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NEC America Expands Optical ROADM Series to Drive the New Multi-Dimensional, Flexible Network

Posted on: Tuesday, 21 March 2006, 09:00 CST

NEC America, Inc. (NEC), a leading provider of carrier-class communications products for optical networks, announced today the expansion of its SpectralWave(TM) family of reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexer (ROADM) technologies. Known as the SpectralWave 4200-series, NEC brings to market application-agile, multi-reach systems intended to aggressively address service provider and Multiple System Operators' (MSO) metro, regional and long distance requirements for new services and application rollouts, including Video on Demand (VoD) and Internet Protocol Television (IPTV).

Configured to address carriers' requirements for fiber type, reach and performance, the 4200-series provides a simplified and cost-efficient network platform, which can be easily adapted to address anticipated future operator bandwidth demands, and which should overcome some design limitations of conventional metro dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems. By enhancing applications, the complete 4200-series can add "new dimensions" to what NEC calls generation free networking(TM) -- enabling networks to expand beyond traditional "bounded" optical transport to enable a true multi-dimensional, agile environment.

As traffic demands are expected to increase(1) across the metro network to support enterprise services, carriers may need to assess their current fixed DWDM infrastructures. NEC predicts the 4200-ROADM series can play a major role in facilitating operational improvements by offering application flexibility, while cost-effectively supporting capacity requirements as these networks expand.

"The deployment of new services by telecom carriers and cable MSOs is increasing demand for a highly scalable and reconfigurable network infrastructure throughout carrier networks," said Nick Maynard, senior analyst, Yankee Group. "By offering customized optical solutions, vendors like NEC will be able to deliver right-sized configurations to enable carriers better management and technical resolution associated with increased traffic and triple play demands."

"NEC's innovative technology and accumulated experience in the optical infrastructure equipment allows NEC to bring solutions to the market that are desirable for operators as they can lower operational and capital expenditures," said Rocky Kler, general manager, Optical Network Systems Division, NEC. "Our SpectralWave 4200-ROADM series is key to strengthening our optical solutions portfolio, and will continue to boost NEC's position in the competitive North American communications space."

NEC continues to bring products, services and software to market for generation free networking. By announcing the 4240 ROADM in June 2005, and its first North America GPON (Gigabit Passive Optical Network) solution in January 2006, NEC is aggressively targeting the optical infrastructure market in an effort to provide carriers with an opportunity to service more subscribers.

For more information on NEC's activities at TelecomNEXT 2006, please visit www.necus.com/onsd, or stop by booth #249. In addition, at the booth NEC will have copies of a recently sponsored Yankee Group White Paper, titled ROADM Deployments Will Address Next-Generation Network Challenges. Please feel free to stop by the booth to obtain your free copy.

About NEC America, Inc.

NEC America, Inc., headquartered in Irving, Texas, is a leading provider of innovative communications products, solutions and services. NEC America serves all communications industries from carriers, to enterprise, to wireless and is an affiliate of NEC Corporation (NASDAQ:NIPNY), a Global Fortune 500(R) company and one of the leading patent producing enterprises in the world. For more information about NEC America, visit its website at www.necamerica.com.

SpectralWave(TM) is a trademark of NEC America, Inc.

(1) According to the Yankee Group, Ethernet services in the North American business market will reach $3.59 billion by 2009 from a base of $521 million in 2004. With a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of more than 57%, these services are set to dominate deployments of new network services to midsize and large enterprises.

Source: Business Wire

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