SAN JOSE, Calif. -- Redback Networks Inc. (NASDAQ: RBAK), a leading provider of next-generation metro broadband and optical networking equipment, today introduced the SmartEdge™ 800 Router, the first router designed from the ground up for the delivery of highly available IP services. Unlike current platforms designed for network-to-network connections, the SmartEdge 800 Router incorporates next generation software and hardware architectures optimized for “user to network” connectivity. Designed by the same team that built the most popular operating system running in IP networks today, the platform moves IP routing to the next level by creating the first design capable of full five-nines carrier class availability, ultra-high scalability and advanced flexibility to allow the effective, profitable delivery of IP services.The SmartEdge 800 Router is currently being evaluated at 15 service providers worldwide. Three of these service providers have made initial purchases with plans to use the SmartEdge Router in their production networks in the future.“Having one of the top three IP development teams in the industry has enabled us to develop and deliver capabilities in this platform that are unheard of in today’s traditional IP routers, allowing us to define a new level of IP routing”, said Georges Antoun, senior vice president of marketing and product management at Redback Networks. “The product is distinguished by a number of features for service providers focused on delivering highly reliable IP services today, while maintaining total unique programmability to support new IP services in the future. It provides high-density access termination – leased line, ATM and Frame Relay to maximize revenue per rack; as well as dense high-speed interfaces for trunking, wholesale, and backbone applications”.Redback Networks Inc.