HERNDON, VA and SUNNYVALE, CA and Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) will
team up to deliver the first demonstration of 100 Gigabit Ethernet
traffic in production-ready form over a live network. The
demonstration, at Infinera's booth number SU5607 at NXTcomm08 from
June 17th through the 19th in Las Vegas, will show how 100 GbE
services can be delivered today over existing network
infrastructures.
The demonstration will consist of an Ixia proof-of-concept 100
GbE test set generating and handing off a pre-standard IEEE 802.3ba
100 GbE signal to a 100 GbE interface on the Infinera DTN DWDM
transport system. The 100 GbE signal will then be switched and
transported by the Infinera DTN system from the show floor through
XO Communications' long-haul DWDM network to Los Angeles. The
100GbE signal will then be looped and transported back to the
Infinera booth in Las Vegas, where performance metrics will be
monitored and viewable on the Ixia XM2 chassis.
100 GbE Next Major Step for Telecom Networks
Ethernet has emerged as the protocol of choice for many
next-generation telecom networks for its superior economics and
widespread use in local area networks. With aggressive growth in
Internet traffic worldwide, networks and networking equipment need
to scale beyond 10 Gigabit Ethernet and the IEEE 802.3ba Task Force
is working to develop 100 Gigabit Ethernet as the next important
standard for telecom networks. Many industry participants believe
that 100 Gigabit Ethernet interfaces and services will enable
simplified, cost-effective connectivity for telecom customers,
including Internet content providers, Internet service providers,
telecom companies, enterprises, and other large users of bandwidth.
This demonstration shows that progress has been made on several
important fronts and the technology exists today to deliver 100 GbE
services on existing networks.
XO Communications supports customers on its nationwide network
today with services including 10 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) wavelengths
and 10 GbE. Demonstrating the power and scalability of XO's
advanced optical network, XO Communications has pioneered a new
rapid service delivery model with its "10 Gigs in 10 Days"
guarantee, offering customers the ability to have 10 Gb network
services provisioned in 10 business days. XO Communications is
committed to bringing 100 GbE services to market as soon as the
technology reaches a state where it is deployable and economic.
This demonstration shows that XO is focused on playing an active
role in the development of this important technology.
"Not everything that happens in Vegas stays in Vegas. This
pioneering demonstration of 100 GbE traffic will leave Vegas and
visit Los Angeles over the XO network, for just a fraction of a
second, before returning to Vegas, for the enjoyment and education
of NXTcomm visitors," said Randy Nicklas, chief technology officer
at XO Communications. "XO is determined to be a leader in
developing new capabilities and optical services to meet our
customers' growing need for bandwidth."
Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization Enables 100 GbE Today
In the NXTcomm08 demonstration, the 100 GbE signal is received
from the Ixia test set and striped across ten 10 Gb/s wavelengths
using Infinera's Digital Virtual Concatenation protocol, and then
transmitted over the long-haul network by Infinera's Photonic
Integrated Circuit (PIC)-enabled DTN platform, before being
reassembled by the Infinera system at the other end. The Tributary
Adapter Module (TAM) in this demonstration, which fits into today's
Infinera 100 Gb/s Digital Line Module (DLM), is in a commercially
suitable form-factor and ready for development into a commercial
product.
100 GbE services will be supported by Infinera's new 160-channel
ILS2 line system unveiled last week, which delivers 1.6 Tb/s of
optical capacity with Infinera's market-leading 100 Gb/s DTN line
cards. With the future introduction of Infinera's next-generation
line cards, the ILS2 line system will be scalable up to 8 Tb/s of
capacity. In all cases, Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization(TM)
ensures that 100 GbE services will be delivered seamlessly,
independent of whether the underlying optical infrastructure is
based on 10G, 40G, or 100G channels, or a mix-and-match combination
thereof.
Bandwidth Virtualization facilitates the decoupling of bandwidth
services such as 100GbE from the underlying optical transport
infrastructure, enabling improved flexibility, improved wavelength
utilization, and rapid service activation without optical
re-engineering of the line system. The optical capacity is
available to be deployed in any rate from 1 Gb/s to 100 Gb/s and in
a variety of protocols including Ethernet, SONET/SDH, or
wavelengths. An Infinera network helps customers consolidate any
mix of 1 Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and future 100 Gb/s
services simultaneously over the same network infrastructure --
with no additional investment or upgrade necessary for the line
system.
"Infinera is a leader in the introduction of 100 GbE technology
and services," said Infinera Chief Technology Officer Drew Perkins.
"Our Bandwidth Virtualization architecture makes it possible to
deliver 100 GbE services over today's networks and the scalability
and intelligence of the Infinera platform makes it the best suited
to deliver these new high-capacity services. We are also actively
involved in the standards bodies and working to reach agreement on
standards that can foster the development of practical,
cost-effective, and widely deployable 100 GbE solutions."
NXTcomm08 takes place at the Las Vegas Convention Center in Las
Vegas, Nevada. Visitors to the show are invited to stop by the
Infinera booth to see this demonstration or contact their
representatives to arrange an appointment. Press and analysts can
arrange a meeting via the contacts listed below.
About XO Communications
XO Communications, a subsidiary of XO Holdings, Inc. (OTCBB:
XOHO), is a leading provider of 21st century communications
services for businesses and communications services providers,
including 50 percent of the Fortune 500 and leading cable
companies, carriers, content providers, and mobile operators.
Utilizing its unique and powerful nationwide IP network and
extensive local metro networks and broadband wireless facilities,
XO offers customers a broad range of managed voice, data and IP
services in 75 metropolitan markets across the United States. For
more information, visit www.xo.com.
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 the benefits and
capabilities of our products and the Digital Optical Network's
architecture, that Infinera networks help customers consolidate any
mix of 1 Gb/s, 2.5 Gb/s, 10 Gb/s, 40 Gb/s, and future 100 Gb/s
services simultaneously over the same network infrastructure --
with no additional investment or upgrade necessary for the line
system, that the scalability and intelligence of the Infinera
platform makes it the best suited to deliver these new
high-capacity services, that the ILS2 line system will deliver 8
Tb/s of capacity, that Bandwidth Virtualization ensures that 100
GbE services will be delivered seamlesslyand that we will work to
reach agreement on standards that can foster the development of
practical, cost-effective, and widely deployable 100 GbE solutions.
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
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this press release, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
For further information: XO Communications: Media: Chad Couser
XO Communications Tel: +1-703-547-2746 chad.couser@xo.com Infinera:
Media: Jeff Ferry Tel. +1-408-572-5213 jferry@infinera.com
Infinera: Investors: Bob Blair Tel. +1-408-716-4879
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