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| Press Release Archives - February 17, 2004 |
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NTT Com to deploy Turin's Traverse Multiservice Transport
Platform to support service roll out throughout Japan
PETALUMA, CA., February 18, 2004 - Turin Networks,
Inc., a leading developer and supplier of multiservice transport
platforms for telecommunications carriers worldwide, today announced
that NTT Communications (NTT Com), one of the world's largest
telecommunications companies, had chosen Turin's Traverse®
Multiservice Transport Platform to support their Ethernet Leased
Line Services. NTT Com is rolling out the service, called Ether
Arcstream, nationwide in Japan to both enterprise and Internet
Service Provider (ISP) customers.
"We are experiencing strong demand from
customers throughout Japan for reliable, high-speed data leased
lines" said Mr. Masafumi Iida, Senior Manager, NTT Com. "Turin
Networks Traverse platform enables us to leverage our existing
SONET/SDH network to provide carrier-class Ethernet leased line
services. The result is a cost-effective service offering that
we can rapidly deploy to meet the requirements of our critical
business and ISP customers."
NTT Com is deploying Turin's Traverse 600 on the customer premises
to support the Ether Arcstream service. One of three members
of the Traverse product family, the Traverse 600 is a compact,
multiservice transport solution that combines next-generation
SONET/SDH transport and powerful Ethernet switching capabilities
in a single platform optimized for metro access applications.
Utilizing flexible Ethernet traffic management and virtual LAN
(VLAN) features, along with standards-based virtual concatenation
and other technologies, high-bandwidth data services such as
Gigabit Ethernet private lines and transparent LAN services
(TLS) can be deployed with the highest levels of manageability
and bandwidth efficiency.
"We are very proud that
NTT Com - one of the world's leading service providers - has
selected Turin's Traverse platform as an integral part of its
Ether Arcstream Ethernet leased line service" said John Webley,
president and CEO, Turin Networks. "This is another strong endorsement
that our Traverse platform is the industry's leading multiservice
SONET/SDH transport and Ethernet over SONET/SDH solution."
About Turin Networks
Turin Networks Inc. is a leading developer and supplier of an
innovative multiservice transport product - the Traverse®
platform - for telecommunications carriers worldwide. Founded
in October of 1999, the company is headquartered in Petaluma,
the center of California's "Telecom Valley". A privately held
corporation, Turin 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 707.665.4400.
About NTT Com
NTT Communications (NTT Com) is the long-distance and international
communications subsidiary of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone
Corporation (NTT), one of the world's largest telecommunications
companies. The NTT Com group is recognized as one of the top
IP service providers worldwide, offering world-class IP services
under the NTT/VERIO brand together with Verio Inc., its U.S.-based
wholly-owned subsidiary. NTT Com also offers Arcstar-brand global
services for managed data and multimedia services. The company
has garnered several awards for outstanding performance and
customer service, including "Best Carrier - Asia Pacific" in
2002. For more information, please visit www.ntt.com.
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Media Contact:
Kevin
Wade
Director of Product Marketing
Turin Networks, Inc.
1-707-665-4509
kwade@turinnetworks.com |
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Mitsubishi Corporation
(Sales Partner in Japan)
+81-3-6405-9750
turin@mctokyo.com |
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