Contact Information: For further information: For MBC: Tad Deriso MBC 804-786-7692 Email Contact For Infinera: Jeff Ferry Infinera Tel. +1 (650) 273-2100 Email Contact
Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative Selects Infinera for Expanding Reach of Regional Network
Bringing Digital Optical Networks to Underserved Markets
| Source: Infinera
SUNNYVALE, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 8, 2007 -- Mid-Atlantic Broadband Cooperative (MBC) has
selected Infinera for a long-haul regional network in the eastern US. The
initial network deployment will provide network connectivity between
Atlanta, GA; Charlotte, NC; Raleigh, NC; Richmond, VA; McLean, VA; and
Ashburn, VA and the 700+ mile regional fiber network MBC has built in rural
Virginia.
MBC is a not-for-profit cooperative established with funding from the
Virginia Tobacco Commission and the US Department of Commerce Economic
Development Administration. The MBC network is the first advanced
open-access optical transport network project funded by State tobacco
dollars and focused on accelerating economic development in rural and
underdeveloped areas by making Internet and telecom connectivity more
affordable, diverse and scalable for telecommunications service providers
in those areas.
MBC selected Infinera for the unique features and capabilities of the
Infinera DTN. Infinera's Digital Optical Networks architecture is designed
to enable simple installation and deployment of wavelengths and services
together with high capacity and reliability. With the Infinera DTN's
ability to add or reconfigure circuits in minutes instead of hours or days
as on traditional DWDM systems, MBC can offer more services more
competitively, while holding down its cost of operations.
"With Infinera, we can provision multi-gigabit circuits on our network in
literally minutes," commented MBC General Manager Tad Deriso. "The Infinera
DTN is a very powerful product, and a perfect fit for a service provider
like MBC. We provide regional transport services to many different
customers and we need to be able to offer a variety of different services
at competitive rates and get them up and running quickly."
"We are very pleased to support MBC with their innovative business model
and inspiring commitment to their region," said Jagdeep Singh, Infinera
co-founder and CEO. "As we enter an era of multi-megabit connectivity to
businesses, we believe that the Infinera Digital Optical Networking
solution will play an important role in bringing these services affordably
to rural and underserved areas."
The Infinera DTN integrates high-capacity DWDM, flexible bandwidth
management, and GMPLS service intelligence in a single platform. The
Infinera DTN is based on Infinera's unique photonic integrated circuits
which combine the functionality of more than 60 optical components on a
single pair of chips and deliver data capacity in 100 Gb/s increments.
About MBC
MBC is charged with implementing the Regional Backbone Initiative for
Southside Virginia. MBC provides open-access optical transport services to
telecom service providers, and offers a unique value proposition for
competitive telecom providers looking to expand their service area and
serve enterprise customers in rural Virginia. MBC offers Metro Ethernet
services, TDM-based services, dark fiber, and collocation to over 60
business, industrial and technology parks in South Central Virginia, as
well as interconnections with key carrier points of presence in the eastern
United States. For more information, please visit www.mbc-va.com
About Infinera
Infinera provides Digital Optical Networking systems to telecommunications
carriers worldwide. Infinera's systems are unique in their use of a
breakthrough semiconductor technology: the Photonic Integrated Circuit
(PIC). Infinera's systems and PIC technology are designed to provide
optical networks with simpler engineering and operations, faster
time-to-service, and more flexible networking. For more information, please
visit www.infinera.com.
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