Verizon has selected Fujitsu as one of its suppliers of next generation optical add/drop multiplexers. More specifically, Verizon has selected Fujitsu’s FLASHWAVE 4500 core transport system, the FLASHWAVE 4300 aggregation system and the FLASHWAVE 4100 access system. Verizon will be utilizing the FLEXR GT craft interface software and the NETSMART 1500 element management system to manage the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE 4000 product family. The selection is the culmination of Verizon’s NGADM RFP process, which included rigorous lab testing and a comprehensive field trial. Initial commercial shipments are beginning. Fujitsu said it was excited to be continuing a 20-year relationship with Verizon. Financial terms were not disclosed.
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- Earlier this month, Fujitsu Network Communications unveiled two new capacity enhancements for its next-generation FLASHWAVE 4500 multiservice optical transport platform–support for multiple OC-192 protected interfaces on a single FLASHWAVE 4500 shelf and a new 70G STS switch fabric with the ability to groom up to 1344 STS channels. Combining two OC-192 rings or 1+1 protected connections into a single shelf enables carriers to reduce cost, space, power and heat in their central offices. Earlier versions had required two slots for supporting protected OC-192 interfaces. The new 70G STS switch fabric increases the FLASHWAVE 4500 platform’s STS grooming capacity by more than 55% over the size of the existing 45G (864×864 STS) switch fabric.