Science & Technology
Science and Technology
Science and Technology
Wed, January 21, 2009
ZTE Corporation Selects PMC-Sierra?s Metro Transport Solutions for Unitrans Optical Platforms
SANTA CLARA, Calif.--([ BUSINESS WIRE ])--PMC-Sierra, Inc. (NASDAQ: PMCS), the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, today announced that ZTE Corporation, a leading global provider of telecommunications equipment and network solutions, has selected PMC-Sierra's CHESSTM metro transport architecture for its Unitrans product line. ZTE's Unitrans series of optical network products is widely deployed by over 250 operators in more than 90 countries worldwide.
The CHESS family of solutions enables ZTE to provide a modular, scalable metro transport architecture with reduced power and cost that addresses Service Providers' demand for higher levels of integration and flexibility. These benefits improve fiber efficiency, reduce capital and operational costs, and enable Service Providers to introduce and more effectively manage both new Ethernet and existing T1/E1 services.
"PMC-Sierra's field-proven CHESS chipset family is the best solution to boost network capacity, enable cost-effective upgrades and deliver new services required by carriers," said Mr. Ke Chu, chief system architecture engineer of ZTE Corporation's Wireline Product R&D Institute. "Triple Play service deployment continues to drive up bandwidth requirements and PMC-Sierra's best-in-class technology, software re-use and technical support gives us significant time-to-market and development cost advantages."
"ZTE continues to grow its market share both domestically and abroad, based on its technology leadership and strong portfolio," said Babak Samimi, director of strategic marketing of PMC-Sierra's Communication Products Division. "We highly value our strategic relationship with ZTE and are pleased to expand our participation in Asia Pacific's metro network build-out with the Unitrans optical platforms."
About PMC-Sierra's CHESS Products
PMC-Sierra's CHESS III chipset for aggregating, grooming and transporting 2.5Gbit/s and 10Gbit/s metro services offers a wide range of STS-1/AU-3 cross-connect solutions as well as a highly integrated framer solution for MSPPs and ROADMs. The CHESS Wideband chipsetprovides a highly integrated VT/TU grooming solution that enables cost-effective in-service upgrades to µMSPPs, MSPPs and Optical Cross Connect systems. For more information, visit: [ http://www.pmc-sierra.com/wireline ].
CHESS III Chipset
PM5376 TSE™ Nx160– 64-port cross-connect enables single-stage, non-blocking cross-connects to scale from 160 Gbit/s to 640 Gbit/s
PM5377TSE 240– 96-port cross-connect reduces software complexity of automatic protection switching with Message Assisted Protection Switching (MAPS™) technology
PM5308 TSE 120– 74-port cross-connect optimized for lower bandwidth, lower cost applications
PM5336 ARROW 2488– high capacity, single-chip add/drop multiplexer
PM5326 ARROW-2x192– highly integrated, channelized 20 Gbit/s framer supports dual channel OC-192/STM-64 or 8xOC-48/STM-16
PM5324 ARROW-1x192– highly integrated, channelized 10 Gbit/s framer supports single channel OC-192/STM-64 port or 4xOC-48/STM-16
CHESS Wideband Chipset
PM5370 WSE 40– 18-port VT/TU wideband cross-connect reduces software complexity of automatic protection switching using MAPS technology
PM5370 WSE 20– 10-port VT/TU wideband cross-connect for lower bandwidth, lower cost applications
PM5369 TUPP™ 9953– SONET/SDH tributary unit payload processor for 9953 Mbit/s
For product documentation and pricing information, contact a PMC-Sierra sales representative at [ http://www.pmc-sierra.com/contactSales ].
About ZTE
Founded in 1985, with global headquarters in Shenzhen, China, and operations in more than 100 countries, ZTE Corporation is a leading global provider of fixed line and mobile telecommunications equipment and network solutions. ZTE's product range is the most complete in the world - covering virtually every sector of the wireline, wireless and terminal markets.
ZTE is the fastest-growing telecom equipment supplier in the world, and China's only listed telecoms manufacturer, with shares publicly traded on both the Hong Kong and Shenzhen Stock Exchanges. ZTE was the only Chinese IT and telecoms manufacturer listed in BusinessWeek's 2005 Top 100 Information Technology Companies. In 2005, ZTE had sales revenue of RMB 21.5 billion and 27,000 employees worldwide. For more information, please visit [ www.zte.com.cn ].
About PMC-Sierra
PMC-Sierra®, the premier Internet infrastructure semiconductor solution provider, offers its customers technical and sales support worldwide through a network of offices in North America, Europe, Israel and Asia. PMC-Sierra provides semiconductor solutions for Enterprise Storage, Wide Area Network Infrastructure, Fiber To The Home, and Laser Printer/SMB NAS markets. The Company is publicly traded on the NASDAQ Stock Market under the PMCS symbol. For more information, visit [ www.pmc-sierra.com ].
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