Fujitsu Enters into Strategic Partnership with Terawave

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe partners with Terawave for Next-Generation PON Solutions.

May 09, 2005

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Ltd, the leading supplier of high performance telecommunications solutions, has announced today that it has entered into a strategic partnership agreement with Terawave Communications Inc. to develop and bring to market next generation PON access solutions.

The agreement will combine Fujitsu's market leadership in broadband access technology with Terawave's world-class PON technology to create a new range of fully integrated and managed next generation GPON access solutions. Commenting for Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe, General Manager Andy Stevenson said:
“Fujitsu is taking a strategic market lead, bringing together appropriate technologies in strategic partnerships to create a new breed of integrated end-to-end next generation solutions. This agreement with Terawave reflects our commitment to provide our carrier customers with broader, more comprehensive systems, based on established relationships and genuinely integrated technologies, reflecting the carriers' clear requirement to work more closely with a smaller number of vendors in their networks. Both Fujitsu and Terawave hold the same customer-responsive ideals, and we look forward to a highly successful working partnership.”

Ray Lin, Chairman and CEO of Terawave, said:
“We are honoured by the opportunity to partner with Fujitsu, to integrate our products and technology into the Fujitsu GeoStream Access Gateway multi-service access portfolio. This agreement confirms our strategic commitment to the UK and European markets. Our joint effort will result in the most advanced and fully integrated GPON-based access platform in the market.”

About Fujitsu

Fujitsu is the leading Japanese information and communication technology (ICT) company offering a full range of technology products, solutions and services. Over 170,000 Fujitsu people support customers in more than 100 countries. We use our experience and the power of ICT to shape the future of society with our customers. Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702) reported consolidated revenues of 4.5 trillion yen (US$54 billion) for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2012. For more information, please see: www.fujitsu.com

Fujitsu UK and Ireland is a leading IT systems, services and products company employing 11,400 people with an annual revenue of £1.7 billion. Its business is in enabling its customers to realise their objectives by exploiting information technology through its integrated product and service portfolio. This includes consulting, applications, systems integration, managed services and product for customers in the private and public sectors including retail, financial services, telecoms, government, defence and consumer sectors. For more information, please see: uk.fujitsu.com

About Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe

Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe Limited is a major supplier of Broadband Access equipment in Europe and is Fujitsu's worldwide design location for access network solutions - including a centre of excellence for the development of Digital Subscriber Line (DSL) technology. The company is also the leading provider of broadband solutions in the UK, with some 2 million lines deployed to date. Headquartered in Birmingham, UK, Fujitsu Telecommunications Europe is focused on providing strategic end-to-end solutions, supported by complete turnkey services. Fujitsu is playing a fundamental role in the creation of "Broadband Britain" - from world-leading products and technology, through project planning, community liaison, cable laying and civil engineering, to installation, implementation and ongoing maintenance.

About Terawave Communications

Terawave Communications is a leading manufacturer of passive optical network (PON) access solutions for service providers, MSOs, government and enterprise customers. The Terawave family of products integrates all types of user services over PON, Gigabit Ethernet, SDH and SONET network facilities. Terawave supports a comprehensive suite of networking protocols, including IP, MPLS and ATM. User services include Ethernet private lines and VPLS, VPNs, TDM private lines, voice, and video.Terawave’s carrier class platforms enable the most cost effective aggregation of voice, video and data on a single network access point. The Terawave Management System (TMS) provides state of the art management services that give our customers the ability to deliver services and bandwidth on demand, while minimizing time to market, and reducing capital and operating expenditures. Terawave Communications is delivering fibre to the premise (FTTP) solutions to over 70 customers on 5 continents.

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