Backgrounder
Headquarters
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
Location: Richardson,Texas
Chairman, President & CEO: Mr.Satoshi Ikeuchi
Group President & COO: Mr.George Chase
Web Address: us.fujitsu.com/telecom
Background
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. is an innovator and strategic partner with over 20 years of experience as a leading provider of wireline and wireless networking solutions that solve critical business issues and enable new services. With the support of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a $43.2B company with over 160,000 professionals in more than 100 countries, Fujitsu enables their customers to build or seamlessly migrate to fully converged networks that improve network performance and profitability. Nearly 400,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by all major carriers across North America. Fujitsu maintains a well-established and highly-regarded position as a market leader by providing the best-in-breed data networking solutions that drive next-generation access, core, and wireless networks.
History
Fujitsu America Inc. Transmission Division and Fujitsu Network Switching of America Inc. merged to form Fujitsu Network Communications.
| 1980 | The Fujitsu America Transmission Division was established to support analog and microwave radio systems for MCI. |
| 1982 | Fujitsu began shipping the first fiber-optic transmission systems. |
| 1984 | Manufacturing operations and customer support set up in Richardson. |
| 1989 | Fujitsu delivers the first digital loop carrier to BellSouth and the firstt 155.52 megabits per second SONET multiplexer to U S West (now Qwest). |
| 1990 | Fujitsu is the leader in developing and manufacturing SONET equipment for North America. The increasing demand for Fujitsu SONET products led to the construction of an $80 million telecommunications center - the first to be built outside Japan by Fujitsu - for additional manufacturing, planning, research and development, and customer support. |
| 1992 | Fujitsu develops the first OC-48 product in United States. |
| 1994 | Fujitsu surpasses $1 billion in SONET sales revenue. |
| 1996 | Fujitsu Network Communications is formally incorporated. |
| 2001 | Fujitsu Network Communications has more than 2,200 employees nationwide and annual revenue in excess of $2 billion. |
| 2002 | Fujitsu Network Communications and ADVA form an alliance whereby Fujitsu sells and markets ADVA DWDM systems to the carrier market in North America. |
| 2003 | Fujitsu Network Communications deploys thousands of next-generation MSPP platforms to Verizon, SBC and others. FLASHWAVE 7500 seamlessly deployed in MSO market with more than one half million subscribers connected. |
| 2004 | Fujitsu introduces seamless multiservice data capabilities that allow existing networks to transition to an efficient packet infrastructure. Revolutionary upgrade to market-leading FLASHWAVE 4500 MSPP brings scalable switching solution to telecom, MSO and wireless transport networks. New versions of the FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM lower cost of carrier-grade DWDM networks. |
| 2005 | Leading analyst firms name Fujitsu the market leader in overall optical transport and sub-segments SONET/SDH and metro DWDM/ROADM, the two fundamental building blocks of next-generation networks. Generation-skipping enhancements to FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM solidify metro DWDM dominance. Fujitsu Network Communications honored by SBC as outstanding supplier for second year in a row. |
| 2006 | Fujitsu positioned by Gartner, Inc. in the “Leaders” quadrant in their new “Magic Quadrant for Next-Generation SONET Equipment, 2006” report based on the market-leading FLASHWAVE 4000 MSPP portfolio. Fujitsu honored by AT&T as an outstanding supplier for its contributions in the “Technical Innovations” and “Supplier Diversity” categories. |
| 2007 | Fujitsu introduces the FLASHWAVE 9500 Packet Optical Networking Platform (Packet ONP), which provides modular integration of Ethernet, ROADM, and SONET transport technologies built on a single addressable optical networking class element. Fujitsu honored by AT&T as an outstanding supplier in the "Technical Innovations" category. |
Media/Analyst Relations
Bob Laurent 972-479-3480 bob.laurent@us.fujitsu.com
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
2801 Telecom Parkway, Richardson,TX 75082
Tel: 800.777.FAST Fax: 972.479.6900
us.fujitsu.com/telecom
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Corporate Parent – Fujitsu Limited
Location: Tokyo, Japan
President & CEO: Mr. Hiroaki Kurokawa
Established: June 1935
Web Address: www.fujitsu.com
Annual Revenue: $43.2 billion (¥5.1 trillion)
Net Income: $868 million (¥102.4 billion)
R&D Expenditure: $2.15 billion (¥254 billion)
Stock Exchange Presence: Tokyo, Osaka, Nagoya, Frankfurt, London, Bern
Employees: 161,000 worldwide (62,000 outside Japan)
