Triton Network Systems LMDS Invisible Fiber Sonet/SDH Product; Chosen By CenturyTel for Network Deployment.ORLANDO, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 15, 1999-- Triton Network Systems Inc. today announced a three-year master purchase agreement with CenturyTel Inc. to supply Invisible Fiber(TM) OC-3 radios for build out of wireless SONET ring The architecture used in SONET technology. SONET rings, known as "self-healing rings," use two or more transmission paths between network nodes, which are typically digital cross-connects (DCSs) or add/drop multiplexers (ADMs). consecutive point networks in 36 markets where CenturyTel holds LMDS (Local Multipoint Distribution Service) A digital wireless transmission system that works in the 28 GHz range in the U.S. and 24-40 GHz overseas. It requires line of sight between transmitter and receiving antenna, which can be from one to four miles apart licenses. "We believe that a wireless SONET ring broadband network is the most advanced, yet cost-effective means of providing our customers alternate access to voice and data circuits," said Bob Mirabito, vice president of Emerging Technologies for CenturyTel. "We are experiencing unprecedented demand from our customers for bandwidth. By using Triton's IFU IFU Instructions for Use IFU Integral Field Unit IFU Industrialiseringsfonden for Udviklingslandene (Danish: Industrialisation Fund for Development Countries; Copenhagen, Denmark) IFU Interface Unit IFU Indications for Use solution, we can easily meet our customer expectations." Triton Network Systems Invisible Fiber products enable CenturyTel to build a wireless SONET OC-3 ring consecutive point network to complement their existing fiber backbone and reach customers who are currently unable to connect to the network. "The key to delivering affordable high-capacity connections to all business market segments is the ability of CenturyTel to quickly build a wireless OC-3 ring consecutive point network which will provide local bypass An interconnection between two facilities without the use of the local telephone company. to customers that could not be reached by traditional fiber deployment" said Skip Speaks, president and chief executive officer of Triton Network Systems. The initial deployment using Triton Network's Invisible Fiber products will be an extension of CenturyTel's fiber optic backbone in its Michigan markets. CenturyTel will also deploy the Invisible Fiber products in consecutive point networks within the 28 and 31 GHz licensed spectrum CenturyTel acquired in the recent LMDS auctions. As the eighth largest local telephone provider and tenth largest cellular provider in the country, CenturyTel cites a key feature of Triton Network Systems Invisible Fiber product -- the ability to deploy 155 Mbps SONET ring OC-3 capacity utilizing only a single 50 MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. channel -- as a determining factor in the selection of Triton Network Systems as their supplier of broadband fixed wireless equipment. "Triton Network Systems Invisible Fiber products will allow us to deploy dense networks, utilizing all of our channel licenses to their maximum to achieve market share growth in areas where we are planning to deliver service," said Mirabito. This order represents a major milestone for Triton Network Systems and demonstrates the fast-growing acceptance of consecutive point network topology See topology. within the communications business sector. "We are thrilled to have this order from CenturyTel," said Speaks. "The time for wireless broadband solutions has finally arrived and our IFUs deployed in a consecutive point architecture will deliver reliable, carrier-class bandwidth to CenturyTel's customers." About CenturyTel CenturyTel provides integrated communications services including local exchange, wireless, long distance, Internet access and security monitoring services to more than two million customers in 21 states. The company, headquartered in Monroe, La., is publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) World's largest marketplace for securities. The exchange began as an informal meeting of 24 men in 1792 on what is now Wall Street in New York City. under the symbol CTL See control key. 1. CTL - Checkout Test language. 2. CTL - Compiler Target Language. 3. CTL - Computational Tree Logic . CenturyTel is the eighth largest local exchange telephone company, based on access lines, and the tenth largest cellular company, based on population equivalents owned, in the United States. Visit CenturyTel's corporate Web site at www.centurytel.com. About Triton Network Systems Triton Network Systems Inc. is a leading provider of broadband fixed wireless network products. The company's Invisible Fiber(TM) high bandwidth broadband wireless network product line covers the 38 GHz, Local Multipoint Distribution Service LMDS is a broadband wireless access technology governed by the IEEE and is outlined by the 802 LAN/MAN Standards Committee through the efforts of the IEEE 802.16.1 Task Group. LMDS commonly operates on microwave frequencies across the 26GHz and 29GHz bands. (LMDS) and Local Multipoint Communication Systems (LMCS LMCS Local Multipoint Communication Systems LMCS Lockheed Martin Control Systems LMCS Light Modular Causeway System LMCS Loan Management and Control System LMCS Lake Michigan Carferry Service, Inc. LMCS Logical Methods in Computer Science ) markets, with functionality designed to fiber optic specifications. Triton Network Systems broadband fixed wireless Invisible Fiber(TM) 155 Mbps SONET/SDH OC-3/STM-1 and 100 Mbps Invisible Fiber Internet products are designed to be deployed in self-healing route-diverse consecutive point networks, providing complete telephony, data and Internet network solutions. The company is committed to producing products that will make possible the success of broadband fixed wireless in the telephony and data marketplace, and will enable the evolution of the Internet by delivering high-speed connections to businesses using and developing both e-commerce and up and coming applications for the Internet. Triton Network Systems 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. with an investor group that includes several prominent 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] . www.triton-network.com. |
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