DoD OKs Infinera's DTN

SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- The Infinera (Nasdaq: INFN) DTN has been approved for Department of Defense (DoD) network deployments after passing extensive conformance and interoperability tests with the Defense Information Systems Agency's (DISA) Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC). The JITC certification supports potential Infinera DTN deployments with the U.S. Department of Defense and related agencies.

The Infinera DTN is the first DWDM system to be certified by JITC for carrying 40 Gigabit/second (Gb/s) services. Infinera’s unique Bandwidth Virtualization™ makes it possible to carry 40 Gb/s services over any optical infrastructure capable of transporting 10 Gb/s services today.

The Infinera DTN was tested and certified as a "DISN Terrestrial Transport" device in accordance with JITC’s Unified Capabilities Requirements (UCR) 2008 and has now achieved Unified Capabilities (UC) Approved Products List (APL) status.

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