Research and Markets: 2006 Research Available on Alcatel, Ciena, Ericsson and other WAN DWDM Products.

DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets has announced the addition of WAN DWDM product research to their offerings. These reports, written by an objective 3rd party, contain insight and analysis of the product or service strengths and weaknesses, lists buying criteria and how the product or service fares in each category, and a comprehensive table of product or service metrics and specifications. These reports are useful for purchasers who need to evaluate products or as a source of competitive intelligence for vendors.

The following reports are now available:

Alcatel 1626 Light Manager (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46007)

Alcatel's 1626 Light Manager is a solid, well deployed platform that offers market leading 40G capacity. However, the vendor has been slow to deliver promised upgrades to 10G capacity - still the sweet spot of WAN DWDM transport platforms.

Ciena CoreStream Agility (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46009)

Ciena's CoreStream Agility is a solid offering that delivers on the basics that operators need in a long-haul platform. But, uncertain support for 40G as well as lack of support for mesh argues that more cutting edge alternatives are available.

Ericsson Multihaul 3000 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c45881)

The Ericsson Marconi Multihaul 3000 is still one of the most solid offerings in the WAN DWDM product class. Perhaps its greatest threat at this point is the fact that Ericsson seems to have yet to integrate the Marconi operations fully.

Lucent LambdaXtreme (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46011)

Lucent's LambdaXtreme offers strong ultra long haul support, competitive 10G and 40G scalability, and a 10 GbE LAN/WAN PHY, but has an oddly-sized footprint and high power consumption.

Nortel Long Haul 1600 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46012)

Nortel's Long Haul 1600 offers a strong installed base and good product line synergies with competitive footprint, 10 GbE WAN PHY and G.709 support, but distance, scalability and the lack of LAN PHY and OADM are concerns.

Siemens Communications hiT 7500 (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/reports/c46014)

Siemens' hiT 7500 offers competitive distance, density, OTN support, 40G capabilities and ROADM capabilities in a carrier class design. However, it is not leading on 10G scalability, absolute distance capabilities or footprint.

Companies Mentioned:

Alcatel

Ciena

Ericsson

Lucent

Nortel

Siemens