PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- ECI Telecom, a global provider of networking infrastructure, today announced the 9000 Family ofCarrier Ethernetproducts for metro transport and service delivery. With the 9000 Family, ECI enables operators to transform their metro infrastructure to efficiently support the latest Ethernet and IP services. The 9000 Family is at the core of ECI's new architectural framework - ECI 1Net, also announced today.

The 9000 Family includes two product Series. The 9700 Series ofCarrier Ethernet switch routerswas designed to meet the requirements of metropolitan core networks where density, performance and quality-of-service are critical, and the 9200 Series targeting the edge of the metropolitan network where cost optimization, form factor and service aggregation really count.

"ECI's9000 Family and its 1Net framework substantially simplifyIP, Ethernet and MPLS servicesthrough tools and techniques that are familiar to carriers around the world. Our market research has revealed that the combination of the WDM and Carrier Ethernet markets will be about $11 billion by 2011. ECI Telecom has the potential to gain substantial traction in this huge area," said Eve Griliches, Program Director, IDC.

ECI Telecom Ltd.