Extant and Tellium Reveal Plans to be The First Global Carrier to Deploy Optical Switching to Speed Service Delivery.OCEANPORT, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 8, 1999-- Announces Long Term Agreement for Tellium's Aurora Optical Cross Connects Tellium and Extant Communications announce today a plan to deliver the first intelligent optical switching network. Extant has entered into a multi-year $250 million agreement with Tellium, Inc. to deploy Tellium's Aurora series of optical cross connects throughout the Extant network beginning later this year. "Extant will always use leading edge thinking to bring better service options to our customers," said Larry McLernon, 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. . "Optical switching will allow speedier provisioning and immediate restoral in the event of an outage out·age n. 1. A quantity or portion of something lacking after delivery or storage. 2. A temporary suspension of operation, especially of electric power. . The selection of this technology will increase the robustness of our hubs without affecting the relationship with our present vendors." Extant will begin by deploying Tellium's Aurora 32 in 8 cities by the end of 1999 and follow with deployment of Tellium's recently announced Super Switch, the Aurora 512, in 2000. Visit booth 3041 at Supercomm 1999 to see a live demonstration of both products. Optical switching allows service providers to cross-connect high-speed optical signals (up to OC-48) bypassing the entire SONET/DCS layer. Optical layer switching improves backbone fiber network performance and dramatically lowers cost when compared to traditional methods of operations. Extant and Tellium have been working together on a plan to build the world's first network using optical later switching as the key enabler to faster, more reliable services. "Tellium is thrilled to participate in Extant's network architecture, engineering and delivery. Our common vision of constructing an intelligent optical layer made our Aurora Cross Connect products and excellent fit for Extant's network deployment strategy," said Richard Barcus, President, Tellium. Jerry Johnson Jerry Johnson can refer to:
The agreement outlines deployment timelines and gives Extant a voice in fine tuning Fine Tuning is the name of XM Satellite Radio's eclectic music channel. The program director for Fine Tuning is Ben Smith. The channel is described as "A musical oasis for the sophisticated listener culled from every imaginable genre and country. the development of new features planned over the next several months. "The reasons we chose to work with Tellium are very basic, they know a lot about 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. and they are the only company that has a product we can actually see and test," added McLernon. Last month Tellium announced the introduction of the Aurora-512 optical cross connect switch, the highest capacity optical layer switching element available in the telecommunications industry. Nick-named a "super switch", the Aurora-512 has a capacity of 512 OC-48 optical connections for a total switching capacity of 1.28 Terabits per second. The launch of the new Aurora-512 product will take place in June at SUPERCOMM '99 in Atlanta. Key features of the Aurora-512 include: -- 512 bi-directional ports, OC-48 line rate -- OC-192 port scalable -- Fully redundant switch architecture -- I/O port (1) (Input/Output port) A pathway into and out of the computer. See port. (2) (Input/Output port) In a PC, an address used for input or output. See PC I/O addressing. protection 1:N user programmable -- Optical line protection switching less than 50 msec -- SONET performance monitoring -- Optical ring restoration -- Optical mesh restoration software About Extant Extant, Inc. is the niche provider of wholesale national ATM data transport and clearinghouse services to regional, next-generation telecommunications service providers A Telecommunications Service Provider or TSP is a type of Communications Service Provider that has traditionally provided telephone and similar services. This category includes ILECs, CLECs, and mobile wireless companies. . For more information about Extant, Inc. and its services, please call 303/256-6100 or visit their Web Site at http://www.extant.net or send e-mail to info@extant.net. Extant, Inc., Pavilion Tower II, Suite 700, 2821 South Parker Road, Aurora, CO 80014. About Safeguard Safeguard Scientifics, Inc. (www.safeguard.com) develops and operates rapidly growing information technology companies that together form a community of shared resources Sharing a peripheral device (disk, printer, etc.) among several users. For example, a file server and laser printer in a LAN are shared resources. Contrast with shared logic. with a strategic emphasis in eCommerce, enterprise applications, and network infrastructure, all of which are expected to benefit from the growing use of the Internet as a fundamental business tool. A long-term partner, Safeguard works closely with its partnership companies providing numerous operational and developmental services to build value in preparation for public rights offerings and beyond. The Company's partnership companies include privately-held companies and public companies. Safeguard also assists in managing and working with several venture capital funds Venture Capital Funds An investment fund that manages money from investors seeking private equity stakes in small and medium-size enterprises with strong growth potential. Notes: . About Tellium Tellium is headquartered in Oceanport, N.J. In 1997, it became the commercial spin-off from Telcordia (formerly Bellcore), the one-time research arm of the Regional Bell Operating Companies The Regional Bell Operating Companies (RBOC) are the result of the U.S. Department of Justice antitrust suit against American Telephone & Telegraph. History (RBOCs). Corporate investors include Telcordia, SAIC SAIC - http://saic.com. , Cisco Systems “Cisco” redirects here. For other uses, see Cisco (disambiguation). Cisco System,Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO, HKSE: 4333 ) is an American multinational corporation with 54,000 employees and annual revenue of US $28.48 billion as of 2006. , and Ortel Corporation, and financial investors include Oak Investment Partners, Accel Partners, Worldview world·view n. In both senses also called Weltanschauung. 1. The overall perspective from which one sees and interprets the world. 2. A collection of beliefs about life and the universe held by an individual or a group. Technology Partners and Blue Rock Capital Investors. Tellium's optical cross connect product, Aurora-32, was the first-to-market in the telecommunications industry and, along with a larger Aurora-512, is the cornerstone network element of 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. mesh and ring optical networks. More information about Tellium can be found on the Internet at www.tellium.com. |
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