StrataLight Provides 40-Gigabit Transport Equipment for 'World's Fastest IP Network Connection'

CAMPBELL, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 25, 2004--StrataLight Communications announced that its 40-Gigabit optical transport equipment was used during Cisco System's CSR-1 product unveiling event on May 25th at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View, California. A 40-Gigabit per second Internet Protocol (IP) link interconnected two Cisco CRS-1 core routers over MCI fiber, demonstrating the fastest ever inter-city IP transmission. StrataLight's equipment provided the 40-Gbps optical link between two of the new Cisco routers.

In this 'fastest IP network' demonstration, two of Cisco's new CRS-1 core routers were located within MCI Points of Presence in San Francisco and San Jose, California. The routers, both equipped with short-reach 40-Gbps OC-768c optical client interfaces, were interconnected over MCI fiber facilities using StrataLight OTS-4000 Optical Terminal Subsystems in conjunction with Cisco ONS 15454 SONET MultiService Transport Platforms, which provided optical amplification.

“The OTS-4000 provides a 40-Gbps upgrade for 10-Gbps core networks, making it easier for carriers to take full advantage of Cisco's CRS-1 with its OC-768c interfaces, in preparation for converged applications such as video and voice over IP.”

StrataLight's OTS-4000 provided the full-duplex 40-Gbps OC-768c optical connection, utilizing a single wavelength in each direction.

"This demonstration proved the ease of scalability of existing core optical networks with minimal capital outlay," said Terry Smith, CEO of StrataLight. "The OTS-4000 provides a 40-Gbps upgrade for 10-Gbps core networks, making it easier for carriers to take full advantage of Cisco's CRS-1 with its OC-768c interfaces, in preparation for converged applications such as video and voice over IP."

About the StrataLight OTS-4000

The StrataLight OTS-4000 is the industry's first 40-Gbps optical transport capability that allows 40-Gbps optical signals to be retrofit into 10-Gbps optical channels. StrataLight has developed proprietary lightwave modulation technology that narrows the spectral width of 40-Gbps signals so that they are interchangeable with 10-Gbps signals on existing fiber transport systems. This allows the upgrade of worldwide core network capacity, directly improving the economics of carrier's long-haul, regional, and metro networks. StrataLight has not announced its OEM partners at the time of this release.

About StrataLight

StrataLight Communications, Inc. is a venture capital backed private company, located in Campbell, CA. For more information, go to: http://www.stratalight.com.