ADVA Signs BT to 3-Year Deal

MARTINSRIED/MUNICH, Germany and MAHWAH, N.J. -- ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV), a leading global provider of optical networking solutions, today announced that it has won an additional three-year contract from BT for its Fiber Service Platform (FSP) 500 systems. This adds to a previous four-year deal, during which time BT standardized the FSP 500 as its multi-protocol platform for deployment of all Local Area Network (LAN) extension services.

ADVA's FSP 500 supports managed circuits and provides fiber extension for protocols including STM-1, STM-4, Fibre Channel, and 10/100 and Gigabit Ethernet, and at speeds ranging from 10Mbit/s to 2.5Gbit/s. Newly-released features include an 8-channel Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM) module and a Single Fiber Working (SFW) solution. The system's flexibility and low entry costs provide an attractive value proposition for enterprises seeking short-haul data services, and have enabled BT to sell more than 10,000 short-haul data circuits into approximately 1,600 enterprises in the United Kingdom over the past four years. BT deploys LAN extension services into major corporations, government agencies, and universities for applications such as remote server back up, disaster recovery, campus networks, virtual private networks, high-speed data links, and voice-over-IP. "BT and ADVA Optical Networking have achieved significant market penetration for LAN extension services in the UK over the past four years," noted Alan Davis, Manager-LAN Extension Services, BT Ignite-UK Products. "ADVA continues to build up a comprehensive understanding of our end customers' network requirements, developing products with the right technology and feature sets at the right price points. By extending our contract with ADVA for an additional three years, we intend to further promote the value of short-haul data services to enterprise customers and aggressively pursue deployment opportunities." "BT's success in deploying LAN extension services to UK enterprises is the direct result of pairing best-of-breed technology from a leading equipment vendor with the large installed customer base and excellent service from a forward-thinking incumbent telecommunications carrier," commented Juergen Hansjosten, Chief Sales Officer at ADVA Optical Networking. "We look forward to continuing to support their success as a valued partner over the years to come." ADVA AG Optical Networking British Telecommunications plc (BT)