CANNES, France -- Marconi Corporation plc (London: MONI and NASDAQ: MRCIY) today launched a cost-efficient multiservice customer premise located platform that will further enable the evolution of operators' infrastructure towards data-centric networking.

The new OMS840 is a fully integrated platform within Marconi's comprehensive optical multiservice metro portfolio. It is a cost-efficient multiservice customer located device used to support mixed E1 (2Mbit/s) and Fast (10/100Mbit/s) Ethernet interfaces. This compact 1U high device allows operators to simultaneously offer more competitive Ethernet services, such as Ethernet private lines, alongside traditional Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) services, such as leased lines, to their customers. It provides a rapid payback on investment and helps operators support the progressive migration of their business to new data-based services and revenue streams.

"Marconi's Optical edge portfolio is built on a firm understanding of the dynamics of metro networking, the issues customers face and of the progressive evolution to data centric networking," said Erik Lindberg, VP Optical Networks Marketing, Marconi. "The OMS840 has been developed to satisfy customer needs at the edge of the metro network. The product is available now and we are sure that it will continue the excellent track record of our extensive installed base."

Marconi Corp. plc