June 19, 2006 Rome, Italy; Mahwah, New Jersey, USA; and Martinsried/Munich, Germany -- ADVA Optical Networking announced that FASTWEB S.p.A. has deployed the Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 2000 and FSP 3000 from ADVA in its network. FASTWEB offers a range of services -- including triple-play offerings that weave telephony, Internet access, and video -- over a fiber-optic, all-IP network that now reaches more than 794,000 business and residential customers across Italy.
Partnering with Siemens, ADVA began working with FASTWEB in 2000, deploying a DWDM metropolitan ring in Milan to support dedicated Gigabit Ethernet video connectivity across FASTWEB's network. FASTWEB expanded its network with the deployment of ADVA's FSP 2000 and FSP 3000 to support dedicated connections to its customers and backhaul traffic in its regional transport network, along fiber links of up to 145 km. ADVA's equipment enables FASTWEB to support multiple interfaces including SDH and Ethernet/IP at data rates from 10 Mbits/sec to 10 Gbits/sec.
"It is critical for competitive carriers to offer differentiated services that create a compelling service offering for the end user," stated Mario Mella, customer operations & technology planning director for FASTWEB. "ADVA and Siemens offer us innovative, high-quality systems upon which we are building a flexible, scalable network that has allowed us to add new channels and features without affecting existing traffic or changing equipment. We looked at many providers, but none could match the strong service offering, rich feature set, and ease of use that ADVA and Siemens offer."
The FASTWEB network is a fully independent alternative to incumbent operators' infrastructures. FASTWEB's offerings for residential customers include Europe's first video-on-demand services. Its offerings for business customers include IP VPN and high-speed, secure "Business to Employee (B2E)" links that enable employees to access their companies' LANs from home.
Added Brian P. McCann, ADVA's chief marketing and strategy officer, "Our FSP 2000 and FSP 3000 systems allow FASTWEB to serve multiple customers and backhaul their high-speed services cost-effectively, across the same fiber infrastructure. FASTWEB has complete, real-time control of its network and customer services through a single interface."