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Pacnet Accelerates Network Upgrades With Infinera
(Marketwire Via Acquire Media NewsEdge) SUNNYVALE, CA, September 30 / MARKET WIRE/ --
Pacnet has selected Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN)
as one of its key suppliers to enable rapid network capacity upgrades
across strategic parts of its networks in Asia and US.
By deploying Infinera's Digital Optical Networking system to upgrade its
backhaul networks and interconnections between its points of presence
(PoPs) in these locations, Pacnet has been able to significantly shorten
service provisioning times compared to traditional dense-wave-division
multiplexing (DWDM) systems. Additionally, Infinera's solution was selected
because it satisfied Pacnet's stringent requirements with respect to
reliability, GMPLS network intelligence, and scalable DWDM technologies.
"We have seen an exponential increase in the demand for intra-Asia and
trans-Pacific traffic in the past 18 months, driven largely by
bandwidth-intensive applications like high definition video broadcasts and
unified communications applications," said Pacnet Chief Technology Officer
Wilfred Kwan. "Our customers often require large amounts of additional
capacity at short-notice, thus we needed to build a next-generation network
that is fast, responsive and able to scale up quickly. Deploying Infinera's
advanced, next-generation optical system has helped us to meet this
requirement."
As part of its trans-Pacific strategy to offer additional capacity and
capabilities between Asia and North America, Pacnet has also deployed
Infinera's solution to interconnect its PoPs in Los Angeles. Pacnet
announced in February 2008 its plan to build EAC Pacific, which is part of
the US$300 million trans-Pacific Unity cable project, a 10,000-kilometer
submarine cable linking Japan with the west coast of the US.
Pacnet is Asia's largest independent telecommunications service provider
formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific Internet. It
owns and operates EAC-C2C, Asia's longest submarine cable network at 36,800
kilometers, which links major Asian markets including Japan, South Korea,
Taiwan, Hong Kong and Singapore.
With Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization(TM), Infinera systems deploy a
minimum of 100 Gigabits/second (Gb/s) on every line card, and capacity can
be quickly and flexibly deployed and reconfigured to deliver a wide variety
of services. The simplicity of operations has enabled Pacnet to deliver
high-bandwidth services quickly and cost-effectively to customers
throughout Asia and in the USA.
The Infinera DTN is the first commercially deployed optical system based on
photonic integrated circuits integrating more than 60 optical devices on a
pair of chips. Integration produces significant benefits in terms of cost,
space consumption, power consumption, reliability, and scalability. By
eliminating more than 90% of the fiber connections in an optical system,
the Infinera system delivers very high reliability. Infinera has built on
that core advantage with a test and manufacturing process designed to
ensure that Infinera systems deliver extremely high reliability out of the
box and in operation in the field.
Pacnet also plans to deploy Infinera's new ILS2 system. The new system
delivers enhanced optical reach and fiber capacity while extending the
advantages of Infinera's digital architecture, including a GMPLS-powered
network operating system for operational efficiency and protection.
"Service providers in Asia are seeing exponential growth in bandwidth, like
their counterparts in the rest of the world," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep
Singh. "They share a need for flexibility, intelligence and reliability in
next generation DWDM systems. We are very pleased to support Pacnet in
addressing these needs with the industry's best digital optical network
equipment."
The Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM for long-haul and metro core networks,
combining high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth
management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform.
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.
About Pacnet
Pacnet is the region's largest independent telecommunications service
provider, formed from the operational merger of Asia Netcom and Pacific
Internet. Pacnet owns and operates EAC-C2C, Asia's longest submarine cable
infrastructure at 36,800 km, with a design capacity of 10.24 Tbps. With a
comprehensive portfolio of city-to-city connectivity, data communications
and IP-based solutions and services, Pacnet is able to deliver solutions
for carriers and large enterprises, as well as small/medium businesses. The
company 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.
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: that the speed of deployment and reliability of the Infinera system
enables the provision of services more quickly than with traditional DWDM
systems; that Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization(TM) allows capacity to
be quickly and flexibly deployed and reconfigured to deliver a wide variety
of services; that the simplicity of operations has enables delivery of
high-bandwidth services quickly and cost-effectively to customers
throughout Asia and in the USA; that the Infinera DTN is the first
commercially deployed optical system based on photonic integrated circuits
integrating more than 60 optical devices on a pair of chips; that
integration produces significant benefits in terms of cost, space
consumption, power consumption, reliability, and scalability; that by
eliminating approximately 90% of the fiber connections in an optical
system, the Infinera system delivers very high reliability and that its
core advantage ensures Infinera systems deliver extremely high reliability
out of the box and in operation in the field; and that the new system
delivers enhanced optical reach and fiber capacity while extending the
advantages of Infinera's digital architecture, including a GMPLS-powered
network operating system for operational efficiency and protection.
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 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 further information
Asian media:
Roland Lim
Pacnet
Tel: +852 2121 2975roland.lim@pacnet.com
Chew Peng Healey
Infinera
Tel. +65-97311948chealey@infinera.com
Infinera corporate:
Media:
Jeff Ferry
Infinera
Tel. +1-408-572-5213jferry@infinera.com
Investors:
Bob Blair
Infinera
Tel. +1-408-716-4879bblair@infinera.com
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