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To: Pink Minion who wrote (1399)	2/21/1998 9:54:00 PM
From: Gary Korn	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 12623

FYI, the original ATT/CIEN announcement in 1997 called for implementation in 1998. No indication that this is not on track: 6/9/97 Edge on & about AT&T (Pg. Unavail. Online) 1997 WL 8021000 EDGE, on & about AT&T COPYRIGHT 1997 EDGE Publishing) Copyright 1997 Information Access Company. All rights reserved. Monday, June 9, 1997 WDM: AT&T selects CIENA for WDM Trial; New MultiWave Sentry to be tested Subscription: $940 per year as of 1/92. Published weekly. Contact Edge Publishing, P.O Box 471, Hackettstown, NJ 07840. Phone (908) 852-7217. FAX (908) 850-8304. CIENA Corporation Tuesday announced that it has signed a trial evaluation agreement with AT&T. Tuesday's announcement reflects that CIENA's dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) system has passed AT&T's preliminary evaluation. The trial agreement calls for CIENA to supply six 16-channel (40 Gbps) MultiWave systems for laboratory interoperability testing. AT&T has been deploying SONET in its network since 1995. AT&T has been evaluating DWDM system products, with enhancements to enable the use of multiple vendors in an open architecture, for deployment in its network. "We've been pleased by CIENA's products and are very encouraged by the capacity and reliability the MultiWave system can offer us. We also want to interoperate CIENA's product with multiple SONET vendors' add/drop mux (ADM) equipment," said George Gawrys, Manager of Transport Planning for AT&T. "AT&T is moving quickly to be sure our overall network capacity keeps pace with our customers' needs, and CIENA's MultiWave can be important in helping us achieve that goal." "We are extremely gratified by this development," said Patrick Nettles, President and CEO of CIENA. "AT&T's move to a multi-vendor/open systems environment for its network created an exciting opportunity for CIENA. And the additional engineering and design work we've done to be responsive to AT&T's exacting requirements has substantially enhanced the feature set we can offer with the MultiWave system." AT&T will be testing CIENA's new MultiWave Sentry, which will be demonstrated by CIENA at the SuperComm trade show in New Orleans, June 3-5. This product is the next generation DWDM transport system, which employs standard short-reach, open interfaces, allowing maximum interoperability in AT&T's multi-vendor SONET environment. Other features include long-reach receivers to ensure transmission integrity, and an enhanced TMN-based network management system. The trial evaluation agreement is being undertaken with a view toward possible implementation beginning in 1998. CIENA Corporation is a leading supplier of DWDM systems to long distance fiberoptic telecommunications carriers. CIENA's DWDM systems alleviate capacity constraints and enable flexible provisioning of additional bandwidth on high-traffic routes in carriers' networks. Additional information on the company can be found on its World Wide Web site: http//www.CIENA.com.