Opnext Demos 40G, 100G

TURIN, Italy -- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT) and Anritsu Corporation today announced the successful public demonstration of the industry's first 100GBASE-LR4 module at an OTU4 transmission rate of 111.8 Gbps. The companies also demonstrated a 40GBASE-LR4 transceiver which is also capable of running OTU3 traffic. The demos are featured in the Opnext booth #213 and Anritsu booth #375 during the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) being held September 20 - 22 in Turin, Italy.

The Opnext TRC5E20FNF-SF000 is a CFP optical transceiver module that conforms to standards defined in the CFP MSA. The module is hot-swappable and supports 100GBASE LR4 and OTU4 rates using Opnext cutting edge EA-DFB lasers each running up to 28 Gbps. The module transmits and receives via four parallel wavelengths at 25 Gbps each per the IEEE 802.3ba 100GbE and at 28 Gbps each per ITU-T OTU4 projects. The TRC5E20FNF-SF000 CFP module is sampling and available to customers.

The Opnext TRC5B20MN-SW000 CFP optical transceiver can be used to transmit 40GbE as well as SONET / OTU3e traffic using 4 uncooled direct modulated DFB lasers running at up to 11.3 Gbps each. The Opnext OTU3 transceiver module conforms to applicable standards and expands Opnext's 40 Gbps product line for use in next generation high speed switching and routing applications. It complies with the applicable standards and is available to customers now.

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TURIN, Italy -- Opnext, Inc. (NASDAQ: OPXT), a global leader in state-of-the-art laser technology, and Ixia (NASDAQ: XXIA) a leading, global provider of converged IP network test solutions, announced that they will demonstrate error-free, line-rate transmission of 40 GbE traffic using the new Opnext 40GBASE-LR4 CFP transceiver module and the Ixia K2 higher speed Ethernet (HSE) test solution. The demonstration is taking place during the European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC) being held September 20 through September 22 in Turin, Italy.

The Opnext TRC5B20 module is a pluggable optical transceiver enabling 40Gbps Ethernet and SONET traffic transmission over 10km single mode fiber (SMF). The module leverages Opnext's well-known capability of delivering high performance technology to market in a compact pluggable package while also lowering the overall power consumption. The module supports four data rates: 39.8Gbps, 41.25Gbps, 43.0Gbps and 44.6Gbps and can be used in both datacom and telecom applications. The Opnext 40GbE transceiver module performance is showcased in the IXIA K2 higher speed Ethernet test solution. The K2 platform is a complete IEEE 802.3ba-2010 standard compliant test solution from layer 1 through layer 7, including bit error rate tests as well as PCS lanes verification.

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