Infinera Swiftly Supports Pacnet in the Restoration of Critical Services After Japan Earthquakes
June 29 2011 - 8:00PM
Marketwired
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today its achievement in
delivering technology to support Pacnet's restoration of damaged
terrestrial and subsea optical networks following the earthquakes
and tsunami which devastated northeast Japan earlier this year.
Pacnet is Asia's leading independent telecommunications service
provider and operator of a regional network providing connectivity
among Japan, Hong Kong, China, the United States and other
countries throughout the Pacific Rim.
Days after the disaster, Infinera was given the task to deliver
400Gb/s of capacity over Pacnet's Japanese subsea and terrestrial
networks as quickly as possible without compromising Infinera's
high standards. Infinera's response was an immediate commitment to
get the network into the customer's desired state.
Without any delay, Infinera assembled a virtual task force in
Tokyo, Singapore and Sunnyvale to put in place a detailed recovery
plan. Four days later, all the equipment required to restore the
400Gb/s of capacity over the Pacnet subsea and terrestrial networks
was shipped to Tokyo.
In all, it took the Infinera Japanese support team -- after
battling extreme conditions and tight timelines -- less than four
weeks to install, commission and test the entire new 400Gb/s of
capacity.
"Pacnet's priority has always been our customers -- we want them
to enjoy the latest, most innovative services that meet the highest
industry standards regardless of any situation. When the disaster
hit, we immediately took action to restore the fault and are very
thankful to have Infinera as our partner," said Wilfred Kwan, Chief
Technology Officer of Pacnet. "Throughout the whole process, the
Infinera team displayed solid commitment, determination and
professionalism in supporting the restoration of our network and
service to our customers in record time."
"The task to help restore the Pacnet network under such tight
timelines and immense pressure was significant," said Lonny Orona,
Infinera Vice-President for Customer Support. "But we were
determined to help our customer in any way possible and be with
them every step of the way, so they could fully meet their
customers' needs. Both the Pacnet and the Infinera teams worked
tirelessly to restore service on the network enabling them to roll
out services quickly and efficiently."
The Infinera DTN based Submarine Solution delivers the benefits
of Infinera's Digital Optical Networks architecture, enabling ease
of scalability and operation, as well as seamless interoperability
with a terrestrial Infinera network. Infinera has deployed more
than 85,000 kilometers of subsea networks across five
continents.
About Pacnet Pacnet is Asia's leading
independent telecommunications service provider, formed from the
operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet. Pacnet owns
and operates EAC-C2C, Asia's largest privately-owned submarine
cable network at 36,800 km, with a design capacity of 17.92 Tbps to
30.72 Tbps to and from each of the landing countries, as well as
EAC Pacific, which spans 9,620 km across the Pacific Ocean and
delivers up to 1.92 Tbps of capacity between Asia and North
America. The company offers a comprehensive portfolio of
industry-leading IP-based solutions for carriers, large enterprises
and SMEs, and delivers unique high-speed data hosting solutions
through its network of data centers which include the industry's
first Data Landing Stations. Pacnet is headquartered in Hong Kong
and Singapore, with offices in all key markets in Asia and North
America. For more information, please visit: www.pacnet.com.
About Infinera Infinera specializes in
Digital Optical Networking systems that are designed to continually
improve the economics of optical networking by combining the speed
of optics with the simplicity of digital. Infinera is unique in its
use of breakthrough semiconductor technology: Large Scale Photonic
Integrated Circuit (PIC). Infinera's systems leverage PIC
technology to provide customers with a service-ready architecture
that enables faster time-to-revenue and greater profitability
through network efficiency and the ability to rapidly deliver
differentiated services without reengineering their optical
infrastructure. For more information, please visit
http://www.infinera.com/.
This press release contains forward-looking statements, which
statements are based on our current expectations. Actual results
may vary materially from these expectations as a result of various
risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, aggressive
business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a single
product, our reliance on single-source suppliers, and our ability
to respond to rapid technological changes. Further information
about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and
uncertainties that affect our business, is contained in the risk
factors section and other sections of our annual report on Form
10-K filed with the Securities Exchange Commission on March 1,
2011, as well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the
SEC. These reports are available on our website at www.infinera.com
and the SEC's website at www.sec.gov. Infinera assumes no
obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such
forward-looking statements.
For media and analysts: Asian media: Chew Peng Healey Tel. +65
6832 8099 chealey@infinera.com Other media: Anna Vue Tel. (916)
595-8157 avue@infinera.com Investors: Bob Blair Tel. (408) 716-4879
bblair@infinera.com Pacnet: Roland Lim Tel: +852 2121 2975
roland.lim@pacnet.com
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