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DAILY NEWS AND INFORMATION
FOR THE GLOBAL GRID COMMUNITY / OCTOBER 13, 2003: VOL. 2 NO. 41
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Breaking News -
Networking:
Mintera Exits Stealth Mode,
Announces First Products, Roadmap
Mintera Corporation, a technology leader enabling the migration to 40G
optical
transport in metro-core, regional, long-haul and ultra-long-haul optical
networks, today announced its first product line, the MI 40000.
"Extending the useful life of existing networks by two to three years and
preparing for the deployment of next-generation networks in the second half of
this decade implies that during 2004 and 2005 carriers will be pursuing 40G
trials and research and development work. Early adopters will deploy 40G
networks in this period, often as an overlay to existing infrastructure.
Mintera, with products ready for deployment today, is the company to turn to
when you need help in migrating to 40G," said Menachem Abraham, Mintera's
chairman and CEO.
"In addition to a unique product architecture tailored for this mission, we
provide consulting services, giving you access to our experienced optical
systems engineers," added Dr. Benny Mikkelsen, Mintera's vice president of
systems and technology.
"Adding 40G services to an existing 10G network without a fork-lift upgrade
should be appealing to the carriers", said Michael Howard, principal analyst
at Infonetics Research Inc. "Mintera has identified today's real 40G market:
we believe that their evolutionary approach and investment in tools enabling
the migration to 40G is a very solid strategy."
Mintera's MI 40000 product-set is being introduced this week in Japan by
Net
One Systems at a private conference and trade show attended by its customers.
"The MI 40000 is unique in its capabilities and we are very excited to
introduce it this week in Tokyo" said Yoshiaki Kobayashi, managing director of
Net One's product management group, and a member of Net One's Board of
Directors.
Widespread deployment of broadband in the last mile, along with emerging
enterprise applications such as remote disaster recovery data centers, storage
networking over optical, Grid computing and advanced scientific research and
government applications, will generate massive traffic increases over backbone
networks in the coming years. Core WAN routers, Ethernet switch routers,
optical cross-connects and optical transport equipment will need to support
data rates higher than 10G. Already today, market leaders in core routing are
field-testing 40G interfaces on their high-end products, and government and
research networks running at 40 Gb per second are being planned for 2004
deployment.
Mintera's MI 40000 modular architecture addresses the following market
requirements:
- Plug and play operation on existing 10G long haul optical transport line
systems
- Plug and play operation on dark fiber in regional network
applications
- Serve as an alternative in cases where WDM of lower speed services is not
a
good fit due to total solution cost or performance
- Support a rich variety of service interfaces including SONET/SDH and
IP/Ethernet at various speeds up to and including 40G service
- Small size and low entry cost
- Scalable capacity by stacking of identical small boxes and simple
management of the stack
- Software control and management interfaces supporting integration into
customer's network management system.
- Enable research and development labs at the carriers, systems suppliers,
components manufacturers, research institutes and universities to experiment
with 40G transmission at an affordable cost
Mintera has already booked orders for its products and services. The
following
products are available now:
- MI 40000 -- micro-chassis platform
- MI4010S -- 40G multiplexer and transponder module for the MI 40000
supporting 4 x 10G SONET/SDH service on a 40G long haul wave
- LEM, SLEM, WLEM -- distance and capacity extension modules for the MI
40000
- MI-Manager -- Element Management System for the MI 40000
Mintera will exhibit these products Nov. 4-5 at the Next Generation
Networks
conference at the Marriott Copley Place hotel in Boston.
The following products will be available in Q1 2004:
- MI-T4300E -- 43 Gb per second Bit Error Rate test and measurement module
for the MI 40000, with electrical interfaces
- MI-T4300P -- 43 Gb per second Bit Error Rate test and measurement module
for the MI 40000, with optical interfaces
- MI-T4300EP -- 43 Gb per second Bit Error Rates test and measurement module
for the MI 40000, with electrical and optical interfaces
Mintera's 43 Gb per second test and measurement modules offer an advanced
feature-set in a small footprint and at low cost. MI 40000 solutions prices
start at $150,000. For detailed product information please visit our Web site
at www.mintera.com.
Additional products to be introduced in 2004 include: MI4010E -- 40G
transport
module for the MI 40000 supporting 4 x 10G Ethernet LAN services on a 40G long
haul wave; MI4040S -- 40G transport module for the MI 40000 supporting 1 x 40G
service on a 40G long haul wave; MI4025S -- 40G transport module for the MI
40000 supporting 16 x 2.5G SONET/SDH services on a 40G long haul wave.
"Mintera is committed to advancing the state of the art in ultra-high-speed
transmission, as demonstrated by the multiple world records achieved and the
products introduced. The company is committed to deliver solutions that
preserve existing investments in optical transport infrastructure while
providing a smooth path for thorough evaluation of 40G technology and its
cost-effective addition to currently deployed networks" said Dr. Pavel
Mamyshev, Mintera's chief scientist and vice president.
In addition to the performance benefits resulting from increased backbone
speed, systems based on 40 Gigabits per second technology reduce total network
equipment cost as well as the cost of installation, operations and
maintenance. Higher bit rates support more services with less equipment, allow
faster service turn-up, occupy less space, consume less power and have higher
availability.
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