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Science and Technology 
Wed, March 25, 2009
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Infinera: Infinera Selected by Southern Light for Gulf Coast Regional Network
SUNNYVALE, CA--(Marketwire - March 23, 2009) - Southern Light, LLC has selected an Infinera (
Headquartered in Mobile, Alabama, Southern Light is a competitive carrier providing a range of services to customers in the Gulf States. Its network spans more than 2,000 route miles from Jacksonville, Florida to Lafayette, Louisiana, passing through major metropolitan centers and military installations along the Gulf Coast.
Southern Light selected Infinera for the flexibility, integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS intelligence of the Infinera network. Based on Infinera's photonic integrated circuits, which integrate 100 Gigabits/second of capacity onto a pair of chips, the Infinera DTN system provides integrated digital bandwidth management at every node. Infinera's IQ™ network operating system enables the network to recognize and configure network assets, and re-route network traffic automatically. Southern Light found the Infinera system offered the capacity and scalability of a DWDM system combined with the manageability and fault-tracking features of a traditional SONET network.
"With Infinera, we have real-time visibility into our DWDM network's operations," said Southern Light Chief Technology Officer Jack De La Garza. "Our team is able to manage and troubleshoot the network the same way we would a traditional SONET network."
Mr. De La Garza added that Infinera's integrated bandwidth management provides greater flexibility than traditional analog ROADMs (reconfigurable add-drop multiplexers), which often encounter wavelength contention issues as more traffic is added to the network. Infinera's architecture avoids that problem because fully digital switching enables wavelength conversion as and when required. Southern Light carries a significant volume of traffic for wireless carriers. The growth of wireless data traffic, which is anticipated with the growing popularity of high-bandwidth services like wireless video and the transition to 4G wireless networks, will lead to even more business in the wireless sector, while also requiring greater network flexibility, with the more flexible architecture of 4G networks. "Wireless backhaul is a tremendous market for Southern Light, and Infinera will help us meet that opportunity," he said.
"Infinera is pleased to support Southern Light as they bring the power and reliability of an Infinera Digital Optical Network to the Gulf States," said Infinera CEO Jagdeep Singh.
The Infinera DTN is a Digital ROADM for long-haul and metro core networks, combining high-capacity DWDM transport, integrated digital bandwidth management, and GMPLS-powered service intelligence in a single platform.
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 and more flexible engineering and operations, faster time-to-service, and the ability to rapidly deliver differentiated services without reengineering their optical infrastructure. For more information, please visit [ www.infinera.com ].
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 to Infinera as of the date hereof; and actual results could differ materially from those stated or implied, due to risks and uncertainties. Forward-looking statements include statements regarding Infinera's expectations, beliefs, intentions or strategies regarding the future, such as that Infinera system offers the capacity and scalability of a DWDM system combined with the manageability and fault-tracking features of a traditional SONET network. Such forward-looking statements can be identified by forward-looking words such as "anticipated," "believed," "could," "estimate," "expect," "intend," "may," "should," "will," and "would" or similar words. The risks and uncertainties that could cause our results to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements include aggressive business tactics by our competitors, our dependence on a single product, our ability to protect our intellectual property, claims by others that we infringe their intellectual property, our manufacturing process is very complex, product performance problems we may encounter, our dependence on sole or limited source suppliers, our ability to respond to rapid technological changes, our ability to maintain effective internal controls, the ability of our contract manufacturers to perform as we expect, a new technology being developed that replaces the PIC as the dominant technology in optical networks, general political, economic and market conditions and events, including war, conflict or acts of terrorism; and other risks and uncertainties described more fully in our public announcements and other documents filed with or furnished to the Securities and Exchange Commission. These statements are based on information available to us as of the date hereof and we disclaim any obligation to update the forward-looking statements included in this press release, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise.