SUNNYVALE, CA will introduce the ILS2, its next-generation
optical line system at next week's NXTcomm08 trade show. The new
line system, based on a new passive photonic integrated circuit
(PIC) platform, represents a breakthrough in optical system design.
It packs up to 160 DWDM (or dense wavelength division multiplexing)
channels into the C-band, increases the optical reach of the system
to 2500 kilometers, and enables greater capacity, with future
scalability up to 8 Terabits/second (Tb/s) on a single fiber,
supporting bandwidth growth and 10 Gigabit/second (Gb/s), 40 Gb/s
and 100 Gb/s service delivery.
Improvements in Capacity and Density -- without Sacrificing
Digital Ease of Use
The ILS2 system, which begins shipping this summer, employs a 25
Gigahertz (GHz) grid, twice the density of Infinera's previous line
system. This allows transmission of 160 DWDM channels of light
within the C-band. Extremely dense channel spacing is achieved by
high-performance optical filters and multiplexers integrated into a
new passive PIC designed by Infinera and manufactured at Infinera's
Annapolis Junction, Maryland semiconductor fabrication facility.
[See related news release: Infinera Unveils New Passive PIC
Platform.]
Infinera believes that the ILS2 system is an ideal platform for
network operators offering large volumes of 10G, 40G, and future
100G services. With Infinera's market-leading DTN line cards, the
ILS2 delivers up to 1.6 Tb/s of optical capacity. Once Infinera
introduces its next-generation line cards, the ILS2 system will
deliver 160 DWDM channels each operating at 40 Gb/s, for total
capacity of 6.4 Tb/s, entirely in the C-band. In an 8 Tb/s
configuration, Infinera line cards will deliver 80 channels at 100
Gb/s each, for a new industry standard in optical capacity on a
fiber.
All these configurations are designed to share Infinera's
digital ease-of-use and flexibility. With Infinera PICs integrating
ten DWDM channels on a pair of chips, Infinera systems turn up ten
channels at a time, simplifying the installation and provisioning
process, and making 160 channel systems easier to install and
manage. Infinera's GMPLS-powered service intelligence makes it easy
and cost-effective to turn up large volumes of capacity and manage
large networks without a large staff of optics specialists. The
flexibility of the system enables customers to mix and match
PIC-based line cards of different capacities or operating at
different wavelength data rates, and run these different wavelength
rates over the same optical line system without significant
reengineering. Moreover, upgrades from one line card to a higher
capacity line card can be done in-service, simplifying engineering,
minimizing downtime or revenue loss, and providing investment
protection for customers operating existing Infinera systems.
Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization(TM) capability is designed to
ensure that services can be provisioned across any network link,
regardless of the optical parameters of the underlying wavelengths.
An ILS2 network can deploy 10G, 40G, and future 100G services over
the same infrastructure, quickly, flexibly, and without significant
optical reengineering.
The ILS2 system also introduces optical express in Infinera
networks, to enable service providers to optically express most
traffic through locations where only a small fraction needs to be
added or dropped. The introduction of optical express increases the
flexibility and cost-effectiveness of the Infinera system for all
kinds of network designs, including ultra-long-haul (ULH) express
networks, consolidated core/collector networks, and metro core
networks.
In addition to enhancements to capacity and flexibility, the
ILS2 is designed to extend optical reach up to 2500 kilometers.
Extended optical reach enables Infinera customers to achieve
greater economies in networks with spans that traverse very long
distances with no need to drop traffic. Extended reach also enables
greater single-span distances, valuable for applications such as
festoon networks or to enable hut-skipping. Extended optical reach
is achieved with the introduction of Raman amplification modules as
part of ILS2.
Raman amplification and passive PIC technology leverage
technology acquired in two Infinera transactions made two years
ago, the acquisition of Corvis Corporation's assets and the
acquisition of Little Optics. In each case Infinera acquired highly
differentiated technology, integrated it into the Infinera system
and developed it further. The teams acquired in both acquisitions
have now been combined in an Infinera center of excellence in
Annapolis Junction, Maryland. Bringing the Raman amplification and
passive PIC capabilities to market in the new ILS2 line system
demonstrates the benefits of Infinera's strategy of highly focused
acquisitions in support of specific product and technology
goals.
The passive PICs, based on a technology platform acquired with
Little Optics, enable the multiplexing and demultiplexing of 160
DWDM channels in the C-band and are designed to deliver other
significant benefits including greater density, functionality,
simplicity, reliability, and manufacturability. Like Infinera's
active PIC platform, Infinera believes the passive PIC platform is
designed to offer substantial opportunities to enhance
functionality, density, and performance as integration increases in
the years to come.
The new features and functionality in the ILS2 line system,
which begins shipping this summer, build on the Infinera DTN's
established record as one of the most advanced, innovative,
powerful, and flexible digital ROADM and DWDM optical system for
long-haul, regional, and metro core networks. The introduction of
large-scale photonic integration in the Infinera DTN marked the
first time that service providers could enjoy the benefits of the
Digital Optical Network architecture, including simplicity of
operations, speed of installation, rapid deployment of new
services, integrated bandwidth management and transport, and the
service intelligence of a GMPLS-powered network operating system.
The very significant increase in capacity, combined with extended
reach and the addition of optical express, should expand the
ability of an Infinera network to meet the specialized needs of
more customer networks and networking applications. ILS2 will be on
display at NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas.
SAVVIS, Inc., a global leader in IT infrastructure services for
business applications, will upgrade its California network to
Infinera's new ILS2 line system, to take advantage of the
scalability, extended optical reach, and other advanced features in
ILS2. [See also today's related news release, SAVVIS� Expands ATN
Network in California to Feature High Bandwidth, Optical Network
Services from Infinera.]
"The relative lack of market investment earlier this decade is
threatening to jeopardize DWDM systems' 13-year success in enabling
exponential declines in capital expenditure per bit per kilometer
of network backbone capacity. Luckily, Infinera is one vendor that
has stepped up investment in innovation to put the market back on
the road to exponential improvements," noted Dana Cooperson, VP
Network Infrastructure at Ovum. "The ILS2, together with the 400G
PIC announced in February, widens Infinera's addressable market and
maps out the company's strategy for scaling DWDM to the next level
of economical backbone capacity."
"Infinera systems have won a reputation for speed, simplicity,
and flexibility," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh. "The ILS2 system
builds on those benefits with new industry benchmarks in terms of
capacity, spectral density, and reach. With ILS2, Infinera plans to
extend the benefits of Digital Optical Networks to more
applications and more customers than ever before."
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to
telecommunications carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are
unique in their use of a breakthrough semiconductor technology: the
photonic integrated circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC
technology are designed to provide optical networks with simpler
and more flexible engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated
services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For
more information, please visit www.infinera.com.
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements
based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that
involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on
information available to Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual
results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due
to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include
statements regarding Infinera's expectations, beliefs, intentions
or strategies regarding the future, such as scalability up to 8
Terabits/second (Tb/s), the availability of ILS2 this calendar
year, our belief that the ILS2 system is an ideal platform for
network operators offering large volumes of 10G, 40G, and in the
future 100G services, that the ILS2 system in the future will
deliver 160 DWDM channels each operating at 40 Gb/s, for total
capacity of 6.4 Tb/s, entirely in the C-band and that in an 8Tb/s
configuration, and Infinera line cards will deliver 80 channels at
100 Gb/s each. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by
forward-looking words such as "anticipated," "believed," "could,"
"estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and
"would" or similar words. The risks and uncertainties that could
cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or
implied by such forward-looking statements include aggressive
business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a single
product, our ability to protect our intellectual property, claims
by others that we infringe their intellectual property, our
manufacturing process is very complex, product performance problems
we may encounter, our dependence on sole or limited source
suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid technological changes,
our ability to maintain effective internal controls, the ability of
our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new
technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant
technology in optical networks, general political, economic and
market conditions and events, including war, conflict or acts of
terrorism; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully
in our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission on February 19, 2008, our public announcements
and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and
Exchange Commission. These statements are based on information
available to us as of the date hereof and we disclaim any
obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in
this press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
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