Avanex Announces Low Power-Dissipation PowerPort(TM) XFP Products for Long-Reach DWDM and TDM Applications

Avanex Corporation (NASDAQ:AVNX), a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions that enable next-generation optical networks, today announced at OFC/NFOEC 2008 Expo the release of new 10G XFP transceivers suitable for 40km and 80km transmission applications in access and metropolitan networks. The new PowerPort™ 2080, for TDM applications, and the PowerPort 2180 for DWDM applications, are 10 Gb/s EML-based transceivers that combine leading-edge optics and RF electronics to create a high performance and lower power-dissipation reach capability up to 80km.

The dramatically improved thermal performance of the PowerPort XFP products enables customers to achieve extended reach in any standard XFP enclosure. This key benefit enables higher port density on the system board, reducing overall cost to the system provider and providing excellent opportunities for system expansion. The PowerPort XFP platforms support multiple rates up to 11.3 Gb/s, and are fully compliant with all ITU-T and XFP MSA standards.

Both PowerPort versions are in production and available for sampling. The PowerPort 2080 and 2180 XFP transceivers will be on display at OFC Expo from February 25th – 28th, 2008, Hall C, booth 1734.

About Avanex

Avanex Corporation meets the needs of fiber optic communications networks for greater capacity, longer distance transmissions, improved connectivity, higher speeds and lower costs. Our solutions enable optical wavelength multiplexing, dispersion compensation, switching and routing, transmission, and amplification, and include network-managed subsystems. Avanex Corporation, incorporated in 1997, is headquartered in Fremont, California and maintains facilities in New York, Florida, Shanghai, France, Italy and Thailand. To learn more about Avanex Corporation, visit our web site at: www.avanex.com.