Rural LEC will use gear for linear OC48 networks in Wyoming and Montana

November 19, 2002

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RICHARDSON, Texas -- Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., the leader in the optical telecommunications market, announced today that Range Telephone Cooperative has selected the FLASHWAVE(R) 4300 and FLASHWAVE 4500 optical transport platforms, as well as the FLEXR(R) GT craft interface software to connect and manage their southeastern Montana and northeastern Wyoming linear OC-48 network.

As a local exchange carrier providing a wide range of telecommunication services to more than 11 counties covering 1,500 miles of fiber optic facilities, Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. chose the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 4000 products for their flexibility, density and scalability to handle their optical transport requirements. The merging of data services support, full cross connect functionality and next generation SONET support of multiple OC-48 rings and OC-192 on a single shelf enables Range Telephone Cooperative to deliver more services on a single platform. With support of DS1 to OC-192, ATM, full wire speed Gigabit Ethernet, M13 Transmux, test head access with full DCS capabilities, the FLASHWAVE 4000 products provide the best business solution to help Range Telephone Cooperative serve their customers.

"We wanted to replace existing equipment and expand our network with a solution that would allow us to utilize DS1 and DS3, as well as Ethernet and ATM, to transport traffic on a linear OC-48 backbone," said Curtiss Fleming, CEO and general manager of Range Telephone Cooperative, Inc. "We evaluated several different vendors and chose Fujitsu because the FLASHWAVE products allow us to distribute different traffic types on a single platform more efficiently throughout our network, as well as keep our operational costs low."

Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. (FNC)

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