Thursday March 23, 6:00 am Eastern Time
Company Press Release
SOURCE: Lucent Technologies
Winstar First to Announce Live Network Traffic Running Across Lucent's 80-Channel Optical Networking System
MURRAY HILL, N.J., and NEW YORK, March 23 /PRNewswire/ -- Lucent Technologies (NYSE: LU - news) today announced that Winstar Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq: WCII - news) is using Lucent's 80-channel optical networking system to dramatically increase the capacity on the New York to Washington, D.C., leg of Winstar's national broadband network. Winstar is the first company in North America to announce it has live network traffic running across Lucent's flagship system.
Winstar is using the system -- known as the WaveStar(TM) OLS 400G -- to transmit voice and data traffic over a two-fiber network ring connecting the two cities. With a per-fiber capacity of up to 400 gigabits per second (Gb/s), the WaveStar OLS 400G is capable of transmitting either five million simultaneous phone calls or 12,000 encyclopedia volumes per second.
``Winstar has always offered our customers the highest-capacity, fastest and most reliable networks to meet the rapidly increasing data and Internet needs of their businesses,' said David Ackerman, group executive of Winstar's Network and Systems Services group. ``By integrating Lucent's high-capacity optical networking products with our networks, we can deliver even more cost- effective, high-speed, high-quality service to our customers.'
The WaveStar OLS 400G uses a technology known as dense wave division multiplexing (DWDM). DWDM enables carriers to expand network capacity by simultaneously transmitting multiple wavelengths -- or colors -- of light across a single fiber, with each wavelength carrying a distinct information stream.
``With its ability to deliver virtually limitless capacity at a low cost, optical networking is at the heart of next-generation networks,' said Harry Bosco, group president of Lucent's Optical Networking Group. ``This is one of many commercial deployments this year for our WaveStar OLS 400G. And we're dramatically expanding our manufacturing capacity so we can continue meeting commitments to our customers.'
Lucent's system currently is in service or in trials with more than 40 customers worldwide.
About Winstar
Winstar Communications, Inc. (http://www.winstar.com) helps companies around the globe engage in Frictionless Business(SM) through the use of seamless communications and technology. Winstar provides its customers with a comprehensive set of high-quality, digital-age broadband communications services, including high-speed Internet access and data transport, Web hosting, Web-based information and local and long-distance services.
Winstar offers its services in more than 70 markets throughout the United States and in Europe, Asia and South America. It is the largest holder of broadband fixed wireless spectrum, with licenses in the top 60 U.S. markets and in 10 international markets. Winstar's broadband fixed wireless capabilities complement and extend the reach of its extensive fiber network. The company's long-haul fiber network, which supports IP (Internet protocol), ATM (asynchronous transfer mode) and frame relay, will extend more than 16,000 route miles and connect the top 60 U.S. markets. Winstar's intracity fiber network will consist of nearly 6,000 route miles in more than 60 major domestic and international markets.
Winstar's Tier 1 Internet backbone and enhanced Web service offerings, including Web hosting and design, make Winstar one of the largest Internet companies in the United States. The company's innovative applications enable businesses to take advantage of the new Internet economy. In 1999, the company launched Office.com©, A Service From Winstar, (http://www.office.com) the new online business service for small and medium- sized businesses. Office.com was ranked first overall among Online Business Centers by Cahners In-Stat Group.
Winstar is based in New York City. The company has strategic relationships with several leading corporations, including Lucent Technologies; Williams Communications, Inc.; CBS Corporation; and Microsoft Corporation.
About Lucent Technologies
Lucent's Bell Labs has garnered more than 2,000 patents in optical technology alone. According to Dell'Oro Group, Lucent captured the largest market share -- 34 percent (or approximately $1.3 billion) -- of the $3.8 billion global DWDM equipment market in 1999. With approximately 7,000 systems installed worldwide, Lucent is the global leader in DWDM technology. For more information about Lucent's Optical Networking Group, please visit its Web site at lucent-optical.com.
Lucent Technologies, headquartered in Murray Hill, N.J., USA, designs and delivers the systems, software, silicon and services for next-generation communications networks for service providers and enterprises. Backed by the research and development of Bell Labs, Lucent focuses on high-growth areas such as optical and wireless networks; Internet infrastructure; communications software; communications semiconductors and optoelectronics; Web-based enterprise solutions that link private and public networks; and professional network design and consulting services. For more information on Lucent Technologies, visit its Web site at lucent.com. |
