ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING OPENS NEXT-GENERATION ACCESS SOLUTION CENTER

Live network demonstrates forward-looking access and backhaul
solution for residential, business and wholesale services; successful
Optojack(TM) interoperability tests verify seamless interworking with
third-party suppliers

Norcross, Georgia, USA and Martinsried/Munich, Germany. September 8,
2009. To demonstrate to service providers the benefits of a
next-generation access architecture based on WDM-PON (Wavelength
Division Multiplexing Passive Optical Networks) technology, ADVA
Optical Networking has opened a customer solution center in its
Meiningen, Germany facility. The center is designed to reveal how
business, residential and wholesale access and backhaul requirements
can best be served over a single unified infrastructure that requires
little to no active equipment between the Central Office (CO) and
Customer Premise (CP).

Access networks have struggled to keep pace with the explosion in
bandwidth consumption and the growing number of network types and
protocols. To complicate the service provider business model,
consumers have been unwilling to pay higher prices for bandwidth. To
remain profitable, service providers now look to bring fiber closer
to the end user and drive simplicity into, and costs out of, their
networks.

ADVA Optical Networking's next-generation access solution does just
that. As an extension to its flagship ADVA FSP 3000 platform, the
company's Flexible Remote Node (FRN) employs temperature-hardened WDM
filters. When deployed in the network, the filters create a
point-to-multi-point solution with a single feeder fiber between the
CO and the service edge. Low-insertion loss allows network operators
to deliver more bandwidth to more endpoints from fewer sites that sit
farther back in the network. Access links are fully visible and can
be provisioned remotely.

Optical links to third-party devices can be monitored through ADVA
Optical Networking's Optojack(TM) service demarcation technology.
This creates an advantageous equation where service providers achieve
lower operational expenses via less energy consumption, fewer active
sites, less maintenance and simpler network management.

"Deploying WDM in the access network creates a flat architecture that
is more efficient because it eliminates multiple layers of costly
aggregation equipment and protocol conversions," stated Andrew
Schmitt, directing analyst for optical at Infonetics Research.
"Several carriers have embraced this approach because it supports
their long-term strategy to eliminate active sites and consolidate
COs."

"Today's access networks have reached critical mass," confirmed
Stephan Rettenberger, vice president of marketing at ADVA Optical
Networking. "Sensitivity to initial capital expense is giving way to
closer examination of operating expenses and total cost of ownership
over the life of the equipment and network. Considering the effort
and expense of extending the fiber plant closer to the end user,
network operators need to ensure their next-generation access
investments last for more than a decade and can scale with future
demands. Our solution has enormous growth potential and is extremely
energy-efficient. It is based on standard WDM technology and Layer 2
aggregation, so that carriers can add, remove and switch services
without impacting existing ones and avoid redundant layers of
aggregation."

In a related announcement, ADVA Optical Networking is also proud to
announce that it has successfully completed Optojack interoperability
tests with multiple Ethernet switch and DSLAM (Digital Subscriber
Line Access Multiplexer) vendors. Optojack establishes intelligent
optical demarcation points in the access network to monitor optical
signals all the way to the service end point to provide the highest
levels of service availability.

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ABOUT ADVA OPTICAL NETWORKING
ADVA Optical Networking (FSE: ADV) is a global provider of
telecommunications equipment. With innovative Optical+Ethernet
transport solutions, we build the foundation for high-speed,
next-generation networks. Our FSP product family adds scalability and
intelligence to our customers' networks while removing complexity and
cost. With a flexible and fast-moving organization, we forge close
partnerships with our customers to meet growing demand for data,
storage, voice and video services. Thanks to reliable performance for
more than 15 years, we have become a trusted partner for more than
200 carriers and 10,000 enterprises across the globe. For more
information, please visit us at 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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