February 8, 2006 Merrimack, NH -- Metrobility Optical Systems and fSONA Systems have jointly introduced a redundant, carrier-class optical transmission platform for point-to-point wireless broadband systems.
The platform combines Metrobility's line of Ethernet-based Radiance Line Protection and Restoration (LPR) products with fSONA's SONAbeam optical wireless system, and is designed to extend the benefits of free-space optical transmission while enabling fully redundant service. The companies say the marriage of technologies offers the ability to use virtually any other existing Ethernet bridging system�whether fiber or RF�to provide robust point-point communications.
"fSONA's innovative application of Metrobility's LPR system further confirms the importance of redundant and protected paths in any network," remarks Steven Curtis, senior vice president of sales and service for Metrobility. "We have been providing redundancy to mission-critical LANs found in the financial and manufacturing communities for years and have recently seen an increase in the demand for protected services in wireline carriers. Through our partnership with fSONA, wireless customers now benefit from the same type of highly-available, high-speed network."
The companies say that extensive interoperability testing between the two company's products has already been completed at the fSONA manufacturing and engineering facilities, with excellent results.
"We recognize Metrobility as an industry leader in specialized optical interface devices for the Ethernet world, and their Radiance LPR systems provide the redundant path management solutions required for a carrier class wireless operating environment. fSONA sees the marriage of the technologies as one that simply makes sense, and we look forward to working together," concludes Sunny Taylor, president and CEO of fSONA Systems. "We see a great opportunity to broaden the scope of both company's capabilities by working together, not only with our existing products, but in the potential for future joint development efforts."