ONI Systems Corp., a provider of all-optical telecommunications equipment for metro and regional networks, announced general availability of its previously announced 10Gigabits per second (Gbps) transponder for STM-64 and OC-192 applications. In December, ONI shipped its first OC-192 products to Progress Telecom, who upgraded its existing metro rings in Miami and Tampa to OC-192 capabilities.
Progress Telecom bridges the gap between inter-exchange carriers (IXCs), Internet Service Providers (ISPs) and other metro and regional service providers by providing a gateway for OC-48 and OC-192 (2.5 Gbps and 10 Gbps, respectively) optical handoffs across long haul and metro backbones. ONI's OC-192 capability, along with its SDH/SONET Multiplexer and optical bi-directional line-switched ring (O-BLSR) protection scheme, was key to ONI winning the Progress Telecom business. In general terms, this network upgrade enables customers with slower connections the ability to connect to Progress Telecom's broadband network for high-speed optical transport of their telecommunications traffic.
The 10Gbps STM-64/OC-192 capabilities are the latest addition to ONI Systems' ONLINE family of optical transport platforms, specifically designed for the requirements of metro access, metro core and regional networks. The enhanced speeds enable both U.S. and international service providers in the metro environment to increase the capacity of a single strand of fibre significantly by coupling a four-fold improvement in per channel capacity, compared to OC-48 systems currently deployed.
About ONI Systems:
ONI Systems (NASDAQ: ONIS) develops, markets and sells all-optical networking equipment specifically designed to address bandwidth and service limitations of regional and metropolitan networks.