Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.

Fujitsu to Present a Wide Variety of Topics and Display the Market-Leading ROADM at OFC/NFOEC 2005

Richardson, TX, March 3, 2005 — Ten in-depth technical papers and presentations by industry experts from Fujitsu were selected from a pool of applicants to deliver presentations during the collocated Optical Fiber Communication (OFC) Conference and Exposition and the National Fiber Optic Engineers Conference (NFOEC) being held at the Anaheim Convention Center on March 6-11, 2005. Representatives from Fujitsu, the market leader in IT and telecommunications, will present and discuss a variety of topics:

· Waveguiding of Orbital Angular Momentum Light Using Chiral-Selectivity Azimuthally Graded Index Fiber

• Speaker: Makiko Hisatomi and Michael C. Parker; Fujitsu Laboratories
• Time: Monday, March 7, 2005; 5:00 p.m. to 6:30 p.m.
• Location: Hilton Anaheim Hotel, California Pavilion

· MSPP, MSSP and MSTP Network Elements: What’s the difference and do we need all of this terminology?

• Speaker: David Gutierrez; Fujitsu Network Communications
• Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 213A-B

· SONET and DWDM: Competing Yet Complementary Technologies for the Metro Network

• Speaker: Sunan Han; Fujitsu Network Communications
• Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 213C-D

· Innovations in Optical Transport for Mass Market Optically Enabled Disaster Recovery Services

• Speaker: Mike Sabelhaus; Fujitsu Network Communications
• Time: Tuesday, March 8, 2005; 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 210A-B

· Optical Burst Switching Network Testbed in Japan

• Speaker: Masaaki Kawai; Fujitsu Limited
• Time: Wednesday, March 9, 2005; 1:30 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Ballroom C

· Deploying Multiservice Networks Using RPR over the Existing SONET Infrastructure

• Speaker: Brian Hunck; Fujitsu Network Communications
• Time: Wednesday, March 9, 2005; 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 213A-B

· Quantum Dots for Semiconductor Optical Amplifiers

• Speaker: T. Akiyama, M. Ekawa, K. Kawaguchi, H. Sudo and H. Kuwatsuka; Fujitsu Laboratories
• Time: Wednesday, March 9, 2005; 4:00 p.m. to 5:30 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Ballroom E

· Secure Ethernet Service

• Speaker: Don O’Connor; Fujitsu Network Communications
• Time: Thursday, March 10, 2005; 9:00 a.m. to 10:30 a.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 210A-B

· OAM Function Integration in GMPLS-Based Networks

• Speaker: Richard Rabbat and Ching-Fong Su; Fujitsu Laboratories
• Time: Thursday, March 10, 2005; 2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Room 213A-B

· Extended Optical Broadcasting in Interconnected Flexible Metro WDM Ring Networks

• Speaker: Cechan Tian and Susumu Kinoshita; Fujitsu Laboratories
• Time: Friday, March 11, 2005; 8:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m.
• Location: Anaheim Convention Center; Ballroom A

Fujitsu was recently named the global leader in metro Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop Multiplexer (ROADM) deployment with over 75% market share according to RHK, a leading independent telecom research and advisory service firm. Strong sales of the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 ROADM platform in North America and Japan were cited as the key success factors. This market-leading ROADM will be on display in the booths of two prominent component suppliers; JDS Uniphase (Booth No. 1201) and Intel (Booth No. 2357).

For more information about OFC/NFOEC 2005, please visit http://www.ofcconference.org.

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