JDSU, Mintera Team Up

MILPITAS, Calif. and ACTON, Mass. -- JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU - News; TSX: JDU - News) today announced it has formed a strategic partnership with Mintera, a high bit-rate optical transport systems solutions leader, to provide a complete 40 gigabits per second (40G) solution set to the telecom industry. The partnership will offer optical network equipment manufacturers (NEMs) products that combine Mintera's Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) 40G transmission technology with JDSU's proven 40G-capable optical communications products and test and measurement solutions, while leveraging JDSU's manufacturing expertise and supply chain leadership.

JDSU and Mintera will join forces to create a go-to-market strategy that includes joint product development and manufacturing for new 40G solutions. Joint development will include a 40G DWDM transponder module that will be standardized according to 300 pin Multi Source Agreement (MSA) guidelines. The transponder will be available in the first half of calendar year 2008. Designed to convert signals from electrical to optical formats and back again as signals are added and dropped in 40G networks, the new transponder's nonproprietary MSA format will help drive a common industry platform and provide customers with the maximum flexibility to work with other solutions as they design 40G systems.

As the dramatic increase in voice, video and data traffic continues to strain network capacity, NEMs and service providers are turning to 40G solutions to bolster network backbone requirements. 40G solutions enable four times more data to travel over a single fiber compared to traditional 10G solutions, allowing service providers to expand and future-proof network capabilities with a more efficient and cost-effective approach.

"There is strong demand for 40G components, although the market is still in its early commercial phase," said Daryl Inniss, vice president and practice leader of Communications Components at Ovum RHK, a telecom market research firm. "A mature supply chain is needed for mass commercialization of 40G solutions and collaborations like these can help pave the way for widespread acceptance."

Mintera Corp.

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