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Global Crossing Selects Infinera Digital Optical Networks to Ease Installation, Scalability

Posted on: Monday, 5 June 2006, 09:00 CDT

Infinera announced today that Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) has selected the Infinera DTN -- a unique, scalable optical system, to enhance the speed and flexibility of provisioning its digital optical network. Initial deployment by Global Crossing of the Infinera DTN, based on Infinera's Digital Optical Networks architecture, has begun in the southeastern United States. Global Crossing is planning for additional capacity in other regions of the U.S. using Infinera DTN later this year.

Global Crossing operates one of the world's largest IP networks, connecting more than 300 cities in 28 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and six continents around the globe. The Infinera DTN was chosen by Global Crossing because it supports Global Crossing's strategy of delivering reliable, cost-effective IP services that meet the needs of enterprise and carrier data customers worldwide.

"Infinera's solution enables us to deliver new services quickly and economically, as well as respond to the present and developing needs of our customers as they cope with the challenges of industry consolidation and IP convergence," said Jim Watts, Global Crossing's vice president of global transport engineering. "The differentiated design and configuration of our network make us a market leader in IP services, and Infinera DTN plays an important role in our competitive edge."

Global Crossing installed and turned up the first 1,500 kilometer route in less than three weeks. The Infinera DTN has been deployed as part of Global Crossing's optical transport network architecture in support of core PoP-to-PoP IP capacity.

The Infinera DTN is the first optical system designed to combine scalable DWDM, reconfigurable optical switching, and GMPLS-based service intelligence in a single platform. With the industry's first large-scale photonic integrated circuits, the Infinera system delivers 100 Gigabits per second of DWDM capacity on every line card. The flexibility of digital operations is designed to minimize the optical "fine-tuning" required to turn up multiple wavelengths, and should result in improved installation, turn-up times, performance monitoring and bandwidth management.

"We are very pleased to be part of Global Crossing's IP networking strategy," said Jagdeep Singh, Infinera co-founder and CEO. "The scalability of photonic integration makes the Infinera DTN the ideal optical transport solution for a worldwide IP provider like Global Crossing."

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.

About Global Crossing

Global Crossing (NASDAQ: GLBC) provides telecommunications solutions over the world's first integrated global IP-based network. Its core network connects more than 300 cities in 28 countries worldwide, and delivers services to more than 600 cities in 60 countries and 6 continents around the globe. The company's global sales and support model matches the network footprint and, like the network, delivers a consistent customer experience worldwide.

Global Crossing IP services are global in scale, linking the world's enterprises, governments and carriers with customers, employees and partners worldwide in a secure environment that is ideally suited for IP-based business applications, allowing e-commerce to thrive. The company offers a full range of managed data and voice products including Global Crossing IP VPN Service, Global Crossing Managed Services and Global Crossing VoIP services, to 36 percent of the Fortune 500, as well as 700 carriers, mobile operators and ISPs.

Please visit www.globalcrossing.com for more information about Global Crossing.

This press release contains certain forward-looking statements based on current expectations, forecasts and assumptions that involve risks and uncertainties. These statements are based on information available as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties, including risks referenced from time to time in Global Crossing's filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future and can be identified by forward-looking words such as "architected,""designed,""anticipated,""believed,""could,""estimate,""expect,""intend,""may,""should,""will," and "would" or similar words. Neither Infinera nor Global Crossing assumes any obligation to update the information included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.

 For further information: Jeff Ferry Infinera Tel. +1 (408) 572-5213 Mobile +1 (650) 273-2100 Contact via http://www.marketwire.com/mw/emailprcntct?id=ECF7B90F07C22944  

SOURCE: Infinera

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