Corning and Nortel Networks Demonstrate Fiber Solutions for Metropolitan Networks.Business Editors & Technology Writers PT/EXPO COMM 2002 BEIJING & CORNING, N.Y.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Oct. 28, 2002 PT/EXPO COMM 2002 Exhibit to Feature Corning LEAF(R) Optical Fiber and Nortel's OPTera Metro 5200 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) ) and Nortel Networks (Nortel Networks Limited, Brampton, Ontario, www.nortelnetworks.com) A world leader in telecommunications products, which includes switching, wireless and broadband systems for service providers and carriers, telephones and systems for residential and business users, computer telephony (*) (NYSE/TSX:NT) are scheduled to demonstrate the integration of their advanced metropolitan network application products at PT/EXPO COMM 2002 October 29 - November 2, 2002. Utilizing Corning(R) LEAF(R) optical fiber operating at 10 Gb/s over Nortel Networks' OPTera(*) Metro 5200 system, these leading 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. companies will jointly demonstrate an integrated network A network that supports both data and voice and/or different networking protocols. See converged network and new public network. design. The demo will exhibit an advanced technical solution for today's high-bit rate, metropolitan carrier network. The display will be available to the public during exhibition hours in both the Nortel Networks booth (#3717) and the Corning booth (#3601). The demonstration will entail 100 km of LEAF fiber routed through the two booths, each housing an OPTera 5200 unit. "Nortel Networks optical technology is making networks smarter, faster, and more reliable than ever before," said Yuan-Hao Lin, senior vice president, Nortel Networks China. "By coordinating efforts with companies such as Corning, we continue to realize further technological advances in optical communications and bring high-performance, dependable, cost-efficient solutions to our customers." "Corning is excited about the opportunity to collaborate with Nortel Networks at events like PT/EXPO COMM 2002. These efforts have allowed us to demonstrate a truly innovative model utilizing Corning LEAF fiber and Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 5200," added Simon MacKinnon, president-Greater China, Corning International. "The integration of LEAF fiber with Nortel's advanced metro products results in the ability to offer metro network solutions delivering greater network flexibility, enhanced capabilities and cost-savings to the customer. Nortel Networks OPTera Metro 5200 is protocol and bit-rate independent and 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 ) data-optimized. It includes a survivable 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. platform with tributary interfaces for metropolitan access and interoffice in·ter·of·fice adj. Transmitted or taking place between offices, especially those of a single organization: an interoffice memo; interoffice conferences. applications. OPTera Metro 5200 uses DWDM to optimize current fiber infrastructure. It also provides flexible connectivity over point-to-point or ring-based networks, helping service providers to address bandwidth growth, capitalize on service delivery opportunities and drive reduced operating costs. Corning's LEAF fiber, the world's most advanced non-zero, dispersion-shifted fiber (NZ-DSF NZ-DSF Non-Zero-Dispersion Shifted Fiber (Fujitsu) ), has a large effective area to allow higher levels of power to be transmitted through the fiber than standard NZ-DSFs, minimizing the non-linear effects that degrade system performance. LEAF G.655.B-compliant fiber is optimized for amplified DWDM, 1550 nm transmission, reduces complexity by reducing regeneration requirements, provides an upgrade path from 10 Gb/s to 40 Gb/s, and provides a bridge from current long-haul networks into the metro. About Nortel Networks Nortel Networks is an industry leader and innovator focused on transforming how the world communicates and exchanges information. The company is supplying its service provider and enterprise customers with communications technology and infrastructure to enable value-added IP data, voice and multimedia services spanning Wireless Networks, Wireline Networks, Enterprise Networks and Optical Networks. As a global company, Nortel Networks does business in more than 150 countries. More information about Nortel Networks can be found on the Web at www.nortelnetworks.com. 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. (*) Nortel Networks, the Nortel Networks logo, the Globemark and OPTera are trademarks of Nortel Networks. |
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