What makes Lucent #1 in Optical Networking?
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Lucent continues to lead the optical networking industry
Backed by Bell Labs Research
A market leader
Lucent offers a full range of products
Delivers the full spectrum of optical solutions
Committed to multivendor inter-networking
Lucent continues to lead the optical networking industry with breakthrough capabilities.
Lucent was first to market in 1995 with DWDM (dense wave division multiplexing) systems.
In January 1998, Lucent announced the industry's first 80-channel, 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s) DWDM system -- the WaveStar™ OLS 400G.
In March 1998, Lucent announced another industry first -- terabit transmission over a single fiber -- at a distance of 400 kilometers.
In March 1998, Lucent announced its WaveStar™ BandWidth Manager, a revolutionary network bandwidth management system that single-handedly routes all the traffic being handled by today's largest telephone central offices.
In February 1999, Lucent announced its WaveStar™ AllMetro™ series of "metro" DWDM systems. Specifically designed for local and enterprise networks, WaveStar AllMetro brings photons ever-closer to the desktop by cost-effectively delivering up to 100 Gb/s over a single fiber strand.
In March 1999, Lucent announced the WaveStar™ 40G Express -- the first commercial single-laser optical transmission system capable of delivering 40 Gb/s of capacity over a single optical channel.
In April 1999 -- leading the charge toward optical data networks -- Lucent announced its WaveWrapper™ technology, which will enable Lucent's optical networking systems to cost-effectively monitor and manage the explosion of data traffic on today's networks.
In July 1999, Lucent announced its WaveStar™ OpticAir™ system -- the industry's first DWDM system that provides high-speed data networking through the air -- extending the reach of today's fiber-optic systems to areas where cost, geography or other constraints make fiber connections impractical.
Backed by Bell Labs research.
Bell Labs has garnered more than 2,000 patents in optical technology. It was Bell Labs researchers who demonstrated the terabit per-second transmission capability in 1996.
Bell Labs continues to advance the field of optical networking through its participation in the Multiwavelength Optical NETworking (MONET) program, a national, industry consortium that is working to define and demonstrate the best way to achieve high-capacity, high-performance, cost-effective, reliable, transparent multiwavelength optical networking.
One patent for an ultra-broad optical amplifier, obtained in 1997, is now being incorporated into Lucent's new 80-wavelength WaveStar OLS 400G.
Lucent is expanding its research and development presence around the world, opening an Optical Networking Center of Excellence in Germany and a new R&D facility on North Carolina State University's Centennial Campus. Also, a new Bell Labs R&D organization near Tokyo is working to develop prototypes for next-generation passive optical networking (PON) systems.
A market leader.
With more than 4,000 Optical Line Systems installed, Lucent has the largest deployment of DWDM equipment worldwide.
According to Frost and Sullivan, Lucent has the largest market share -- 30 percent -- of the $1.6 billion U.S. DWDM equipment market.
According to KMI Corporation, Lucent has the largest market share -- 29 percent -- of the $2.2 billion global DWDM equipment market.
We continue to enter new markets both in the United States and around the world, including recent agreements for our 80-channel system with AT&T, CTR Group -- creator of Project OXYGEN, Global Crossing, Hyperion Communications, Time Warner Telecom and WinStar Communications. Recent agreements for our 16-channel system include announcements Alestra of Mexico, Bayernwerk of Germany, Bell Atlantic, British Telecom, China's MII, Dacom of Korea, KPN of the Netherlands, NETs of France, Telefonica of Spain, and WorldPort Communications in the Netherlands. Also, Microsoft is testing Lucent's 16-channel system for its campus network in Redmond, Wash.
Lucent offers a full range of products.
Lucent now offers five different DWDM systems - an 8-channel system (since 1995), a 16-channel long-distance system (since 1997), the industry's first 80-channel long-distance system (since January 1999) and the industry's most flexible, cost-effective series of metro DWDM products (since February 1999).
Lucent also has a wide range of SONET (from OC-1 to OC-48), SDH (from STM-1 to STM-16) and optical networking products designed to meet service providers' needs for added capacity and operational efficiency.
Lucent's new WaveStar™ AllMetro™ series of optical networking equipment is the first to offer systems of varying sizes (up to four, eight, 20 and 40 wavelengths). It also is the first to allow service providers to choose how they add and drop wavelengths in their networks based on their network traffic demands. Adding to its flexibility, WaveStar AllMetro is the only series of metro optical networking products that allows service providers to mix and match these systems of varying sizes and add/drop capabilities in a given ring or network to maximize capacity and minimize cost -- reducing equipment costs by as much as 50 percent in certain configurations.
Delivers the full spectrum of optical solutions.
More than just a DWDM provider, Lucent's expertise covers the full spectrum of the field from lightwave research and development to optoelectronic components and subsystems to network management, SONET/SDH systems and professional services. This includes the industry standard for non-zero fiber -- TrueWave™ fiber, which has become the fiber of choice for long-distance carriers worldwide. And, Lucent has delivered approximately 7,500 optical amplifiers to help expand the capacity of communications networks for carriers around the world.
Committed to multivendor inter-networking.
Lucent was the first DWDM vendor to offer both an open, multivendor DWDM system as well as a more cost-effective direct DWDM system (open architecture was available in 1997).
In June 1998, Lucent and Cambrian Systems announced collaboration on interoperability between their metropolitan and long-haul DWDM systems.
Lucent also provides SONET equipment that supports multivendor interoperability, as demonstrated by its DDM-2000 OC-3 Multiplexer.
Lucent is an active member of the SONET Interoperability Forum, which is working on an industry-wide goal of an open multivendor standard.
For additional information, contact Frank Briamonte at fbriamonte@lucent.com
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