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| Press Release Archives - January 22, 2002 |
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Turin Traverse® Multiservice Optical Transport Platform
Raises Industry Bar for Service Density, Capacity and Switching
Flexibility
Petaluma, California. January 22, 2002 - Turin
Networks, Inc., today announced the Traverse® Multiservice Optical
Transport Platform-a powerful, unified Ethernet + SONET solution
for service providers that addresses the challenges associated
with delivering high-growth, differentiated packet services
over today's resilient SONET-based infrastructure. Raising the
industry bar for service density, capacity and switching flexibility,
Turin's Traverse platform integrates Next Generation SONET Add-Drop
Multiplexer (ADM), digital cross connect (DCS) and edge switching
in a single compact system that scales economically from DS1
to OC-192 per system slot and supports unprecedented 10/100/1000
Mbps Ethernet and OC-N densities.
According to The Yankee Group, customer demand for Ethernet
services in the metro area network (MAN) is expected to grow
from under $300 million in 2001 to over $4 billion by 2006.
Recognizing this new revenue opportunity, carriers are eager
to deploy Ethernet services to their customers. However, established
service providers are confronted with the challenge of how to
transport today's revenue generating services while evolving
the network to effectively support Ethernet-based services.
"We worked closely with established carriers to create
a solution that integrates with their existing infrastructure
and allows them to deploy SONET-based services and native packet
services as efficiently and cost-effectively as possible" said
John Webley, Turin's President and CEO. "With our Traverse platform,
service providers can deliver flexible Ethernet services without
having to build an overlay network, or change their current
operational models. This speeds time to market and allows them
to derive the maximum performance and revenue potential from
the existing infrastructure as they migrate economically to
next-generation packet services."
Traverse Multiservice Optical Transport
Turin's Traverse platform unifies intelligent optical transport
with multiservice aggregation and switching in a single carrier-class
shelf. Its highly scalable and versatile architecture is based
on a groundbreaking custom, distributed ASIC switch-fabric that
grooms and switches both time division multiplexing (TDM) and
packet-based traffic and provides true "pay-as-you-grow" economics.
Applications that previously required multiple shelves of equipment
can now be offered from a single compact and powerful system
that lowers carriers' operational costs and enables incremental
performance and service growth.
The scalable Traverse platform provides up to four times the
OC-192 density and STS-1 switching/grooming capacity of competitive
"Next-Generation SONET" systems, along with an unequaled ability
to natively switch and transport Ethernet services as well as
traditional voice and private lines. An intelligent, standards-based
unified optical control plane and advanced bandwidth management
techniques, including virtual concatenation and rate shaping,
enable the fast activation and efficient delivery of dynamically
scalable Ethernet services. At the same time, a carrier-grade
design that supports the full SONET feature set including UPSR,
BLSR and 1+1 APS enables the Traverse platform to deliver packet
services with a level of quality and reliability that simply
cannot be matched by pure "Metro Ethernet" systems.
Currently shipping to several customers, Turin also has trials,
or trial agreements, with multiple IXCs and ILECs, an RBOC,
and other leading carriers.
About The Traverse Product Family
The Turin Traverse Family of Multiservice Optical Transport
Platforms is comprised of three scalable systems: the Traverse
600, the Traverse 1600, and the Traverse 2000. In addition to
sharing a common architecture and feature set, interface and
control modules can be interchanged among systems to ensure
the maximum levels of flexibility and investment protection.
The different form factors are optimized for deployments ranging
from multi-dwelling units (MDU) to interoffice facilities.
Turin's flagship Traverse 2000 system is a 23-inch wide shelf
optimized for high-capacity metro core or interoffice environments.
The Traverse 1600 system is a 19-inch wide shelf optimized for
versatile multiservice transport deployments ranging from metro
core to metro access environments. The carrier-class design
supports DS1 to OC-192 scalability and, as with the Traverse
2000 model, up to four can be supported in a standard 7-foot
telco rack.
Providing a compact footprint, the Traverse 600 platform is
optimized for metro access ring and MDU/MTU applications where
space is at a premium. In addition to being rack or wall-mountable,
an optional hardened version also supports outside plant (OSP)
deployments.
Turin's Intelligent Control Plane and TransNavT
Management System
The TransNavT Management System (TMS) is Turin's advanced element
management system and sub-network manager, designed to provide
comprehensive management of the Traverse platform while integrating
smoothly into service providers' existing operations support
system (OSS) infrastructure. Coupled with Turin's Intelligent
Control Plane, TransNav leverages advanced technologies including
GMPLS and Java to embed intelligence within the network and
provide dynamic multi-layer management with automatic end-to-end
bandwidth provisioning.
Live Traffic at GRCI
Grande
River Communications, Inc. (GRCI), a regional carrier in
the Rio Grande Valley area of Texas, has successfully deployed
the Turin Traverse Multiservice Optical Transport Platform in
its network where it is currently passing live traffic. "We
selected the Turin Traverse platform because of the scalability
it offers, as well as the service flexibility and reliability"
said Charles Gowder, general manager, GRCI. "It is a critical
part of our deployment strategy as we expand our services. With
the capabilities that the Traverse platform delivers, GRCI can
increase its ability to compete for and win business."
About Turin Networks, Inc.
Turin Networks delivers intelligent multiservice optical transport
platforms designed to revolutionize the economics of deploying
broadband services. The company's Traverse product family unifies
intelligent optical transport with multiservice aggregation
and switching in a single carrier class system-reducing network
complexity and enabling service providers to deliver a wide
array of high-bandwidth transport services more rapidly, efficiently
and cost-effectively.
Turin Networks is a privately held corporation headquartered
in Petaluma, the center of California's "Telecom Valley" with
additional offices in Boston and Dallas. Founded in October
1999, the company is led by an accomplished management team
and is funded by top-tier venture capital firms as well as distinguished
corporate and private investors. For more information, visit
www.turinnetworks.com
or call toll free 1-866-TURINET.
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S. Goldberg
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Turin Networks, Inc.
650.556.0053
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