T-Online Implements Ciena Technology to Support ADSL Network Across France
Ciena Boosts Capacity of T-Online’s Nationwide Optical Backbone with WDM Platform
Linthicum, MD — 06/08/2005Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist, today announced that T-Online, part of Deutsche Telekom, has selected its optical transport solutions as part of the operator’s comprehensive programme to expand its network infrastructure across France. Under the agreement, T-Online will deploy Ciena’s CoreStream™ Agility platform to deliver additional network capacity and enhanced performance to its Club Internet customers.
Ciena’s CoreStream Agility will provide greater levels of flexibility, bandwidth and reliability across T-Online’s purpose-built broadband (ADSL) network using wavelength division multiplexing (WDM) technology. The platform, based on open standards, will transport voice, video and data to T-Online’s customers in France, while lowering the overall cost of delivery for the operator.
“Our aim is to offer a highly flexible and scalable network to offer our subscribers high bandwidth applications – including voice, video and data – guaranteeing them the best possible levels of service. Ciena’s expertise and credentials in the optical transport marketplace, backed by the flexibility of the platform and responsiveness of the Ciena team, proved decisive factors for us,” explains Yvan Grignon, network director at T-Online.
“Ciena’s CoreStream Agility will support T-Online in its roll-out of an incomparable broadband network across France,” adds Eric Sèle, Ciena’s managing director for Southern Europe, Middle East and Africa. “Our experience delivering application-focused solutions in high-growth areas such as broadband access, carrier-class Ethernet and, now, third generation wireless, in addition to our core networking market leadership is helping service providers such as T-Online add more flexibility to their networks to generate greater performance – and revenue – from their infrastructure.”
About Ciena’s CoreStream Agility
Part of Ciena’s FlexSelect™ Architecture, a standards-based, service-oriented network architecture made possible by flexible hardware, intelligent software and service-oriented network management, CoreStream Agility delivers agile WDM for new levels of network flexibility and efficiency by enabling rerouting of signals and reconfiguration of network traffic via software. Capable of routing 2.5 Gigabit and 10 Gigabit wavelengths, with migration to 40G wavelengths, for long-haul and ultra long-haul (ULH) network routes, CoreStream Agility also delivers an all-optical bypass to eliminate optical-electrical-optical (OEO) signal conversions and transceivers, allowing capital cost savings that grow as the network scales. Additionally, the system lowers ongoing operational costs by automating end-to-end service provisioning and management, inventory and resource tracking, dynamic power management, and channel-based intelligent digital performance monitoring for troubleshooting and supporting service level agreements.
Ciena specializes in practical network transition. We offer leading network infrastructure solutions, intelligent software and a comprehensive services practice to help our customers use their networks to fundamentally change the way they compete. With a growing global presence, Ciena leverages its heritage of practical innovation to deliver maximum performance and economic value in communications networks worldwide. For more information, visit www.ciena.com.
Club Internet is one of the leading Internet service providers in France. Headed by Marie-Christine Levet, Club Internet is a subsidiary of the T-Online Group (Deutsche Telekom), one of the European leaders in Internet access (13.57 million subscribers at the end of June 2004). Club Internet, founded in 1995, is a pioneer of the Internet in France, having launched the first fixed rate (telephone and access) Internet package in June 99, the first ADSL package in November 2000 and the first broadband portal with the first ADSL TV service and the first mainstream Wi-Fi package (with modem provided free). www.club-internet.fr
This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available to the Company as of the date hereof; and Ciena’s actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties associated with its business, which include the risk factors disclosed in its Report on Form 10-Q, which Ciena filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on June 2, 2005. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Ciena’s expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as “anticipate,” “believe,” “could,” “estimate,” “expect,” “intend,” “may,” “should,” “will,” and “would” or similar words. Ciena assumes no obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.
Nicole Anderson
Ciena Corporation
(877) 857 -7377
pr@ciena.com
