/C O R R E C T I O N -- Verizon/
October 06 2008 - 11:52AM
PR Newswire (US)
In the news release, Verizon Successfully Demonstrates 100G
Commercial-Quality Network Performance, issued 06-Oct-2008 by
Verizon over PR Newswire, the headline should read "Verizon
Confirms Quality of 100G Transmission" rather than "Verizon
Successfully Demonstrates 100G Commercial-Quality Network
Performance" as incorrectly transmitted by PR Newswire. The
complete, corrected release follows: NEW YORK, Oct. 6 /PRNewswire/
-- Verizon's latest trial of 100G optical transmission technology
performed with better tolerance for signal distortion than
typically found in today's standard wavelength of 10G. This is a
significant next step toward the commercialization of 100G
transmission. Transporting data over 73 kilometers of field fiber
in northeastern Texas at a 92 Gbps (gigabits per second) rate, the
recent trial demonstrated twice the tolerance for signal distortion
when compared with today's standard 10G signal. The Nortel Optical
Multiservice Edge 6500 convergence platform equipped with 40G/100G
Adaptive Optical Engine technology integrates advanced
signal-processing techniques that maintain sustained signal
integrity despite significant polarization mode dispersion (PMD).
PMD, a natural impairment of optical fiber transmission, causes a
signal to distort as it travels along the optical fiber. This
results in imperfections when the signal arrives at the receiver
end and limits the amount of data that can be transmitted. "This
latest trial further illustrates Verizon's keen interest in viable
100G technologies," said Mark Wegleitner, Verizon's senior vice
president of technology. "Each advance we make moves the Verizon
network closer to commercial deployment of reliable
higher-bandwidth speeds on the backbone to serve our customers'
needs - whether it's voice, video or data." Philippe Morin,
president of Metro Ethernet Networks for Nortel, said, "As Verizon
prepares to meet increasing demand for bandwidth-intensive services
like multimedia conferencing and HD video, it faces a complex
challenge of increasing network capacity while maintaining existing
infrastructure. Nortel's 40G/100G Adaptive Optical Engine allows
Verizon to deploy higher-capacity transmission systems over any
fiber in their existing network without extensive re-engineering.
This capability already is commercialized in our 40G technology and
will be a key differentiator for our 100G solution." Working with
some of the industry's major equipment suppliers, Verizon is
pursuing commercial deployment of 100G technology. On Sept. 25,
Verizon and Nokia Siemens Networks announced that they had
successfully transmitted data at 100G on a single wavelength for
more than 1,040 kilometers, setting a new distance record over
deployed fiber and demonstrating better performance than
conventional transmission. In November 2007, Verizon and
Alcatel-Lucent transmitted a commercial information package - a
FiOS video stream - between Tampa, Fla., and Miami at 100G for the
first time over a live network In the Nortel trial, Verizon
transmitted the 100G traffic error-free using an advanced
signal-processing method and signal-correcting techniques embedded
in Nortel's technology. Preserving the level of quality for
high-speed traffic is important for such ultra-long-haul network
strategies as mesh architecture. Verizon is a global leader in mesh
architecture, which provides more alternate paths to reroute
traffic in the event of a network disruption. Maintaining signal
quality becomes critical when the signal has to travel through
multiple nodes and for long distances. About Verizon Verizon
Communications Inc. (NYSE:VZ), headquartered in New York, is a
leader in delivering broadband and other wireline and wireless
communication innovations to mass market, business, government and
wholesale customers. Verizon Wireless operates America's most
reliable wireless network, serving 63.7 million customers
nationwide. Verizon's Wireline operations include Verizon Business,
which delivers innovative and seamless business solutions to
customers around the world, and Verizon Telecom, which brings
customers the benefits of converged communications, information and
entertainment services over the nation's most advanced fiber-optic
network. A Dow 30 company, Verizon has a diverse workforce of
nearly 238,000 and last year generated consolidated operating
revenues of more than $88 billion. For more information, visit
http://www.verizon.com/. About Nortel Nortel (NYSE/TSX: NT) is a
recognized leader in delivering communications capabilities that
make the promise of Business Made Simple a reality for our
customers. Our next-generation technologies, for both service
provider and enterprise networks, support multimedia and
business-critical applications. Nortel's technologies are designed
to help eliminate today's barriers to efficiency, speed and
performance by simplifying networks and connecting people to the
information they need, when they need it. Nortel does business in
more than 150 countries around the world. For more information,
visit Nortel on the Web at http://www.nortel.com/. For the latest
Nortel news, visit http://www.nortel.com/news. VERIZON'S ONLINE
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other information are available at Verizon's News Center on the
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Verizon CONTACT: Lynn Staggs, Verizon, +1-918-590-2403, , Jim
Smith, Verizon, +1-201-618-3346, , Karen Monaghan, Nortel,
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