Riverstone Debuts Multilayer MPLS

SANTA CLARA, Calif. -- Metropolitan area networking pioneer Riverstone Networks, Inc. (Nasdaq: RSTN) continues to strengthen its comprehensive multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) portfolio by enabling service providers to deliver premium Layer 2 and Layer 3 virtual private network (VPN) services over any network and to reap the revenue benefits of in-demand metro services. At the forefront of MPLS technology development, Riverstone Networks has more than 7,000 ports deployed in the world's most advanced metro networks, including Korea Telecom, Hutchison Global Crossing, DACOM, neos Networks and Utfors. Leveraging its industry-leading Martini-draft implementation of MPLS over Gigabit Ethernet and packet over SONET/SDH (POS), Riverstone has expanded its portfolio to include point-to-multipoint tunneling for virtual private LAN services, based on the Lasserre-vkompella draft, and Layer 3 IP VPN services, based on RFC 2547. With these additional MPLS capabilities, Riverstone now offers the most extensive MPLS support in the industry and provides a cost-effective method for carriers to increase their revenues through service delivery. "With demand for VPN services reaching $4 billion by 2006, it is clear that businesses need increasingly advanced IP-based services," said Marian Stasney, senior analyst at Yankee Group. "Solutions like Riverstone's MPLS product suite that reliably and rapidly enable the delivery of sophisticated services, such as point-to-multipoint tunnels and Layer 3 VPNs, on a single platform, will hasten carrier adoption and deployment of advanced services." Riverstone's multi-layer, multi-network MPLS portfolio now supports the following solutions:

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