Photonic Bridges Picks TranSwitch

SHELTON, Conn. -- TranSwitch® Corporation (NASDAQ: TXCC), a leading developer and global supplier of innovative, high speed VLSI semiconductor solutions, today announced that Photonic Bridges has selected TranSwitch’s EtherMap®-3 mapper for four new Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH (EoS) platforms – the MetroWave™ 8300 and 8100 Multi-Service Provisioning Platforms (MSPPs) and also the MetroWave™ 808 and 801 Multi-Service Access Platforms (MSAPs).

“TranSwitch’s fully integrated EtherMap-3 device has enabled us to add new functionality, improve performance, reduce board size and production costs, and achieve faster time-to-market for our new MetroWave™ product family,” said Lucas Hsu, Vice President of Product Management at Photonic Bridges. “EtherMap-3’s Generic Framing Procedure (GFP), Virtual Concatenation (VCAT) and Link Capacity Adjustment Scheme (LCAS) features allow for expanded EoS provisioning and protection capabilities, enabling optimized bandwidth utilization, improved service efficiency, and greater profitability from existing SONET/SDH infrastructure,” Mr. Hsu continued. Photonic Bridges has deployed MetroWave™ equipment in the networks

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