ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING BRINGS CARRIER-CLASS NETWORK MANAGEMENT TO ETHERNET SERVICES MARKET

Provides intelligent alarm and SLA management to complement Ethernet
demarcation offering

Norcross, Georgia, USA and Martinsried/Munich, Germany.
April 29, 2008. ADVA Optical Networking today announced the
introduction of a carrier Ethernet feature set for its FSP Network
Manager (FSP NM). This software platform specifically designed for
the Ethernet demarcation space enables service providers to remotely
monitor and manage the performance of thousands of network elements,
all from a central location. It introduces powerful technology that
enables the automation of network operations, and provides management
for the IEEE- (Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers)
defined Provider Bridge (PB - 802.1ad) services, with support for
Connectivity Fault Management (CFM - 802.1ag). The ADVA FSP NM is
shipping now.

Beyond most network management products, the ADVA FSP NM provides for
carrier-class Ethernet performance management. Leveraging ADVA
Optical Networking's leading position in the Ethernet demarcation
arena, the platform offers traditional carrier-class management
functionality combined with Service Level Agreement (SLA) monitoring
and test capabilities. These features, along with the ADVA Etherjack®
technology, enable the reporting of SLAs based on the ITU
(International Telecommunication Union) Y.1731 standard for carrier
Ethernet services, which telecommunications carriers use to verify
their customers receive only the most reliable network services.

The ADVA FSP NM enables collection and synthesization of statistics
from the several thousand Ethernet termination points that comprise
today's complex deployments, especially those found in wireless
backhaul applications. Providing for remote management of in-service
software upgrades and remote database back up of a large number of
devices, service providers save resources because large numbers of
network elements can be upgraded as a group rather than one by one.

"Service providers confirm that state-of-the-art network management
is a critical item in deploying large-scale Ethernet networks today,"
stated Erin Dunne, Vertical Systems Group's director of research
services. "With potentially thousands of network nodes in a wireless
backhaul application, it's impossible to make manual updates.
Instead, the economics increasingly point to an intelligent network
manager that remotely manages software upgrades, gathers statistics
and reports service-level performance from a central location."

With Ethernet networks more heavily deployed than ever before,
communications carriers are focused on delivering highest quality of
service while driving service outages to a minimum. With the
implementation of the FSP NM across the network, service providers
can proactively monitor and repair a network outage before the
customer realizes the service went out.

"Providing housekeeping functions, alarms and SLA management, the FSP
NM delivers a product that service providers can use today to deliver
more reliable services," explained Christoph Glingener, chief
technology officer at ADVA Optical Networking. "Offering five-nines
availability, sub-minute failover and scalability up to thousands of
individual network elements, this product stands ahead of the pack in
its ability to deliver features that can truly set one service
provider's carrier Ethernet services apart from the next.
Additionally, the FSP NM can manage both ADVA Optical Networking's
Ethernet and optical product portfolios, providing customers a
unified approach to managing complex next-generation networks end to
end."

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ABOUT ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING
ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is at the forefront of providing
Optical+Ethernet solutions that advance next-generation networks for
data, storage, voice and video services. Our company's strength comes
from passionate and dedicated employees, all sharing a common vision:
a fast, customized response to customers' ever-changing needs. Our
innovative FSP products and strong customer focus provide carriers
and enterprises the ability to scale their networks and deliver
intelligent, competitive new services. ADVA Optical Networking's
solutions have been deployed at more than 200 carriers and 10,000
enterprises around the world. For further information about ADVA
Optical Networking: www.advaoptical.com.

PUBLISHED BY:
ADVA AG Optical Networking, Martinsried/Munich and Meiningen, Germany
ADVA Optical Networking North America, Inc., Norcross, Georgia, USA
ADVA Optical Networking (Shenzhen) Ltd., Shenzhen, China
www.advaoptical.com

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