Telecom Ottawa Offers SONET, WDM and Storage Extension Services Based on Ciena Platforms
Services qualified to interconnect Canadian federal government agencies and organizations and provide wholesale connectivity for carriers in metropolitan Ottawa region
Linthicum, MD — 10/03/2005Telecom Ottawa, a network services provider to Eastern Ontario businesses and public-sector organizations, today announced the availability of a suite of SONET, WDM and storage extension services enabled by platforms from Ciena Corporation (NASDAQ: CIEN), the network specialist. These services are designed to provide Canadian federal government agencies, as well as enterprises and carriers, with reliable, high-performance 10-Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) connectivity throughout the
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Ciena’s ONLINE Metro™ Multiservice DWDM transport platform has been deployed by Telecom Ottawa as the foundation for delivering the new services. Based on the agreement between the two companies, Telecom Ottawa also can deploy Ciena’s CN 2000™ Storage Extension Platform and CN 2600™ Multiservice Edge Aggregator based on customer needs or additional service expansion.
“In addition to our reputation as a leading broadband data and network services provider, and the extensive reach of our fibre optic network throughout metropolitan Ottawa, Ciena’s multiservice solutions now enable us to deliver carrier-class SONET, WDM and storage services to target a new set of customers,” said Jacques Taillefer, acting chief operating officer and vice president of sales, Telecom Ottawa.
“Government communications requirements are changing drastically to support real-time decision-making and inter-agency collaboration, so the performance and reliability of multi-site wide area networks is critical,” said Mike Aquino, vice president, Americas Sales, Ciena. “Our work with Telecom Ottawa highlights Ciena’s approach to these requirements with our Adaptive WAN™ solution – a set of multiservice transport and switching platforms that serve as building blocks for creating networks that are always available, never drop traffic and deliver predictable network performance.”
Telecom Ottawa’s New Services
Available immediately, Telecom Ottawa’s new connectivity services are designed to support a variety of critical applications, including high-performance, carrier-grade optical transport, LAN extension, business continuity and disaster recovery as well as wavelength services.
- SONET/TDM – Telecom
- WDM– Telecom
- Storage– With support for Fibre Channel, GigE, FICON and ESCON, Telecom Ottawa enables a host of storage applications with its new storage services, including business continuance and disaster recovery to secure off-site storage for large amounts of data and SAN extension for reliable connectivity between data centre locations.
For further information or to order services, please contact Telecom Ottawa at 1.888.424.7771 or info@telecomottawa.com.
Ciena specializes in network transition. We provide the flexible platforms, intelligent software and professional services to build converged networks for enhanced services and applications. 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.
Telecom Ottawa is a network services provider based in Ottawa with operations across Eastern Ontario. The company owns and operates a state-of-the-art 10 Gigabit Ethernet network with more than 1,000 kilometres of fibre optic cable. This broadband infrastructure enables the provision of bandwidth capacity for data networking, high speed Internet access, e-business applications and multi-media services. In providing services to businesses and public sector organizations, Telecom Ottawa also offers an extensive portfolio of products and services such as email, web hosting, data backup and recovery and VoIP. For more information on the value that Telecom Ottawa adds to businesses every day, visit: www.telecomottawa.com.
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 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on September 1, 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. Forward-looking statements in this release include: we are seeing some seasonal softness in order patterns seemingly due to customers’ summer holidays, but our fourth quarter visibility remains strong; as a result of demand fueled by accelerating customer and enterprise broadband adoption and usage, we expect to deliver up to five percent sequential revenue growth in our fiscal fourth quarter; and, on an as-adjusted basis, we expect our fourth quarter results will demonstrate continued progress toward profitability and positive cash flow. 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
Virginia Brailey
Director, Public Affairs and Marketing Communications
Telecom Ottawa
613.225.4631 x7422
virginiabrailey@telecomottawa.com
Marie Downing
Ciena Corporation
(888) 243-6223
ir@ciena.com
