SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Demonstrating its prowess in introducing new low-cost solutions to systems suppliers, Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) today introduced several new products at ECOC including the world's first 8 Gbps long wavelength Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver, and a compelling low-power optical alternative to copper cabling. These products provide the industry with innovative and cost-effective solutions for new, high-speed, high-performance communications applications. These products will be on display at ECOC 2007 in Berlin from September 17-19.

8 Gbps Long Wavelength SFP+ Transceiver

Being shown for the first time in Finisar's booth #17048, is the world's first 8 Gbps Longwave Fibre Channel SFP+ Transceiver for advanced storage networking applications. These 1310 nm transceivers support 1.4 km and 10 km transmission over single mode fiber (SMF) and are ideally suited for FICON- and disaster recovery storage applications. Based on reliable edge-emitting laser technology, these devices include Finisar's Digital Diagnostics technology as well as low-power dissipation of less than 1W. Finisar's SFP+ product family now includes shortwave and longwave transceivers at both 8 Gbps and 10 Gbps.

10 Gbps Active Optical Cable

Also being demonstrated in Finisar's booth #17048 is an optical alternative to copper cables for transporting high-speed data in datacenter, video, consumer, and industrial applications. This technology provides low-cost serial connectivity in a lightweight form factor with outstanding power/port efficiency. The elimination of optical connectors and the use of a user-friendly copper connector make it a seamless substitute for existing copper-based cable interconnects.

"Finisar understands that its customers must balance performance, cost, and power across a diverse profile of networks," said Todd Swanson, vice president of sales and marketing at Finisar. "Not only does Finisar offer the most options available on the market to enable developers to optimize their system offerings, its high-capacity manufacturing capabilities and robust laser technology guarantee the highest reliability for the lowest cost."

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SUNNYVALE, Calif. -- Showcasing key technologies that it recently acquired, Finisar Corporation (NASDAQ: FNSR) today announced an interoperability demonstration between its Chirp Managed Laser (CML(TM)) and Optical Duobinary (ODB) technologies, transmitting 10 Gbps traffic over 200 km of single mode fiber. Finisar is the first company to offer its customers these two methods for implementing 10 Gbps DWDM transport, providing telecommunications system vendors with a wider range of technologies and options to maximize performance, reliability, and cost for Metro, Regional, and Long Haul applications. This demonstration will be held on September 17-19 during ECOC 2007 in Berlin, in Finisar's booth #17048.

In March, Finisar acquired two companies, AZNA, LLC and Kodeos Communications, Inc., which were market leaders in CML(TM) and ODB transmission technology, respectively. Both of these technologies extend optical reach at 10 Gbps without requiring optical dispersion compensation. Finisar has completed the successful integration of these companies and their products into Finisar's portfolio and will demonstrate complete interoperability of these technologies while reliably transporting traffic over 200 km.

In addition to transporting 10 Gbps traffic over longer reaches without requiring dispersion compensation, the CML(TM) for Extended Reach is narrowly tunable, offering the best balance between ease of inventory management and cost by reducing supply chain complexity by a factor of 4 or 8 at a more competitive price than fully tunable lasers. With a high output power of 4-7 dBm, low power consumption, and small footprint from an industry-standard butterfly box format, CML(TM) technology provides the most cost-effective approach for a wide range of applications.

Alternatively, Finisar's 300-pin MSA ODB Transponders for Extended Reach Performance at 10G are broadly tunable (C- or L-band) and multi-rate (9.953 to 11.096 Gbps). With a built-in dispersion tolerance of +/-3200 ps/nm and pin- or APD-based receiver configured with different decision threshold options, ODB transponders enable system vendors to create the most robust and reconfigurable network architectures.

"Historically Finisar has not had any transceiver offerings for transport applications," said Rafik Ward, senior director of product marketing at Finisar. "Today, Finisar is the only company to offer two complete systems for 10 Gbps DWDM transport which are 100% interoperable with each other, thus opening entire new market segments for Finisar."

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