Infinera Named Most Promising Vendor in Asia Telecom Market
Frost & Sullivan Award Cites Innovation & Market Growth
Singapore on 17 June 2009
Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) has been named Most Promising Vendor of the Year in the Asia Pacific market by analyst firm Frost & Sullivan. This is the first time Infinera has won this prestigious award.
“Infinera has, in a short span of time, become a significant player in the optical networking sector. The company has demonstrated a commitment to R&D and innovation, having launched the world’s first WDM (wavelength-division multiplexing) digital ROADM (reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexer) system, and today continues to invest substantially in R&D initiatives,” said Adeel Najam, industry analyst, Frost & Sullivan.
“In 2008, Infinera made considerable breakthroughs in Asia Pacific, securing sizeable contracts in China and Japan,” added Najam. “We believe the company’s focus on delivering innovative solutions will ensure that it continues to grow in strength in the years to come. This is especially so at a time when national [high-speed] broadband projects are being implemented around the region and operators are in a bid to improve efficiencies in their networks, further prompting optical network deployments.”
“It is an honor for Infinera to receive this award from internationally recognized analyst and consulting firm Frost & Sullivan. This award underscores the distinctive strengths of Infinera’s technology and the ability of our Digital Optical Networking paradigm to address the challenging technical and business requirements of operators in the highly competitive marketplace in Asia-Pacific,” said Simon Naylor, Infinera’s Vice President Asia Pacific.
Infinera’s optical systems are based on Infinera’s large-scale photonic integrated circuits, which integrate 60 optical devices on a pair of chips each less than 5 mm wide. Infinera’s Digital Optical Networking architecture provides operators with a transformational opportunity to simplify network operations and enable flexible and fast delivery of differentiated transport services. The Infinera DTN combines high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform.
In the past year, Infinera has made significant progress in the Asia market, with the announcement of customers including Global Access Limited of Japan, and international network operator Pacnet. In partnership with Global Access, Infinera also successfully demonstrated 100 Gigabit Ethernet services over a live network in Japan.
The Most Promising Vendor award was presented to Infinera at the 2009 Frost & Sullivan Asia Pacific ICT Awards banquet in Singapore on June 4, 2009. These awards seek to commend companies for their exemplary diligence, commitment and innovative business strategies required for advancements in the Asia Pacific Marketplace.
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 customers 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/.
