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To: Jack Hartmann who wrote (616)	3/8/2001 10:30:42 AM
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Avanex Announces Introduction of PowerExpress Metro Designed for Seamless Connectivity in Metro/Access Networks FREMONT, Calif., March 8 /PRNewswire/ -- Avanex Corporation (Nasdaq: AVNX), the global provider of photonic processors that enable next-generation performance for optical communications networks, today announced the introduction of its PowerExpress(TM) Metro Bi-Directional Optical Amplifier. Avanex's newest photonic processor is designed to enable seamless connectivity within metro and access networks. The PowerExpress Metro Amplifier has already successfully completed a field trial with a major communications carrier and successful laboratory interoperability testing with the carrier and with three major OC-192 equipment vendors. "Our PowerExpress Metro Amplifier offers a number of advanced technical features, proven interoperability, simple and economical operation and low cost," Walter Alessandrini, chairman and CEO of Avanex, said. "It is the latest in a line of next-generation photonic processing solutions that demonstrate the power of connectivity, the power of scalability and the power of efficiency." Avanex will demonstrate the PowerExpress Metro Amplifier in a metro ring configuration during the 2001 Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference and Exhibit March 19-21 at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, Calif. Avanex will be in Booth #3126. The PowerExpress Metro Amplifier supports 16x16 bi-directional transmission at OC-192, the highest bit rate in the metro market, and it allows a user to add and drop wavelengths in service without reconfiguring units. With a single unit rack height of 1.73 inches, it features a small footprint. Power consumption typically is a low 20W, and the unit does not require an enforced cooling system. System setup is fast and operation easy, with all conventional alarms and monitors included. An innovative build-in dispersion compensator makes it possible to interoperate with different 10Gb/s transmitter technologies. Operating at 10Gb/s, the PowerExpress Metro extends transmission distance to a maximum of 90 kilometers. The successful field trial was conducted in a major carrier's metropolitan network with the PowerExpress Metro Amplifier carrying 2x2 bi-directional wavelength traffic live on a unidirectional path switch ring consisting of conventional non-dispersion-shifted fiber. Interoperability testing with the international communications carrier encompassed 16x16 bi-directional transmission at OC-192 -- for a total of 320 Gb/s over both conventional single-mode fiber and new non-zero-dispersion- shifted fiber. About Avanex Avanex designs, manufactures and markets photonic processors for the communications industry. Avanex's photonic processors offer communications service providers and optical systems manufacturers greater levels of performance and miniaturization, reduced complexity and increased cost-effectiveness as compared to current alternatives. Avanex was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Fremont, Calif. In addition to a development and manufacturing facility in Fremont, the company also maintains The Photonics Center(TM) in Richardson, Texas, and a development facility in Hudson, Mass. To learn more about Avanex, visit its web site at: www.avanex.com.