Avanex to launch newest OADM solution at SuperComm 2001

May 25, 2001
May 25, 2001--Avanex Corporation, a provider of photonic processors that enable next-generation performance for optical communications networks, will demonstrate the newest member of its PowerExchanger family of optical add/drop processors at SuperComm 2001.

Avanex Corporation (Nasdaq: AVNX), a provider of photonic processors that enable next-generation performance for optical communications networks, will demonstrate the newest member of its PowerExchanger family of optical add/drop processors at SuperComm 2001.

Avanex's new PowerExchanger Smart OADM will be featured along with the company's fixed and reconfigurable OADM solutions, all of which contribute to seamless optical connectivity for metro and long-haul networks by eliminating the need for complex switching and for optical-electrical-optical signal conversions.

Avanex will be in Booth #7856 at SuperComm 2001, June 4-7 at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta. Avanex's booth demonstration will consist of a simulated 90-kilometer metro ring configuration powered by Avanex's advanced optical amplifier and optical add/drop processors. Avanex also will demonstrate its Adaptive Enterprise Network solution.

Avanex includes among its customers leading companies such as Fujitsu, Nortel Networks, WorldCom, Alcatel, Cogent, Sorrento Networks, Cisco Systems and Marconi.

The PowerExchanger Smart OADM has built-in high speed automatic attenuation devices to enable fast channel power equalization. It offers a very cost-effective solution to facilitate the deployment of optical amplifiers in the metro optical network.

The centerpiece of Avanex's demonstration at SuperComm -- the simulated 90-kilometer metro ring carrying live video, voice and data traffic -- will be powered by Avanex's PowerExpress Metro Optical Amplifier in conjunction with the Smart OADM. Avanex also will showcase its Fixed and Reconfigurable OADMs and Adaptive Enterprise Network solution in stand-alone demonstrations and feature a passive display of its PowerMux and PowerMux NxG Wavelength Channel Processors.

The PowerExpress Metro is seamlessly upgradeable to 32 wavelengths bi-directionally (16x16 channels). Compatible with OC-48 and OC-192 bit rates, it features built-in integrated variable dispersion compensation, automatic channel recognition, automatic gain and level control and a small footprint.

The PowerExchanger family of optical add/drop processors features capabilities such as "switchless" reconfigurable add/drop/express functions, remote and local automatic monitoring and control, compact packaging, ultra low insertion loss and modular upgradeability.

Avanex's Adaptive Enterprise Network solution, which made its debut at last year's SuperComm, provides intelligent wavelength management of IP networks. Its flexible wavelength routing matches any metro application, and it provides efficient bandwidth management that minimizes network cost. Any service known can be distributed through the Adaptive Enterprise Network solution, and any ITU compatible laser to be integrated with the distribution. No optical amplifiers are required and upgrades are modular.

The PowerMux and PowerMux NxG Wavelength Channel Processors are mainstays of the Avanex line of photonic processing solutions. They offer wavelength management at virtually any channel spacing, any bit rate and any channel count, with up to 80 percent spectral utilization.

The company also announced that the company's facilities in Richardson, Texas, and Hudson, Mass., recently attained certification to the ISO 9001 Quality standard. Avanex's headquarters and manufacturing facility in Fremont attained certification last September.

About Avanex:

Avanex designs, manufactures and markets photonic processors for the communications industry. For more information, visit www.avanex.com.

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