Pacific LightNet and Cinta Networks Announce Agreement to Field Trial Cinta's WAVEJunction Product Family.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 29, 2002 Premier Integrated Communications Provider Selects 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. Startup's Breakthrough Wavelength Networking System Pacific LightNet Pacific LightNet is a locally-owned, facilities-based CLEC, providing both voice and data services to its customers in Hawaii. At the core of its products and services is a 10,000 fiber mile submarine and terrestrial fiber optic network connecting the state’s six major , Inc. a Hawaii-based company offering customer-focused integrated telecommunications solutions for Hawaiian businesses, and Cinta Networks, a telecommunications firm developing innovative optical networking systems, have agreed to deploy Cinta Networks' WAVEJunction(TM) family of products for field trial in Pacific LightNet's Hawaii Interisland in·ter·is·land adj. Relating to, involving, or connecting two or more islands: interisland competition; interisland ferries. Fiber Network (HIFN). Pacific LightNet owns and operates HIFN, Hawaii's largest interisland fiber optic network, connecting the six major islands by submarine and terrestrial cables. Cinta Networks' integrated optical switching and 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 transport system will enhance the network's ability to provide fast, seamless, and reliable transfer of information for Hawaii businesses to the global business community. "Cinta Networks is excited to move into the deployment stage of the WAVEJunction optical networking system," said John Vaughan This article is about the Canadian cricketer. For food scientist of the same name, see John Griffith Vaughan. John Cecil Beaumont Vaughan (born June 8, 1945 in Barbados) is a Canadian cricketer. He played three one-day internationals for Canada. , 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 Cinta Networks. "Pacific LightNet's extensive fiber optic network provides superior connectivity to business customers throughout Hawaii. This network operating environment In computing, an operating environment is the environment in which users run programs, whether in a command line interface, such as in MS-DOS or the Unix shell, or in a graphical user interface, such as in the Macintosh operating system. allows us to demonstrate the superior capabilities of Cinta's optical networking system." "The addition of Cinta Networks' integrated switching and DWDM transport system will give Pacific LightNet the first fully optical 10 gigabit interisland system, significantly enhancing the service that we can provide to our customers," said Rob Volker, president of Pacific LightNet. "The system is scaleable one port at a time, allowing us to economically expand the system as we deploy new products." John Warta, chairman and CEO of Pacific LightNet added, "This arrangement will enable us to provide incredible bandwidth between the islands and unique bandwidth switching to complement new product offerings that we are planning." About Cinta Networks Cinta Networks designs and builds advanced optical networking solutions for regional and long-haul service providers. Cinta's WAVEJunction architecture enables the integration of optical transport with switching, allowing service providers to rapidly and efficiently allocate bandwidth to meet constantly rising network demand. Founded in 1999, Cinta Networks is a privately held company privately held company A firm whose shares are held within a relatively small circle of owners and are not traded publicly. headquartered in San Jose San Jose, city, United States San Jose (sănəzā`, săn hōzā`), city (1990 pop. 782,248), seat of Santa Clara co., W central Calif.; founded 1777, inc. 1850. , Calif. For additional information, contact Bob Schmidt at 941/945-7102 or visit the Cinta Networks' Web site at http://www.cintanetworks.com. About Pacific LightNet Pacific LightNet, Inc. is an integrated communications provider offering customer-focused telecommunications solutions for Hawaii businesses, delivering local, long distance, data and Internet services. Pacific LightNet operates Hawaii's largest interisland fiber optic network, connecting the six major islands by submarine and terrestrial cables. Cross-connect capabilities allow for high-speed access around the world to the global business community. Pacific LightNet is a privately held company headquartered in Honolulu, Hawaii. For additional information, contact Russell Pang at 808/543-3572, or visit the Pacific LightNet Web site at http://www.plni.net. |
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