SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- IP Networks Inc (IPN) the leading provider of fiber-based networking solutions in the Bay Area today announced that it has chosen LuxN's optical transport and switching product family to provide high-bandwidth connectivity for their enterprise and carrier customers. With its extensive fiber network infrastructure covering all six Bay Area counties, IPN will package fiber access with LuxN WavSystem products to make bandwidth available to customers in the form of high-bandwidth native services carrying protocols such as native Ethernet, storage and SONET with enhanced Service Level Agreements (SLAs). IPN is building over 400 sites in the Bay Area, making them one of the largest local fiber access providers besides the traditional Regional Bell Operating Company (RBOC). IPN has just completed its first installation of a multi-gigabit direct connection between sites in Mountain View and Palo Alto. Both sites are important Internet peering centers that provide a reliable and neutral location for the exchange of Internet traffic. "After an extensive evaluation of the market, we decided on the LuxN platform because of its proven solution and flexibility in meeting the needs of the metro core and metro access," said Gary George, president, IP Networks Inc. "With LuxN, IPN can now offer our customers in the Bay Area reliable services and the advantages of a larger fiber footprint." LuxN's cost-effective WavSystem products will form the backbone of IPN's 285-mile metro San Francisco and Silicon Valley backbone. The WavSystem comprises both transport and cross-connect equipment that integrates both coarse and dense wavelength-division multiplexing (CWDN and DWDM). IPN's metro backbone network will initially support 16 separate wavelengths carrying high-speed data including OC-48 (2.5 Gigabits per second) and OC-192 (10 Gigabits per second). As IPN network traffic grows, particularly in areas where fiber supply is limited, LuxN's products will help ensure IP Networks leadership in affordable, scalable network services. LuxN Inc. IP Networks Inc.