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Heavy Reading Ranks Luminous Networks First in Sonet/SDH Equipment Among Private Companies

Posted on: Monday, 24 November 2003, 06:00 CST

CUPERTINO, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 24, 2003--

PacketStream(TM) Family of Products Receives High

Marks for its Range of Next-Gen Sonet/SDH Features and

Support for Resilient Packet Ring (RPR)

Luminous Networks(TM), a leading provider of multi-service provisioning platforms (MSPPs) that support voice, data, video, and wavelength services, announced today that it has ranked first among private companies offering Sonet/SDH equipment. This is according to a newly released report from Heavy Reading (http://www.heavyreading.com), the market research division of Light Reading, Inc. The report, authored by Heavy Reading Chief Analyst Scott Clavenna, is a groundbreaking competitive analysis of one of the hottest emerging markets in the telecom industry: third-generation Sonet/SDH.

"The Future of Sonet/SDH" offers insight into the products, technologies, and carrier and vendor strategies that are driving deployments of new Sonet/SDH products and services around the world. The report identifies the likely winners among third-gen Sonet/SDH vendors and details exactly how carriers' long-term plans for delivering advanced services over Sonet/SDH will determine the course of this critical market.

Luminous was the clear leader among startups offering Sonet/SDH equipment and was the only private company to be listed in the report's overall top ten list third-gen SONET/SDH product lines.

"Luminous received good marks for its broad customer base, OEM arrangements and strong market perception," according to the report. "Luminous' PacketStream products support multiple services over RPR/GFP/Sonet, with MPLS for traffic engineering."

"We are extremely pleased to be included in the top ten list of Sonet/SDH equipment providers," said Alex Naqvi, president and CEO of Luminous Networks. "As Heavy Reading reports, carriers are turning their legacy networks into multi-service networks, using Sonet as a unifying layer for all data and services. Our PacketStream multi-service provisioning platforms deliver this capability efficiently and cost-effectively."

About Luminous Networks

Luminous Networks is redefining the economics of metropolitan area networks with the industry's first carrier-class, packet-based multi-service provisioning platform (MSPP) that supports voice, data, video, and wavelength services. The company's innovative PacketWave(TM) and PacketStream(TM) products, based on Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) and Multi-Protocol Label Switching (MPLS) technology, enable delivery of Ethernet data services, toll-quality voice and private line, and interactive video services on a single, efficient platform. Luminous has been delivering products for revenue since 2000 to major telecommunications carriers, cable service providers, and enterprise customers in the US and international markets. Luminous can be found on the web at www.luminous.com.

Luminous Networks, the Luminous mark, Luminous Management System, PacketWave and PacketStream are trademarks of Luminous Networks, Inc. All other trademarks used herein are the property of their respective owners.

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