CIENA TO PROVIDE OPTICAL SOLUTIONS IN THE
GLOBAL CROSSING NETWORK BUSINESS EDITORS
LINTHICUM, MD.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--JAN. 20,
2000--CIENA CORPORATION (NASDAQ: CIEN) TODAY
ANNOUNCED THAT IT WILL SUPPLY
LINTHICUM, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jan. 20, 2000--CIENA Corporation
(Nasdaq: CIEN.O) today announced that it will supply intelligent optical
transport solutions for the Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GBLX.O) network.
Under an existing contract with Racal Telecom, which was acquired
by Global Crossing in November, the carrier has purchased CIENA
MultiWave Sentry(TM) systems for the expansion of its UK network to
support regional and international Global Crossing customer traffic.
"Our strategy is to significantly accelerate the availability of
high-speed data services to corporate customers, and rapid
provisioning is essential for meeting our customers' expectations,"
said Bob Falconer, director of networks for Global Crossing in the UK.
"The software intelligence that CIENA builds into its systems enables
us to automatically scale the network and turn-up new routes. To us,
that means getting service to customers faster than ever."
Proprietary SmartSpan(TM) software embedded in each of CIENA's
optical transport systems automates span provisioning and management
for real-time bandwidth delivery. CIENA's optical networking
intelligence enables carriers such as Global Crossing to speed their
time-to-market for valuable data services while dramatically pushing
down network operations costs.
"With our philosophy of providing customers with increments of
capacity on demand, we believe that a faster response time is required
to satisfy growth in network traffic, and CIENA's solutions help us
meet this challenge," Falconer said.
"Making further network enhancements with CIENA solutions is the
latest move in Global Crossing's drive to become the worldwide leader
in data, voice, Internet and e-commerce services," said Patrick
Nettles, CIENA's president and chief executive officer. "We're pleased
that CIENA is a part of that strategy. The value that we bring to the
network will be measured not only in capital and operations savings,
but also in helping Global Crossing maximize its opportunities within
the vast market for data services."
With CIENA LightWorks(TM), a next-generation intelligent network
architecture, CIENA is giving a competitive edge to carriers around
the world by helping them transition from complex legacy networks,
thereby significantly reducing future network operations costs.
LightWorks extends integrated capabilities in optical transport, core
switching and multi-service access technologies through embedded
software intelligence across the optical network.
ABOUT GLOBAL CROSSING
Global Crossing Ltd. (Nasdaq: GBLX.O) is building and offering
services over the world's first global fiber optic network with 97,200
announced route miles, serving five continents, 24 countries and more
than 200 major cities. The Global Crossing Network and its
telecommunications and Internet product offerings will be available to
over 80% of the world's international communications traffic. Global
Crossing hosts more than 300 of the top Internet brands at its web
hosting division, GlobalCenter. Among the brands are some of the
largest and most densely trafficked sites on the Web, including
Yahoo!, The Motley Fool, Ziff Davis, MP3.com and eToys. Global
Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with
principal offices in Los Angeles, California; London, England;
Morristown, New Jersey; and Rochester, New York.
ABOUT CIENA
CIENA Corporation's market-leading optical networking systems
form the core for the new era of telecommunications networks
worldwide. CIENA's LightWorks(TM) architecture changes the fundamental
economics of service-provider networks by simplifying the network and
reducing the cost to operate it. Additional information about CIENA
can be found at ciena.com.
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