SUNNYVALE, Calif., June 14, 2007 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Deltacom (OTCBB:ITCD), a leading provider of integrated communications services to customers in the southeastern United States, has selected an Infinera (Nasdaq:INFN) Digital Optical Network for its regional network.
Based in Huntsville, Alabama, Deltacom provides a broad range of services over its 15,500 route-mile managed fiber optic network, including Internet, data, and voice services. With its own facilities-based network reaching many major and second-tier cities, Deltacom provides a broad and deep offering of services throughout the southeastern region.
Deltacom selected Infinera for the speed, simplicity, and capacity of the Infinera DTN system. Infinera's digital architecture provides 100 Gigabits/second of capacity on every line card. Infinera's GMPLS-powered IQ network operating system enables auto-discovery of network elements and automates the provisioning process, simplifying and speeding deployment and provisioning.
An Optical "Just-In-Time" Model
"Infinera's technology, based on photonic integrated circuits, is the latest technology in the marketplace," said Jim O'Brien, Deltacom's Executive Vice President of Operations. "The engineering simplicity, combined with the rapid delivery of modules, brings optical networking deployment much closer to the "Just-in-Time" models that are widely used in manufacturing today, allowing Deltacom to respond to unforeseen capacity demand in a matter of days."
Mr. O'Brien noted that the marketplace was experiencing demand for services, driven by the growing popularity of broadband Internet applications like IPTV and web video, and growing enterprise demand for high-bandwidth applications including data center backup and disaster recovery. "We are a unique provider," Mr. O'Brien said. "We have our own facilities-based network, and we go deep in all the states we serve. With our new network, we can rapidly turn up a range of services, from Gigabit Ethernet to 10 Gigabit waves, to meet the demands of our customers."
"Infinera is delighted to be supplying Deltacom a Digital Optical Network," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh. "The Infinera solution is delivering value for Deltacom today, and our Digital Optical Networks vision, which envisages even greater capacities with more features and functionality integrated into the system, will deliver an even more powerful and intelligent network for customers in the future."
The Infinera DTN is architected to combine the scalability of high-capacity DWDM transport, the flexibility of digital bandwidth management, and the intelligence of digital GMPLS network automation in a single platform.
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems (the DTN System) to telecommunications carriers, cable operators and other service providers worldwide. Infinera's large-scale photonic integrated circuit (PIC) incorporates 100 Gigabits per second of transmit and receive capacity and the functionality of more than 60 discrete optical components into a pair of indium phosphide chips. Infinera's DTN system and PIC technology are designed to provide optical networks that provide operating simplicity, enhanced revenue generation, faster time-to-service and capital cost savings. For more information, please visit www.infinera.com.
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