SUNNYVALE, Calif., March 24, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Infinera (Nasdaq:INFN) has extended its innovative Just-in-TAM(tm) program to the 40 Gigabit Tributary Adapter Module (TAM), broadening the range of services that Infinera customers can now deliver to their customers in ten days or less.
TAM modules slot into Infinera line cards at the endpoints of a circuit in an Infinera network. Installation of the TAMs, combined with software configuration of the circuit through the network, enables very fast turn-up of circuits and services in an Infinera network. The Just-in-TAM program, introduced last year, is an Infinera commitment to ship most TAM modules anywhere in the world within ten days of receipt of customer order. This enables record turn-up time for most services.
Infinera's 40 Gb/s TAM, which has been available since last year, uses innovative Infinera technology known as Digital Virtual Concatenation (DVC) to map a 40 Gb/s service over four 10 Gb/s wavelengths, enabling 40 Gb/s services to be offered over any fiber plant capable of supporting 10 Gb/s services today. Super-wavelength services enabled by DVC offer advantages in terms of speed and cost-effectiveness of deployment for many services providers.
"Extending the Just-in-Tam program to 40G enables our customers to leverage their existing Digital Optical Network infrastructure, allowing our customers to provide significant product differentiation via increased service velocity of super-wavelength rate services -- without the need for network overlays or span redesigns. Infinera customers can literally turn up a 40G service within hours of receiving the 40G TAMs," said Jeff Bodin, Director of Product Line Management at Infinera.
Speed Wins
In today's highly competitive marketplace, Infinera customers have found that the ability to deliver new optical services in ten days or less is often a compelling advantage when competing for business. Service providers who rely on traditional analog DWDM optical networking systems often face delays of as much as 25 weeks when ordering new optical services -- and in some cases significant network overhaul to carry traffic rates of 40Gb/s.
The speed and flexibility of the Infinera system is enabled by Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization architecture, which puts a minimum of 100 Gb/s of capacity in the network initially and is scalable to 800 Gb/s or more. That capacity can be reconfigured quickly and flexibly to provide connectivity between any points in the network and offers a wide variety of services, protocols, and bit rates.
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.
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