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Infinera ATN Gains RUS Listing for Deployment Under Federal Rural Telecom Program
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - November 20, 2009) - Infinera's (NASDAQ : INFN ) ATN metro edge
platform has been accepted by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural
Development Program as suitable for deployment under the USDA Rural
Utilities Service (RUS) telecom programs. The RUS listing will enable
telecom companies building rural networks under the RUS program to take
advantage of the simplicity, flexibility, and ease of operations of
Infinera's new ATN metro edge platform.
The USDA's Rural Development Telecommunications program provides loans and
grants to support the extension of broadband networks into rural areas and
to support distance learning and telemedicine initiatives. RUS capability
to promote broadband networks was expanded greatly this year by President
Obama's American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, which appropriated $2.5
billion to the RUS, out of a total broadband stimulus budget of $7.2
billion, to extend broadband networks to unserved and underserved
communities nationwide.
The Infinera ATN metro edge platform is a compact, scalable metro edge
platform offering flexible configurations to simplify and accelerate
network deployment. The ATN has been designed to offer best-in-class
density and power consumption, and to support all 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.
Infinera is supporting customers nationwide who have applied for grants to
build broadband networks to unserved and underserved communities, including
anchor institutions such as schools, higher education, and health care
facilities. Infinera networks provide a scalable, cost-effective
middle-mile solution with low-cost, simple operations ideal for the new
wave of broadband networks. The new Infinera ATN has been purchased by
large and small service providers in the US and overseas. Last month,
Deltacom announced it had deployed the ATN in several metro markets in the
southeastern U.S.
"RUS listing is an important milestone for the ATN, as it will make it
easier for small, rural telecom companies and other broadband consortia to
deploy the ATN and take advantage of its powerful advantages in speed,
simplicity, and flexibility," said Paul Morkel, Infinera Director of
Product Applications.
The Infinera DTN, Infinera's optical system for long-haul and metro core
networks, was approved for RUS listing in February 2009.
The Infinera family of optical solutions includes the Infinera DTN, the
first optical system based on large-scale photonic integrated circuits, and
the Infinera ATN, a compact metro edge platform that extends the benefits
of Infinera's Digital Optical Networks to the metro edge.
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/.
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 the ATN metro edge platform is a compact, scalable metro
edge platform offering flexible configurations to simplify and accelerate
network deployment; that the ATN has been designed to offer best-in-class
density and power consumption, and to support all metro transport services,
including Ethernet, SAN, SONET/SDH, OTN and video services; that 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; that Infinera is supporting customers nationwide who
have applied for grants to build broadband networks to unserved and
underserved communities, and its products serve networking traffic from
anchor institutions such as schools, higher education, and health care
facilities; and that Infinera networks provide a scalable, cost-effective
middle-mile solution with
low-cost, simple operations ideal for the new wave of broadband networks.
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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, our manufacturing process is very
complex, product performance problems we may encounter, our dependence on
sole or limited source suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid
technological changes, our ability to maintain effective internal controls,
the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new
technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology
in optical networks, general political, economic and market conditions and
events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks that
may impact Infinera's business are set forth in our annual report Form
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