SUNNYVALE, CA and WELLINGTON, NEW ZEALAND — (Marketwired) — 07/03/13 — Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN), a leader in , and FX Networks, owner and operator of a national network in New Zealand, announced today the selection of the platform for its nationwide network. The Infinera DTN-X, featuring 500 Gigabit per second (Gb/s) long haul super-channels enables FX Networks to build a new network infrastructure delivering 10, 40 and 100 Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) services to service providers and research and education networks.
FX Networks, a new DTN-X customer for Infinera, owns and operates a national high-capacity inter-city fibre optic network throughout New Zealand. FX Networks partnered with REANNZ, New Zealand-s Research and Education Network, to build this multi-terabit countrywide network. The innovative arrangement included joint investment and fiber sharing between the two entities to increase the capacity and footprint of the network. This new infrastructure will provide a multi-terabit network to offer scientists across New Zealand the opportunity to participate in the world-s most cutting edge and data intensive experiments.
FX Networks, who will operate the network under the agreement with REANNZ, selected the Infinera DTN-X platform to deliver 500 Gb/s coherent super-channels on their network, along with its future scalability to one Terabit per second (Tb/s) super-channels, the efficiency delivered by its five Tb/s integrated OTN switch and the simplicity of its open intelligent software control. FX Networks also plans to offer 10, 40 and 100 GbE services to a broad set of wholesale customers across New Zealand and will leverage the ability of the DTN-X to deliver these services quickly.
“We are seeing burgeoning demand for high speed data services in New Zealand, impacted by the growing trend towards the use of cloud based services and an insatiable demand for content from customers of the ISP-s that rely on our backhaul services,” said David Heald, CEO at FX Networks. “We expect this to continue and accelerate with the ongoing deployment of Ultra Fast Broadband (UFB) access services throughout most of New Zealand. The deployment of Infinera-s DTN-X platform is a crucial part of our strategy to provide uncontended, reliable, cost effective data services between New Zealand-s UFB Points of Interconnect, which are becoming the key locations for data aggregation in New Zealand.”
“The partnership with FX Networks to deploy this massive optical network across New Zealand is a significant change for this country,” said Steve Cotter, CEO of REANNZ. “With the Infinera super-channels we will be able to offer up to 100GbE services providing our scientific community with the fastest network technology available today, putting them on a level playing field with the rest of the world.”
“Infinera is pleased to work with our in-country partner Dimension Data to deliver and support this multi-terabit optical network across New Zealand for FX Networks and REANNZ,” said Andrew Bond Webster, VP Sales, APAC, for Infinera. “The Intelligent Transport Network offers differentiated services while reducing operating costs through scale, multi-layer convergence and automation, enabling high-capacity services to be delivered quickly throughout the country.”
FX Networks is deploying an Intelligent Transport Network to scale network capacity, automate operations and reduce complexity by converging multi-layer switching with the industry-s only commercially available 500 Gb/s coherent super-channel transmission. The Infinera DTN-X is designed to scale without compromise to enable future upgrades to terabit super-channels and Terabit Ethernet.
Infinera is a leader in Intelligent Transport Networks. Intelligent Transport Networks help carriers exploit the increasing demand for cloud-based services and data center connectivity as they advance into the Terabit Era. Infinera is unique in its use of breakthrough semiconductor technology to deliver large scale Photonic Integrated Circuit (PICs) and the application of PICs to vertically integrated optical networking solutions that deliver the industry-s only commercially available 500 Gb/s FlexCoherent super-channels. Infinera Intelligent Transport Network solutions include the DTN-X, DTN and ATN platforms. Find more at .
FX Networks is New Zealand-s only inter-city fibre optic next generation network built in this century, a fact that allows us to offer revolutionary services. FX Networks offers both products and crafted solutions around high-performance Internet, Ethernet, fibre and, voice services to businesses and the ISP industry. For more information, visit .
This press release contains forward-looking statements relating to Infinera product capabilities, advantages, and the current and planned future functionality including: that FX Networks selected the Infinera DTN-X platform to deliver 500 Gb/s coherent super-channels on their network, along with its future scalability to one Terabit per second (Tb/s) super-channels, the efficiency delivered by its five Tb/s integrated OTN switch and the simplicity of its open intelligent software control; that FX Networks is deploying an Intelligent Transport Network to scale network capacity, automate operations and reduce complexity by converging multi-layer switching with the industry-s only commercially available 500 Gbs coherent super-channel transmission and that the Infinera DTN-X is designed to scale without compromise to enable future upgrades to terabit super-channels and Terabit Ethernet. These forward looking statements are based on our current expectations. Actual results may vary materially from these expectations as a result of various risks and uncertainties, including, but not limited to, aggressive business tactics by our competitors, our ability to protect our intellectual property rights, our reliance on single-source suppliers, and our ability to respond to rapid technological changes. Further information about these risks and uncertainties, and other risks and uncertainties that affect our business, is contained in the risk factors section and other sections of our annual report on Form 10-K filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on March 5, 2013, as well subsequent reports filed with or furnished to the SEC. These reports are available on our website at and the SEC-s website at . Infinera assumes no obligation to, and does not currently intend to, update any such forward-looking statements.
Contacts:
Infinera Media:
Anna Vue
Tel. +1 (916) 595-8157
Infinera Investors:
Jenifer Kirtland
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Richard Cohen
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FX Networks
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