Infinera Express Rolls Across Europe
Mobile Demo Brings Digital Optical Networks to Your Doorstep
London on 28 April 2009
Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) is on the move in Europe this spring with the Infinera Express, a mobile demonstration unit equipped with state-of-the-art Infinera networking systems. The Infinera Express begins its European tour today in London. Future stops include locations in the UK, Spain, France, Germany, Italy and Benelux.
The Infinera Express is fitted out with the latest Infinera systems to bring the Infinera Digital Optical Networking experience to any customer’s doorstep. Based on the world’s first commercially available large-scale photonic integrated circuits (PICs), the Infinera DTN delivers 160 wavelengths today with scalability up to 8 Terabits/second on a fiber. The Infinera PIC delivers significant benefits in scalability, density, speed of operations, and energy efficiency. Infinera systems use Infinera’s Bandwidth VirtualizationTM architecture that is designed to deliver any service, including 40 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) services today and future 100 Gb/s services, over any network infrastructure.
The Infinera Express is also equipped with the Infinera Management Suite, a powerful and scalable software suite that enables network deployment, provisioning, and performance monitoring. Infinera’s GMPLS-powered network management automates many of the processes involved in managing and configuring networks. The Infinera Network Planning System enables graphical modeling, planning, and configuration capabilities for designing Infinera Digital Optical Network solutions.
All these tools can be demonstrated on the Infinera Express. In addition, Infinera engineers can demonstrate the simplicity and speed of the Infinera system, which enables the deployment of large optical networks with a few mouse clicks. The demonstration shows how 100 Gigabits of optical capacity can be turned up and operational in four minutes or less. Visitors are encouraged to try turning up and configuring optical capacity themselves on an Infinera link in the Express.
“The Infinera Express is fully equipped to provide customers with a hands-on experience of the Infinera DTN and the Infinera Management Suite,” said Tom Schmitt, Infinera Vice President for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. “It’s a powerful demonstration of the digital features and capabilities of the Infinera architecture right on a customer’s doorstep.”
Infinera Momentum in Europe
Infinera’s US mobile demo unit has been on the road for more than a year in the US, where it clocked up more than 20,000 miles and contributed to more than $20 million of Infinera revenue last year. After securing the number one position in long-haul networks in North America in 2007 and 2008 (source: Ovum), Infinera is focused on winning customers and market share in Europe and other key markets. In the past year Infinera has won new customers in Europe including Deutsche Telekom, OTEGlobe, and EU Networks.
Customers are invited to visit http://www.infinera.com/news/emea_infineraexpress.html to learn more about the Infinera Express and to sign up to schedule a visit.
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 http://www.infinera.com/.
