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To: Kenneth E. Phillipps who wrote (10613)	3/10/2001 1:21:08 PM
From: James Fulop	Read Replies (1) of 12623

>>to the best of my knowledge, Ciena has no multi-service provisioning platform<< If you mean it is not shipping, you would be correct. But the Cyras K2 is in trials and is a MSPP box. lightreading.com >>no multi-service data switch for the WAN<< You consider that part of an optical portfolio? I will have to do some research in this area, but I was under the impression this was not considered a part of optical. >>no ultra long haul product<< Not true. Ciena is shipping to two customers presently and in trials with others according to their latest CC. >>multi-layer data switches<< I will be brutally honest and tell you I don't know much about them, but my initial reaction is to question if that is really an optical product. (I guess it depends on definitions, a problem in this sector...<g>) >>no tunable laser<< My understanding is that Ciena is already buying them from NUFO and using them in long haul and ultra long haul. >>no O-O-O switch<< Ciena has announced that they will be using an all optical fabric in their CoreDirector in the future. What that will be has not been announced. (And the timing.) So it is true to say they do not have it yet, but with all the companies that can provide this part of the switch, I wonder if this is indeed quite so important. But I will be the first to admit I'd like to see more activity in this area by Ciena. As always, I am open to corrections by you or anyone else on this.....

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