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Zayo Bandwidth Selects Infinera for Northeastern Network
Growing Carrier to Leverage Flexibility of Digital Optical Network
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - May 22, 2008) - Zayo Bandwidth, a provider of fiber-based
bandwidth solutions, has selected Infinera (NASDAQ : INFN ) for its regional
network in the Northeastern U.S. Infinera will bring the speed,
responsiveness and flexibility of an Infinera Digital Optical Network to
Zayo's business, giving Zayo contiguous service from Chicago to New York
and Washington, DC.
Based in Louisville, Colorado, Zayo Bandwidth, a Zayo Group business,
operates regional networks in the Northeast, Midwest, Minnesota and the
Memphis, Tennessee area. Zayo offers a wide range of telecom services
including private line, Ethernet, wavelength, Internet and colocation
services to customers in the telecom, enterprise and government sectors and
other bandwidth-intensive organizations. Zayo has raised more than $340
million in private equity and debt financing to support an aggressive plan
to provide telecom services in selected regional markets where demand is
growing rapidly.
Zayo has deployed Infinera in the busy northeastern corridor from New York
to Washington, DC as well as interconnecting Chicago to the east coast to
serve the increasing bandwidth requirements of its customers. Zayo chose
Infinera because the Infinera Digital ROADM offers high capacity and
integrated, reconfigurable switching, enabling Zayo to provision or
reconfigure bandwidth quickly and cost-effectively.
"The Infinera system is very easy to provision and operate," commented Zayo
Bandwidth Vice President of Engineering Troy Kau. He added: "Zayo
Bandwidth's mission is to be responsive, and Infinera enables us to be
agile and configure our network quickly to meet the needs of our
customers."
"Zayo has a visionary business plan to offer the latest technology and
great customer service to its customers and we are delighted to support
their efforts with an Infinera Digital Optical Network," said Infinera CEO
Jagdeep Singh.
The Infinera DTN system is based on Infinera's innovative large-scale
photonic integrated circuits (PICs), which integrate more than 60 optical
devices on a pair of chips, to enable an optical system with 100
Gigabits/second (Gb/s) of capacity on every line card. The PIC-based system
enables Infinera's Bandwidth Virtualization, an architecture where a wide
range of services, from 1 Gb/s to 10 Gb/s today, and 40 Gb/s and 100 Gb/s
services in the future, can be quickly provisioned and reconfigured from a
pool of readily available bandwidth which is installed in 100 Gb/s
increments.
The Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM for long-haul and metro core networks,
combining high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth
management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform.
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
optical networks 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 www.infinera.com.
About Zayo Bandwidth
Based in Louisville, Colo., Zayo Bandwidth is a regional provider of high
capacity fiber-based bandwidth services to carriers and large enterprises
in 107 markets spanning 17 states. Zayo Bandwidth owns and operates fiber
optic networks in the Northeast, Mid-Atlantic and Midwest, providing
bandwidth services including private line, wavelength, Ethernet, and
collocation. Zayo Bandwidth customers include carriers, web-centric
companies, public institutions and bandwidth-intensive enterprises. Zayo's
mission is to provide fiber-based bandwidth, responsive solutions and a
strong network. Visit us at www.zayo.com.
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