gblx... tim i wish you would take a look at this one... cs coming back nicely... i am hoping for this coming monday or a week from then...
Friday October 15, 10:01 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Pirelli Cables and Systems North America
Pirelli Announces Largest Deployment of Open Architecture DWDM Technology In North America on Global Crossing Network
COLUMBIA, S.C., Oct. 15 /PRNewswire/ -- Pirelli today announced that its industry-leading DWDM system is operational on Global Crossing's North American Crossing network, constituting one of the largest deployments of dense wavelength division multiplexing technology in North America.
The $1 billion North American Crossing, formerly the Frontier Optronics Network(SM), spans 20,000 miles from coast to coast and connects 120 of the country's top markets. Pirelli's DWDM system also enables a ''network express lane'' that moves data at gigabit speeds, and eventually terabit speeds, between the 20 most heavily trafficked U.S. markets.
The Pirelli system makes possible a range of network business strategies, running multiple data rates across the optical system for Sonet, Asynchronous Transfer Mode (ATM), frame relay and Internet Protocol (IP). The system is capable of transmission at both OC-48 and OC-192 levels and is compatible with a number of fiber types such as non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber, dispersion- shifted fiber and conventional single-mode fiber. Global Crossing utilizes the most advanced, non-zero dispersion-shifted fiber.
''This is the first deployment capable of transmission at the OC-192 level using an open architecture system,'' Geraint Anderson, CEO of Pirelli Optical Systems HQ, Milan, said.
''The significance of that is twofold,'' he added. ''First, it continues Pirelli's historic position as the leader in the field of fiber optics and photonics. Second, it further illustrates the compatibility of Pirelli optical systems with equipment provided by other vendors or already in place. That is an important consideration in today's telecommunications industry.''
Anderson also noted that the continuing strategic partnership between Pirelli and Global Crossing is producing a fiber optic network that incorporates proven technologies and is capable of handling whatever applications Global Grossing customers may wish to deploy, now and in the future.
''Pirelli's DWDM technology helps to give our network a future-proof dimension that is unsurpassed,'' said Russ Shipley, vice president of network services for Global Crossing North America. ''Multiple purpose, open standards-based optical channels and incremental upgrade capability mean we can keep pace with the explosive bandwidth demands of the today's electronic economy as they occur, while maintaining the highest levels of network quality and reliability at every step.''
The North American Crossing network features Pirelli's industry-leading WaveMux(TM) DWDM platform with Hitachi AMN 5192 SONET OC-192 terminals. Pirelli and Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. announced the successful completion of extensive interoperability testing in May, and Pirelli has now conducted successful interoperability testing with all major SONET equipment vendors.
The Pirelli WaveMux platform is scaleable to 128 channels with each channel carrying OC-192, or 10 gigabits per second.
Global Crossing is the first in the industry to use this new DWDM system to create ultra-high capacity routes, on its existing fiber, between its 20 most heavily trafficked markets. The result is the network equivalent of non- stop flights for network traffic, allowing the network to become the fastest optical network in the world.
About Global Crossing
Global Crossing (Nasdaq: GBLX - news) is the world's first truly global telecommunications company. The Global Crossing Network and its product offerings will be available on five continents and address 80% of the world's international communications traffic. Global Crossing also possesses the largest fleet of cable laying and maintenance vessels in the world and currently services more than a third of the world's undersea cable kilometers. Global Crossing has been chosen to be listed among the world's leading public corporations on both the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100. Global Crossing's operations are headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda, with executive offices in Los Angeles, California and Morristown, New Jersey. For more information, visit www.globalcrossing.com on the World Wide Web.
About Pirelli Cables and Systems
Pirelli Cables and Systems North America is headquartered in Columbia, S.C. With facilities in Lexington and Abbeville, S.C., Colusa, Calif., Surrey, British Columbia, St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec, and Prescott, Ontario, it provides fiber optic cable and photonics equipment for the communications industry and energy transmission and distribution cable for the utility and commercial building industries.
Pirelli Cables and Systems is a global manufacturer of communications and power cables and systems. With approximately 20,000 employees, 67 plants, Research and Development centers in Italy, Germany, the United States, France, Great Britain and Brazil, and total sales of more than $4.5 billion, Pirelli ranks among the world leaders. The company is increasingly focusing its R&D and manufacturing resources and competencies on leading edge technologies based on optical fibers and photonics for communications networks and superconductivity for power transmission.
For more information on Pirelli Cables and Systems, please see www.pirelli.com/cables
SOURCE: Pirelli Cables and Systems North America
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