Mintera Director of Product Marketing to Speak at National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference; Dr. Carsten Videcrantz to Participate in Panel Discussion ''40-Gb/s Transmission''.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers NFOEC NFOEC National Fiber Optical Engineer Conference NFOEC National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference 2002 LOWELL, Mass.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 16, 2002 Mintera Corporation, the leader in 40G transport solutions for metro-core, regional, long haul Long distance. Long haul implies traversing a state or a country. Contrast with short haul. and ultra long haul applications, today announced that Dr. Carsten Videcrantz, Director of Product Marketing, will speak at the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference on Tuesday, September 17th, 2002. The panel discussion will take place from 10:30 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. at the Dallas Convention Center The Dallas Convention Center, originally the Dallas Memorial Auditorium, is a meeting hall, event/convention center and civic center in the Convention Center District of downtown Dallas, Texas (USA). . Dr. Videcrantz's presentation will be on "Advances in 40G Long Haul 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 ". Other panel participants include Claudio R. Lima, Boris Faer, Jim Black
Jim Black (born 1967 in Seattle, Washington) is a jazz drummer who has performed with Tim Berne and Dave Douglas, among others. He attended Berklee College of Music. , and Cannon Hwu, Sprint Advanced Technology Laboratories, Al Yuen, Robert Nalesnik, and Dubravko Babic, Alvesta, John D. Ralston, Joseph M. Kahn, and Keang-Po Ho, StrataLight Communications. The session leader is Jim McLean, ComVentures Prior to joining Mintera, Dr. Videcrantz was an account Manager at Cisco Systems, and a Systems Engineering Manager at Ericsson focusing on complete access and core network solutions for service providers in Europe. Earlier he worked for five years at the Center for Broadband Telecommunication in Denmark, where he pioneered research and development on all-optical communications systems. Over the years he has been involved in several European research programs on optical communication. Dr. Videcrantz has authored or co-authored more than 80 papers on all optical technologies published in international journals and at international conferences including several invited conference presentations. Dr. Videcrantz earned his Ph.D. and M. Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Electromagnetics Institute, Technical University of Denmark The Technical University of Denmark (Danish: Danmarks Tekniske Universitet, DTU) was founded in 1829 as the 'College of Advanced Technology' (Danish: Den Polytekniske Læreanstalt). . About Mintera As the technology leader in 40G transport solutions for metro-core, regional, long-haul and ultra long-haul optical networks, Mintera is creating a new wave in network economics. Mintera's flexible 40G product-set, protected by multiple pending patents, allows service providers to seamlessly upgrade their existing infrastructure to 40G while radically decreasing initial deployment capital expenses and lifetime operational costs. Mintera opened its doors in October 2000 and raised $26,000,000 in its first round of equity financing Equity Financing The act of raising money for company activities by selling common or preferred stock to individual or institutional investors. In return for the money paid, shareholders receive ownership interests in the corporation. in December 2000. Venture capital firms Name Location Founding date Managing Partners/Directors Specialty Capital managed 5AM Ventures Menlo Park, CA; Waltham, MA 2002 John Diekman, PhD (managing partner), Scott Rocklage, PhD (managing partner), Andrew Schwab (managing partner) life sciences $200M [1] Court Square Ventures, Star Ventures, Portview Communications Partners are lead investors in the company. CONTACT: Carsten Videcrantz, Mintera Corporation, 978-322-6057, e-mail: carsten@mintera.com For one-on-one press and analysts meetings with Dr. Videcrantz during NFOEC use above contact information. |
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