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Fujitsu to Demonstrate Telecom Convergence without Compromise at SUPERCOMM 2004 in Chicago

Live FASST™ and OIF demonstrations, major product enhancements, new reseller agreement and several solutions to be showcased


Chicago, IL, June 17, 2004 — WHAT: Fujitsu will announce a significant enhancement for its FLASHWAVE® 4500 core optical transport product that will take the platform into a new market segment.  In addition, Fujitsu will announce a reseller agreement to broaden its FLASHWAVE product line.  Other enhancements, new products and fully converged carrier-class optical transport solutions will be demonstrated in the Fujitsu booth comprising several areas:

• Converged access and metro core networks featuring the widely deployed FLASHWAVE 4000 multiservice SONET transport platforms and the scalable FLASHWAVE 7000 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) solutions

• Live demonstration of unified Flexible Architecture for Subscriber Service Termination (FASST™) solutions, including SONET and WDM transport, Optical Ethernet, Managed IP services, Advanced Subscriber Management (ASM) and Migration edge applications featuring Fujitsu, Atrica, Hammerhead and CoSine products and management systems

• Wireless transport applications, including cell tower traffic aggregation, Digital Cross-connect System (DCS) grooming and core network convergence

• Business continuity solutions for carrier-class Storage Area Networking (SAN) across optical networks for replication and warehousing of mission critical data

• Enterprise solutions that leverage the global power of Fujitsu and its vast computing, consulting, systems integration and telecom resources

• Cutting-edge technology concepts from the renowned Fujitsu Labs

• Comprehensive consulting and customer services to offer support for carrier networks at any design, development, deployment and maintenance stage

Fujitsu will also participate in the world’s first international joint-carrier, multi-vendor optical networking interoperability demonstration of Ethernet over SONET/SDH services and dynamic optical networking in the Optical Internetworking Forum (OIF) booth.

WHEN: Tuesday, June 22 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Wednesday, June 23 from 9:00 am to 5:00 pm

Thursday, June 24 from 9:00 am to 3:00 pm

WHERE: McCormick Place, Chicago, Ill.

Fujitsu Booth No. 20814 (Hall A)

OIF Booth No. 20334 (Hall A)


About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a subsidiary of Tokyo-based Fujitsu Limited (TSE: 6702), is a leading provider of customer-focused IT and carrier-class telecommunications solutions for the Service Provider and Cable TV market in North America. Supported by smart innovation and deep-rooted research from Fujitsu Labs, Fujitsu is uniquely positioned to deliver fully integrated IT/Telecom solutions for its customers. The company's comprehensive consulting and customer services offer support at any network design, development, deployment and maintenance stage.
For more information, please see: http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom


Press Contacts

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Fujitsu Network Communications
Tel: 972-479-3480
E-mail:bob.laurent@fnc.fujitsu.com


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