THUS Selects ADVA Optical Networking's Platform for Added-value Metro Data Services July 30, 2002.Business Editors & High Tech Writers MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany and RAMSEY, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 30, 2002-- Adva's FSP FSP - File Service Protocol 500 to be Utilized for Enterprise LAN (Local Area Network) A communications network that serves users within a confined geographical area. The "clients" are the user's workstations typically running Windows, although Mac and Linux clients are also used. Applications Across Metro Networks Metro Networks is a broadcasting outsourcing company based in Houston, Texas. It is a subsidiary of Westwood One, which is managed by CBS Radio. The company operates a number of local and regional news and traffic facilities that provide regular reports to affiliates, together with ADVA ADVA American Deaf Volleyball Association ADVA Advanced Soviet 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. (German Neuer Markt: ADV ADV Advertisement ADV Adverb ADV Advance/Advanced ADV Advantage (tennis) ADV Advise ADV Advocate ADV Advancement ADV Advent ADV Arbeitsgemeinschaft für Datenverarbeitung ADV Adversus (Latin: Against) ), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that THUS plc, one of the UK's leading providers of voice, data, Internet and contact center services, has selected ADVA's Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 500 for added-value metro data services. "We believe that ADVA's FSP 500 currently best meets our needs for versatile bandwidth service capabilities. ADVA provides THUS with a cost effective migrational solution for the provision of LAN/WAN LAN/WAN Local Area Network/Wide Area Network protocol services within our metropolitan networks throughout the UK. Furthermore, this allows THUS to now offer the speed and flexibility of the LAN over the MAN and WAN," stated Paul Sinclair, Product Manager at THUS plc. "ADVA is focused on enabling customers to deliver value-added customized services economically," added Abdul Kasim, VP Marketing at ADVA. "The FSP 500 has been explicitly designed with this in mind and cost-effectively supports the growing demand for high-speed managed data services. We are pleased that THUS has chosen the FSP 500 and are confident that the platform will exceed their expectations for outstanding delivery of LAN based services." THUS will utilize FSP 500 to efficiently consolidate and manage a wide variety of bandwidth service applications, including point-to-point links, co-location, disaster recovery, virtual private networks, and metro data services. FSP 500 ensures that THUS can centrally manage their optical links through to the customer premise sites via its unique Sideband sideband, any frequency component of a modulated carrier wave other than the frequency of the carrier wave itself, i.e., any frequency added to the carrier as a result of modulation; sidebands carry the actual information while the carrier contributes none at all. Management capability. It supports Ethernet, Fast Ethernet An earlier name for 100Mbps Ethernet. See 100Base-T. (networking) Fast Ethernet - A version of Ethernet developed in the 1990s(?) which can carry 100 Mbps compared with standard Ethernet's 10 Mbps. It requires upgraded network cards and hubs. , Gigabit Ethernet, ATM155, ATM622 and Fibre Channel links of up to 50 kilometers on singlemode fiber. Designed specifically for LAN extension applications, the FSP 500 solution has a unique feature set that provides SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol) A widely used network monitoring and control protocol. Data are passed from SNMP agents, which are hardware and/or software processes reporting activity in each network device (hub, router, bridge, etc. management to the remote transceiver installed within the customer's premises. About ADVA Optical Networking ADVA Optical Networking is a leading global provider of optical networking solutions for rapid and cost-effective provisioning of high-speed data, storage, voice, and video services in the metropolitan area. ADVA's carrier-class portfolio is comprised of the Fiber Service Platform family of products - explicitly designed to ensure the lowest total cost of ownership. ADVA's solutions have been deployed at over 54 carriers and service providers (including PTTs, RBOCs, LECs, and IXCs) and more than 500 enterprises worldwide. ADVA's products are sold through an international network of blue-chip distribution partners in addition to its own direct sales force. Further information about ADVA Optical Networking: www.advaoptical.com. Published by: ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany ADVA Optical Networking Inc., Ramsey/New Jersey, USA ADVA Optical Networking Corp., Tokyo, Japan www.advaoptical.com --30--bw/ny* csm
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