Corvis Announces Agreement With Qwest Communications.Business Editors COLUMBIA. Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 6, 2000 Carrier's purchase of groundbreaking 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. equipment will support next generation all-optical network A communications network that works completely in the optical domain. It uses optical switches connected by optical fibers. See optical switch and optical computer. Corvis Corporation, a leader in delivering all-optical Internet infrastructure, today announced it has signed a multi-year agreement with Qwest Communications
Corvis will supply its high-capacity, all-optical products for Qwest's next generation all-optical network. Qwest's all-optical nationwide network is a bandwidth-on-demand, end-to-end network providing customers with leading-edge broadband applications and services. "Corvis is a good fit for us because their optical equipment will help us meet our customers' demands," said Mike Perusse, Qwest's senior vice president of network engineering. "Corvis' unique combination of scalability and forward-looking, all-optical architecture will support Qwest's cost-effective new network and help meet the strong demand for broadband applications and services." Corvis' all-optical products will help Qwest increase the optical reach of its network with the ability to transmit OC-192 signals ultra-long distances without electrical regeneration. In addition, to accelerate the development of their ultra high capacity product, Corvis recently announced an agreement to acquire Algety Telecom that has developed solution-based, dense wave division multiplexing (spelling) wave division multiplexing - A common misnomer for wavelength division multiplexing. (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 ) transmission systems. "Qwest's commitment to using Corvis validates our all-optical technology," 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. "With Corvis as an infrastructure partner, Qwest will be able to deliver what their customers want - high-speed Internet See broadband. , voice and data connections anytime, anywhere - at a fraction of the cost of today's traditional network architectures." Today, Corvis is the only company that can deliver an all-optical 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. consisting of transport, switching and integrated network management. The Corvis optical mesh will provide carriers the network flexibility to rapidly provision and reconfigure OC-192 circuits. 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. Corvis 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. Corvis products and services give communication service providers the flexibility to build a transparent, high-capacity, all-optical mesh network necessary to quickly accommodate the continuing growth of Internet, video, voice, and other data traffic. This capability can result in a significant gain in network capacity using existing fiber in the field and provides the foundation for an all-optical, next generation Internet See Internet2. . For more information, call Corvis at 443-259-4000 or visit the Corvis web site at www.corvis.com. Corvis, CorWave Planner, and the Corvis logo are trademarks and/or service marks of the Corvis Corporation. |
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