Our optical networking solutions are designed to provide metropolitan, regional and
•Our photonic networking DWDM solutions allow multiple light wave signals to be transmitted on the same fiber optic strand simultaneously by using different wavelengths of light to distinguish specific signals, thereby increasing the capacity and flexibility of a network. Our
•Our synchronous optical transmission systems use traditional optical standards, including the Synchronous Optical Network, or SONET, standard, which is the most common standard in the United States and Canada and some countries in the Asia Pacific region, and the Synchronous Digital Hierarchy, or SDH, standard, which is the most common standard in EMEA and many other countries. Our synchronous
•Our optical switching solutions enable communication signals in optical fibers to be selectively directed or “switched” from one network circuit to another.
•Our network management software and intelligence solutions are designed to give our customers the ability to monitor and improve the performance of their networks.
Our Optical Networks solutions enable customers to enhance and transform their networks towards a scalable and reliable network for delivering diverse high speed data and voice communication services. Such network transformation is expected to increase deployment of managed broadband services, such as:
•Optical Ethernet solutions that combine the strengths of the Ethernet network computing protocol with those of optical communications. Optical Ethernet solutions transport communications signals carrying Ethernet packets in the form of light waves through fiber optic cables between locations within a city or between cities.
•Optical storage connectivity solutions, which allow the interconnection of data centers for the efficient preservation and sharing of
•Managed wavelength solutions, which offer multiple protocol and transmission speed networking capability to reliably interconnect business sites.
In addition, in February 2004, we announced strategic alliances with Calix Networks, Inc., ECI Telecom Ltd. and KEYMILE AG that will expand our broadband networking solutions portfolio and enable our service provider customers to deliver a new set of emerging broadband services to their enterprise and residential
Product development
We are focused on developing next generation optical networking systems, including the evolution of our next generation SONET/SDH systems, our metro DWDM systems and our optical
•introduced an advanced metro optical network product, our Optical Multiservice Edge 6500, that enables the convergence of multiple platforms onto a single platform, enabling reduced network costs and enhanced functionality;
•enhanced the capabilities of our existing metro optical network products to enable new storage area solutions that address emerging enterprise business continuity requirements; and
•introduced a new
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