SUNNYVALE, CA, Jan 06, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) –Infinera (NASDAQ:INFN, news, filings), the provider of Digital Optical Networks, announced today that it has joined Allied Fiber’s Dark Fiber Community. The Dark Fiber Community (DFC) is an online vendor directory that mirrors the fiber eco-system with participants ranging from fiber technology and equipment manufacturers to infrastructure providers and service vendors. Allied Fiber is a carrier-neutral provider of dark fiber with a national footprint and through its DFC brings together key vendors and facilitates discussions with industry experts to provide services to build their networks.
“Infinera’s proven industry leadership will be a great asset to the Dark Fiber Community,” said Hunter Newby, CEO of Allied Fiber. “We are excited to have Infinera join the community and look forward to the joint opportunities that this membership will bring.”
“Infinera is pleased to participate in the Dark Fiber Community, and make the advantages of our Digital Optical Networks available to those seeking to build state-of-the-art new networks,” said Infinera Chief Strategy Officer Dr. Dave Welch.
Infinera’s optical solutions serve as the backbone of a large number of long-haul and metro networks around the world. The Infinera DTN is the first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits. Deployed worldwide in long-haul and metro core networks, the Infinera DTN combines high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform. A DTN network is engineered to deliver services from 1 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) to 40Gb/s today, and designed to scale to 100Gb/s in the future, in a matter of days, instead of the weeks or months typically required by traditional DWDM systems.
The Infinera ATN is a compact metro edge platform that extends the benefits of Infinera’s Digital Optical Networks to the metro edge. The ATN has been designed to offer best-in-class density and power consumption, and to support metro transport services, including Ethernet, SAN, SONET/SDH, OTN and video services. Seamless integration with the Infinera DTN platform enables an end-to-end Infinera network to deliver ease of operation, capital expenditure savings, integrated bandwidth management, and the power of a single network management system.
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/.
About Allied Fiber
Allied Fiber was created to address America’s need to eliminate obstacles for broadband access, wireless backhaul and lower latency through new, next generation long-haul dark fiber and an open access philosophy. The Allied Fiber team is comprised of experts in the fields of communications, network construction and finance. They are dedicated to building and providing access to an abundant supply of dark fiber in areas where it is most needed. The first phase of new duct and fiber construction will be between New York, NY, Ashburn, VA and Chicago, IL. For more information, please visit www.alliedfiber.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, including that Infinera’s optical solutions serve as the backbone of a large number of long-haul and metro networks around the world; that the Infinera DTN is the first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits; that the Infinera DTN combines high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform; that a DTN network is engineered to deliver services from 1 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) to 40Gb/s today (and designed to scale to 100Gb/s in the future) in a matter of days, instead of the weeks or months typically required by traditional DWDM systems; and that the ATN’s seamless integration with the Infinera DTN platform enables an end-to-end Infinera network to deliver ease of operation, capital expenditure savings, integrated bandwidth management, and the power of a single network management system. 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, and our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, and other risks that may impact any of the group’s business are set forth in their annual reports on Form 10-K filed with the SEC on March 1, 2010, as well as subsequent reports 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.
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