JDSU Announces Agile Optical Network Strategy
February 09 2006 - 8:03AM
PR Newswire (US)
Company Targets One of Optical Communications Industry's
Fastest-Growing Segments SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 9
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; TSX: JDU) today
launched a new strategic initiative and expanded product portfolio
to meet the growing demand for Agile Optical Networks (AON), one of
the optical communications industry's fastest-growing segments.
JDSU is partnering with communications equipment manufacturers
worldwide to address this market with its new AON product family,
the most comprehensive and innovative of its kind in the industry.
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"The Agile Optical Network can deliver benefits such as greater
service delivery flexibility and reduced network deployment risks,
substantively changing the financial paradigm of new network
rollouts," said Daryl Inniss, vice president, Communications
Components, for Ovum-RHK. "The market for optical networking
modules is rapidly transitioning from fixed to agile solutions --
the agile optical networking module penetration of the overall
segment is expected to grow from 20 percent in 2004 to more than 60
percent in 2008." The Agile Optical Network addresses the economic
and competitive realities of today's communications industry, which
is driven by the surge in IP-based triple-play and enterprise
service deployment. An Agile Optical Network is a dynamically
reconfigurable DWDM network designed to accelerate triple-play
service deployment and enable advanced wavelength applications at
significantly reduced cost. JDSU offers the industry's broadest
portfolio of optical communications solutions required to build and
maintain an Agile Optical Network. "The widespread availability of
affordable broadband and continued migration to all-IP networks
have profoundly changed the way we communicate, creating new growth
opportunities for our industry," said Kevin Kennedy, JDSU's chief
executive officer. "The deployment of the AON is a strategic
imperative for every network provider in the world planning to
deploy triple-pay services." "JDSU's AON strategy addresses the
most critical networking challenges that have emerged as consumer
broadband goes mainstream and enterprise traffic growth continues
to accelerate," said Steve Alexander, chief technology officer at
Ciena. "These challenges call for optical communication innovation
that replaces slow, manual processes with solutions that enable
simplified, dynamic network configuration and automated service
provisioning. We look forward to continued partnership with JDSU to
deliver the agile networking solutions our customers are seeking."
"In order to capitalize on growing adoption of broadband voice,
data and video services, our customers are seeking optical
solutions that cost-effectively simplify network management and
speed service delivery," said Patrick Leisching, head of Siemens'
Optical System Development Department. "Greater agility is a key
requirement for the network of the future." JDSU Introduces AON
Portfolio JDSU today introduced an end-to-end portfolio of
AON-enabling solutions, including Agile Optical Switches, Agile
Transmission Modules and Agile Optical Amplifiers as well as the
industry's leading portfolio of test and measurement solutions for
optical networks. Agile Optical Switches JDSU's portfolio of Agile
Optical Switches feature reconfigurable optical add/drop
multiplexer (ROADM) modules and subsystems for all network
applications, including a planar lightwave circuit (PLC)-based
ROADM and Wavelength Blockers, which provide the blocking and
attenuation functions of a ROADM and reduce the number of required
O-E-O (optical-electrical-optical) conversions in long-haul and
metro networks. In a separate announcement issued today, JDSU
introduced two new products to its Agile Optical Switch portfolio:
the Wavelength Selective Switch (WSS) and 40-Channel PLC ROADM.
JDSU leads the market in the delivery of ROADM-enabling solutions
and has shipped more than 4,500 units from its Agile Optical Switch
portfolio to date. Agile Transmission Modules JDSU is leading the
market's transition to tunable transponders, a key technology for
the successful deployment of Agile Optical Networks. Unlike fixed
transponders, which are unable to adjust to changing traffic
patterns, JDSU's tunable transponders are able to "tune"
wavelengths, adjusting to changing network bandwidth requirements,
ensuring more efficient use of network capacity, lowering inventory
by reducing the number of transponders needed in a network and
providing for more cost-effective network planning. The flexibility
enabled by JDSU's transponders is expected to be critical to the
successful and rapid deployment of next generation, IP-based voice,
data and video services which are driving new network operational
challenges for communications service providers. Agile Optical
Amplifiers JDSU's Agile Optical Amplifiers are key elements of the
Agile Optical Network by adjusting the "gain" -- or power levels --
of amplified optical signals on the fly, ensuring reliable
transmission that supports the quality delivery of advanced
triple-play services. JDSU recently completed a joint study with
Siemens to evaluate the impact of optical power changes, or
"transients," on DWDM network performance. The study successfully
measured performance degradation caused by uncontrolled transients
and demonstrated JDSU's amplifier platform to effectively control
and mitigate its effect. T&M for the AON JDSU provides a
comprehensive set of test and measurement solutions required for
the cost-effective and reliable deployment of Agile Optical
Networks and the delivery of IP-based triple play services. JDSU's
test solutions for the AON complement the company's full range of
T&M capabilities. They give network operators independent
visibility into network configurations at the wavelength and data
services level, enabling them to measure and analyze photonic layer
optical network performance characteristics and simplify
installation and maintenance. The modular, multi-function designs
of JDSU's T&M instruments for the AON allow equipment
manufacturers and service providers to significantly reduce capital
expenses. They include the MTS Optical Spectrum Analyzers, which
identify, isolate and validate transmitted optical wavelengths in
an AON network; chromatic dispersion (CD), polarization mode
dispersion (PMD) and 10G Ethernet modules for the MTS/T-BERD 8000
platform; SmartClass Optical Handhelds to verify power levels in an
AON; and the Swept Wavelength System, enabling equipment
manufacturers to design, manufacture and qualify leading- edge AON
network infrastructure. JDSU's Agile Optical Network portfolio will
be on display at OFC/NFOEC 2006, booth number 2323 in the Anaheim
(CA) Convention Center on March 7-9. For more information on JDSU's
AON portfolio, please visit http://www.jdsu.com/aon. About JDSU
JDSU is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in
the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the
leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions
and optical products for telecommunications service providers,
cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. Furthermore,
JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for
medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing,
display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and
decorative applications. More information is available at
http://www.jdsu.com/. The statements contained in this press
release that are not purely historical are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to, (a) any
expectations or beliefs regarding the installation, use or growth
of agile optical networks or the market therefore, or the size or
growth of the market for agile optical modules or similar products;
(b) any expectations or beliefs regarding the criticality or
importance of the agile optical network or the products described
in this release to current or future network infrastructures and
the delivery of triple-play or other communications services; and
(c) any statement or implication that the products described in
this press release (i) will be successfully introduced or marketed,
(ii) will be qualified and purchased by our customers, or (iii)
will perform to any particular specifications or performance or
reliability standards. Such forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that, if realized, could materially impair
the Company's results of operations, business, and financial
condition. These risks and uncertainties include the following,
among other things: (a) our current visibility as to customer
demand levels, future market growth and the timing, extent,
location, requirements and nature of network build-outs and
technology transitions, is extremely limited; (b) the timing,
extent, location, requirements and nature of network technology
transitions is extremely unpredictable and development cycles are
generally very long; and (c) the products may not (i) perform as
expected without material defects, (ii) be manufactured at
acceptable volumes, yields, and cost, (iii) be qualified and
accepted by our customers, and (iv) successfully compete with
products offered by our competitors, and d) factors discussed from
time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained
in this news release are made as of the date hereof, and the
Company does not assume any obligation to update or qualify any of
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