components for television, information technology and other communications-related industries. The company also uses advanced materials to manufacture products for scientific, semiconductor and environmental markets. About Huawei Technologies Established in 1988, Huawei Technologies is a high-tech enterprise which specializes in research and development (R&D), production and marketing of communications equipment, providing customized network solutions for telecom carriers in optical, fixed, mobile and data communications networks. Huawei's customers include China Telecom, China Mobile, China Unicom, China Netcom as well as Thai AIS, South Korea Telecom, SingTel, Hutchison Global Crossing, PCCW PCCW Pacific Century CyberWorks PCCW Palmer College of Chiropractic West (San Jose, California) , Telemar (Brazil), etc. Huawei reported total sales of US $3.1 billion in 2001. |
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