Marconi Goes Ultra-Long-Haul

PITTSBURGH and ATLANTA -- SuperComm 2001--Marconi (NASDAQ and London: MONI), a global provider of advanced communications solutions, today announced the SmartPhotoniX(TM)UPLx160(TM) an ultra-long haul photonic line system capable of unprecedented transmission distances, significantly reducing carrier operating costs. The UPLx160 will be demonstrated at Marconi's booth #5324 during Supercomm 2001 this week in Atlanta, Georgia, and will become available worldwide during the fall of 2001. The soliton-based SmartPhotoniX UPLx160 represents considerable advances in key areas of optical networking while offering customers substantial cost savings. Most significantly, it offers a total operating capacity of 1.6 Tbit/s -- 160 wavelengths at 10 Gbits/s per wavelength for up to 3,000km without signal regeneration."Cutting down on operating costs has become increasingly essential to carriers in today's competitive marketplace," said Marc Mabon, VP and GM of ULH Photonics, Marconi. "The UPLx160 delivers savings on several fronts, and provides the industry with a flexible, long distance and high capacity solution." Marconi Communications PLC For more information on Supercomm 2001, please visit the Light Reading Supercomm 2001 Site.