Colt and Infinera Complete First European Trial of 100 Gigabit Ethernet Client Services
September 16 2010 - 12:00PM
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Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today that, in partnership with
Colt, a leading provider of business communications and IT managed
services, it has successfully completed its first European field
trial of 100 Gigabit Ethernet (100GbE) services. The trial marks an
important step forward in the development of 100 Gigabit
technologies to support ever-increasing bandwidth demand worldwide.
The trial consisted of prototype 100GbE client interfaces in
Infinera systems in London and Frankfurt. The 100GbE service was
passed over the 861 kilometer route from London to Frankfurt on
Colt's low latency network. The prototype Infinera 100GbE
interfaces are fully compliant with the industry standard ratified
in June 2010, known as IEE 802.3ba. Testing and verification of the
transmission were performed with an EXFO FTB-85 100 Gigabit/second
(Gb/s) Packet Blazer tester.
Colt's Chief Technology Officer, Luke Broome, commented: "We
were pleased to work with Infinera on the first trial of this
equipment in Europe. It is important that we support the
development of next generation optical transport technologies that
will allow us to meet customer demand for very high speed Ethernet
services."
Two weeks ago, Infinera announced the successful completion of a
field trial involving next-generation photonic integrated circuits
(PICs) successfully transmitting and receiving 100 Gigabit (100G)
communications across a 1348 kilometer live network in the US. The
next generation of Infinera PICs will have data capacity of 500
Gb/s. Infinera is moving aggressively to develop all the
technologies required to deliver next generation optical systems to
support exponentially growing bandwidth demand with the scalability
and disruptive economics of photonic integration.
"Infinera's 100GbE interfaces, our 500G PICs delivering 100G
channels over the long-haul network, and our Bandwidth
Virtualization capability to manage this bandwidth more flexibly
and efficiently will enable us to deliver next-generation optical
systems that can scale to meet the needs of our customers and the
global Internet with the unique scalability and disruptive
economics of photonic integration," commented Infinera co-founder
and Chief Technology Officer Drew Perkins. "We are tremendously
excited to be working with Colt as we develop our next generation
systems."
EXFO provided the test equipment for the 100GbE trial. "We're
extremely pleased to partner with Colt and Infinera on their first
100GE field trial between London and Frankfurt by providing them
the tools needed to meet the demand for consistent Ethernet signal
quality and network performance with the industry's only portable
testing solution -- the FTB-85100G Packet Blazer," said Etienne
Gagnon, EXFO's Vice-President -- Wireline Division and Corporate
Marketing.
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 customers 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
http://www.infinera.com/.
Forward Looking Statements 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, including that the trial marks a
significant step towards the development of 100 Gigabit
technologies; that Infinera's prototype interfaces are fully
compliant with the IEE 802.3ba standard; and that Infinera's next
generation of 500 Gb/s PICs will provide unique scalability and
disruptive economics; that the next generation of Infinera PICs
will have data capacity of 500 Gb/s. Infinera is moving
aggressively to develop all the technologies required to deliver
next generation optical systems to support exponentially growing
bandwidth demand with the scalability and disruptive economics of
photonic integration; that we will be able to manage this bandwidth
more flexibly and efficiently and deliver next-generation optical
systems that can scale to meet the needs of our customers and the
global Internet with the unique scalability and disruptive
economics of photonic integration. 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, and our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes, and other risks that may impact any of the
group's business are set forth in their annual reports on Form 10-K
filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010, as well as subsequent reports
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.
For media and analysts: Media-Europe: David Bell Speed
Communications Tel +44 (20) 7842-3206
David.bell@speedcommunications.com Other media: Jeff Ferry /
Infinera Tel. (408) 572-5213 jferry@infinera.com Investors: Bob
Blair Tel. (408) 716-4879 bblair@infinera.com
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