Ad hoc: ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING AND FUJITSU SIGN STRATEGIC OEM PARTNERSHIP FOR THE NORTH AMERICAN MARKET

Martinsried/Munich, Germany; Ramsey/New Jersey, USA. April 17, 2002. ADVA Optical Networking (German Neuer Markt: ADV), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced a strategic Original Equipment Manufacturer ("OEM") distribution partnership with Fujitsu Network Communications, Inc., the North American telecommunications arm of Fujitsu Ltd., to deliver one of the industry's most complete, best-of-breed, and end-to-end optical networking portfolios to carriers and service providers in North America.

Under the terms of the agreement, Fujitsu Network Communications will market, sell, support, and influence the development of ADVA's Fiber Service Platform ("FSP") 500 and FSP 3000 products as members of its FLASHWAVE® 7000 product family. The FSP 500 will be sold under the FLASHWAVE 7410 label, and the FSP 3000 under the FLASHWAVE 7420 label. The two products are key additions to the FLASHWAVE 7000 product family from Fujitsu Network Communications, further enabling the company to immediately offer high-capacity, end-to-end DWDM solutions from customer premise through to ultra long-haul networks.

Fujitsu Network Communications has established itself as a dominant market leader in Synchronous Optical Network ("SONET") transport platforms, with more than 275,000 installed network elements in the central offices of nearly every major carrier in North America. This strategic OEM distribution partnership joins ADVA's technology-leading metro access and metro core infrastructure products with the optical transport products, well-established carrier relationships, and world-class sales, service, and technical support of Fujitsu Network Communications. ADVA and Fujitsu Network Communications anticipate that this partnership will provide highly compelling and attractive network solutions for telecommunications service providers.

To support its focus on maximizing opportunities for metro optical networking solutions in the North American carrier market, Fujitsu Network Communications has already submitted these products for Telcordia Technologies' Operations Systems Modification of Intelligent Network Elements ("OSMINE") certification - a required certification for installation into central offices of incumbent Regional Bell Operating Company ("RBOC") carriers.

Fujitsu Network Communications is updating its NETSMART(TM) 1500 element management system to fully manage the FLASHWAVE 7410 and FLASHWAVE 7420 optical transport platforms. ADVA and Fujitsu Network Communications will also coordinate future product development roadmaps of these products to ensure they remain highly cost-effective, service delivery platforms.

PUBLISHED BY
ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany
ADVA Optical Networking Inc., Ramsey/New Jersey, USA
www.advaoptical.com

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