Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu to Sponsor and Discuss “The Future of SONET” at Light Reading Live! Roadshows in Boston and Atlanta

Richardson, TX, November 15, 2004 — WHAT:
Scott Clavenna, chief analyst at Heavy Reading and a leading authority on next-generation SONET technology, has invited industry veterans from Fujitsu to speak on a variety of topics, including the future of SONET services, data-aware optical networks, SONET access technologies and SONET/WDM convergence. These individuals from Fujitsu currently guide the development of the widely deployed FLASHWAVE® 4000 Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs) and FLASHWAVE 7000 DWDM systems. For more information about the event, please visit http://www.lightreading.com.

This event will use information previously available only to paying customers of Heavy Reading to explore several key trends and discuss why carriers are standardizing on next-generation SONET for their underlying transport networks. Carriers will get answers to many critical questions – including timing and Return on Investment (ROI), vendor product implementations, standards, reliability, and management and service provisioning. They will also get a grasp on which revenue-generating services will run over these networks, and how strong the demand is from enterprise customers for these offerings.

“The Future of SONET Services: Ethernet, Storage Area Networks, Video & Wireless Applications” panel will discuss how SONET continues to evolve to support a true data services network. A wide range of new connectivity services will be examined in detail, and solutions based on next-generation SONET and RPR-over-SONET will be illustrated.

In “Metro SONET: Straddling the Data & Optical Worlds,” panelists will describe the evolution to the MSPP and illustrate its place in operator networks. Presenters will also discuss the introduction of the Multi-Service Switching Platform (MSSP) for metro core aggregation and switching and the Multi-Service Transport Platform (MSTP) to integrate the scalability of WDM-based optics with the flexibility of data-aware SONET.

The “SONET Access: A Multiservice On-Ramp to Data Aware Optical Networks” session will explore the wide range of access options facing operators today and propose a useful taxonomy of multiservice access solutions.

The final session, “SONET/WDM Convergence,” will explore how SONET and WDM are being integrated in a variety of ways to improve network scalability, lower cost, speed provisioning of high-speed services and support scaleable, end-to-end networking from access to the core via the integration of CWDM, DWDM and Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexers (ROADMs).

WHEN & WHERE:

Tuesday, November 16, 2004; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. - Hyatt Regency Boston
One Avenue de Lafayette Boston , Massachusetts 02111 USA
Tel: 617 912 1234 Fax: 617-451-2198

Thursday, November 18, 2004; 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. -
The Grand Hyatt Hotel in Buckhead
3300 Peachtree Road Atlanta, Georgia 30305 USA
Tel: 404 365 8100 Fax: 404 233 5686

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Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., leveraging Tokyo-based Fujitsu’s unequalled and unique IT and Telecom portfolio, creates and delivers robust wireline and wireless solutions that boost next-generation communications networks in North America. Supported by over 150,000 professionals in more than 100 countries with revenues of $45 billion, Fujitsu helps its customers fuse information and networking technology with commercial value.
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