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Infinera Introduces Instant Bandwidth(TM) on DTN-X Enabling Software Activation of 100G
SUNNYVALE, CA, Nov 12, 2012 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) --
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) announced today the availability of
Infinera Instant Bandwidth(TM) on the DTN-X platform. Instant
Bandwidth(TM) allows network operators to rapidly deploy bandwidth in
100 Gigabits per second (100G) increments without the typical long
wait times associated with provisioning equipment, as well as
engineering and activating services. With Infinera's Instant
Bandwidth(TM), network operators can instantly provision an
additional 100G of network capacity with one-click to achieve a
success based business model. Instant Bandwidth(TM) enables service
providers to differentiate their services by shortening provisioning
times and accelerating service delivery while simultaneously reducing
time to revenue.
TeliaSonera International Carrier (TSIC) is the first to announce the
selection and deployment of the Infinera DTN-X platform with Instant
Bandwidth(TM) for their nationwide 100G U.S. network. TSIC can now
turn up 100G of transport capacity via one-click software control
enabling the rapid deployment of new services to their customers.
Transport network operators, like TSIC, are experiencing increased
and variable demand for bandwidth from customers. Activating
bandwidth services as soon as their customer demands it now becomes a
competitive weapon. Infinera's Instant Bandwidth(TM) is the
industry's first software-activated 100G bandwidth delivery solution
that enables a success-based business model for service providers and
lowers operational costs. Through this model, operators can
immediately deploy 100G of incremental network capacity at the same
time they activate the customer service. This capability enables an
architecture where bandwidth can be provisioned on demand and
potentially moved throughout the network in the future, as an example
to respond to a natural disaster or scheduled events like popular
sporting competitions. In contrast, conventional solutions result in
higher operational expenses and longer lead times because they
require multiple costly and time consuming activities for every 100G
of network capacity. These activities include ordering, shipping,
engineering, installation and provisioning taking many weeks or even
months to fulfill. Instant Bandwidth(TM) reduces the time to revenue
by closing the gap between network infrastructure investment and
customer service activation and enables the deployment of bandwidth
with a single click.
"2012 has been the 'year of 100G': interest in 100G is broad-based
and deployments are outpacing our market projections," said Dana
Cooperson, VP Network Infrastructure at Ovum. "Operators need a way
to keep pace with uncertain network traffic growth without under or
over provisioning infrastructure capacity. Network operators want to
deploy capacity at 100G incrementally while minimizing and balancing
capex and opex. This success-based business approach allows operators
to rapidly deploy capacity as customer demand arises and
differentiate their offering in a highly competitive market.
Infinera's Instant Bandwidth(TM) is a very interesting approach to an
important 100G business requirement."
The Instant Bandwidth(TM) solution is a combination of new hardware,
software and operational innovation from Infinera. The hardware
includes new line cards supporting 500G long-haul super-channels with
100G activated initially. This solution features Infinera's 500G
Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and FlexCoherent(TM) processor
that delivers record-breaking Polarization Mode Dispersion (PMD)
performance overcoming some of the worst fiber impairments over
critical parts of operators' networks. All of these features are
enabled for the initial 100G of capacity on the line card that can
progressively increase to 500G with simple one-click software
activation delivered using the enhanced Infinera DNA network
management system. The DTN-X integrates 5 Terabits of OTN switching
per bay in the same platform and is automated by an intelligent
standards based control plane. These technologies provide a
foundation for the Instant Bandwidth(TM) solution and result in
flexible infrastructure bandwidth with better wavelength utilization,
fewer fiber connections, less space and less power and overall lower
operational costs when compared to conventional optical transport
architectures.
"Instant Bandwidth on the DTN-X creates more opportunities for our
customers to win by using time as a weapon to compete and respond to
increasingly variable demands to flexibly grow and manage network
capacity," said Dave Welch, Infinera Co-founder, Executive Vice
President and Chief Strategy Officer. "Software activated bandwidth
changes the business model and the economics of transport networking,
accelerating time to revenue for operators while boosting their
competitiveness."
Infinera started shipping the DTN-X platform earlier this year and
the Instant Bandwidth(TM) solution for it is now available.
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 including,
among other things, statements relating features, functionality and
potential advantages of Infinera's products including that Instant
Bandwidth is the industry's first software-activated 100G bandwidth
delivery solution that enables a success-based business model for
service providers and lowers operational costs; that conventional
solutions result in higher operational expenses and longer lead times
because they require multiple costly and time consuming activities
for every 100G of network capacity; and that Instant Bandwidth
reduces the time to revenue by closing the gap between network
infrastructure investment and customer service activation and enables
the deployment of bandwidth with a single click. These
forward-looking 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 and Exchange Commission on March 6, 2012,
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:
Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. (916) 595-8157
avue@infinera.com
Investors:
Jenifer Kirtland
Tel. (408) 543-8139
jkirtland@infinera.com
SOURCE: Infinera
mailto:avue@infinera.com
mailto:jkirtland@infinera.com
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