Aug 29, 2001 : FiberCity Launches Metro DWDM System
📅 - A new, industry-leading Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) system is nowavailable for license from FiberCity Networks, Inc.(fiber-city.com), a gigabit Ethernet supplier of bandwidth and services with its own proprietary, fiber-optic technology.
FiberCity says it is manufacturing it in the U.S. forless than 10 percent of the cost of functionallysimilar, commercially available DWDM systems. Theequipment has been validated during the past 10 monthsof commercial deployment in the company's ownultra-broadband fiber-optic metropolitan area network.
Engineered specifically for "edge" deployment to breakthe critical optical bottleneck between customerpremises and the wide-area telecommunications network,the metro DWDM system enables FiberCity to delivergigabit Ethernet broadband private data services andInternet access directly to each of its medium andlarge enterprise customers. The company has alreadybegun licensing discussions with a number oftelecommunication equipment manufacturers and morethan a dozen carriers that use or intend to use DWDMequipment in their own networks.
Faced with the challenge of efficiently managing therecurring operating costs of an optical network andminimizing the capital expenditures involved indeploying equipment, FiberCity developed its own DWDMtechnology and placed it into commercial service.Optimized for edge deployment linking the criticallast-mile between buildings and carrier hubs,FiberCity's DWDM system transports gigabit Ethernet,SONET, ESCON and other protocols with ITU gridwavelength lasers each operating at speeds of up to2.5 billion bits per second. In a typical ringconfiguration, FiberCity uses the DWDM equipment tomanage over 40 wavelengths, providing 16 separatebi-directional gigabit Ethernet and protected SONETlinks between its central office hub and fourcommercial buildings all connected on a single,two-strand fiber-optic ring.
"Our network, which delivers full gigabit Ethernetconnections directly to each of our customers,requires DWDM in order to deliver a tremendous amountof bandwidth to each building and to provide theredundancy that enables our network to operate with100 percent reliability. With the monthly lease ofdark fiber being the largest direct recurring cost inour business, it is critical to use the dark fiber asefficiently as possible," said Daniel Flohr, CEO forFiberCity. "While DWDM is required to achieve theefficiency, the DWDM equipment available in the markettoday has been quoted to us by all of a leadingsuppliers at $190,000 - $700,000 per building. Thoseprice points are an order of magnitude too high for usto even consider deploying. In light of this, we hadno choice but to develop, manufacture and operate ourown DWDM."
"FiberCity's metro DWDM equipment has been designed tomanage multiple protocols and more than 40 wavelengthsover a two-strand fiber ring. We currently deliverapproximately five gigabits per second of last-milebandwidth that is dedicated to each building," saidJustin Michael, chief technology officer for FiberCityNetworks. "Using four diversely routed gigabitEthernet links between each building and our centralhub, we have continued to operate the network with 100percent up-time connectivity, despite fiber cuts andother frequent construction interruptions." Mr.Michael went on to emphasize, "FiberCity's DWDMequipment is neither a Coarse Wavelength DivisionMultiplexing (CWDM) system nor is it a Passive OpticalNetwork (PON) system. Neither of these technologieswould have been viable, and certainly would have beenmore expensive."
According to industry analyst group Cahners In-Stat ina June 2001 report, the metro portion of the DWDMsystems market will grow about 179 percent in 2001 and69 percent in 2002, eventually reaching nearly $21billion per year by 2005. In addition, Cahners In-Statpredicts that the metro market is ripe for growth andthat optimism abounds in the DWDM systems market. Muchof the market's short-term sales growth is expected tocome from metro carriers, which represent the newestcustomer base for the technology.
"While unusual, FiberCity is certainly not the firsttelecommunications service provider to build equipmentfor its own network when no viable commercialalternative exists," added Mr. Flohr. "We havesubstantially reduced our capital and operatingexpenses to a fraction of our competitors' costs andare already in full licensing discussions with severaltelecommunication equipment manufacturers and morethan a dozen metro service providers that use and needDWDM technologies."
FiberCity says it is manufacturing it in the U.S. forless than 10 percent of the cost of functionallysimilar, commercially available DWDM systems. Theequipment has been validated during the past 10 monthsof commercial deployment in the company's ownultra-broadband fiber-optic metropolitan area network.
Engineered specifically for "edge" deployment to breakthe critical optical bottleneck between customerpremises and the wide-area telecommunications network,the metro DWDM system enables FiberCity to delivergigabit Ethernet broadband private data services andInternet access directly to each of its medium andlarge enterprise customers. The company has alreadybegun licensing discussions with a number oftelecommunication equipment manufacturers and morethan a dozen carriers that use or intend to use DWDMequipment in their own networks.
Faced with the challenge of efficiently managing therecurring operating costs of an optical network andminimizing the capital expenditures involved indeploying equipment, FiberCity developed its own DWDMtechnology and placed it into commercial service.Optimized for edge deployment linking the criticallast-mile between buildings and carrier hubs,FiberCity's DWDM system transports gigabit Ethernet,SONET, ESCON and other protocols with ITU gridwavelength lasers each operating at speeds of up to2.5 billion bits per second. In a typical ringconfiguration, FiberCity uses the DWDM equipment tomanage over 40 wavelengths, providing 16 separatebi-directional gigabit Ethernet and protected SONETlinks between its central office hub and fourcommercial buildings all connected on a single,two-strand fiber-optic ring.
"Our network, which delivers full gigabit Ethernetconnections directly to each of our customers,requires DWDM in order to deliver a tremendous amountof bandwidth to each building and to provide theredundancy that enables our network to operate with100 percent reliability. With the monthly lease ofdark fiber being the largest direct recurring cost inour business, it is critical to use the dark fiber asefficiently as possible," said Daniel Flohr, CEO forFiberCity. "While DWDM is required to achieve theefficiency, the DWDM equipment available in the markettoday has been quoted to us by all of a leadingsuppliers at $190,000 - $700,000 per building. Thoseprice points are an order of magnitude too high for usto even consider deploying. In light of this, we hadno choice but to develop, manufacture and operate ourown DWDM."
"FiberCity's metro DWDM equipment has been designed tomanage multiple protocols and more than 40 wavelengthsover a two-strand fiber ring. We currently deliverapproximately five gigabits per second of last-milebandwidth that is dedicated to each building," saidJustin Michael, chief technology officer for FiberCityNetworks. "Using four diversely routed gigabitEthernet links between each building and our centralhub, we have continued to operate the network with 100percent up-time connectivity, despite fiber cuts andother frequent construction interruptions." Mr.Michael went on to emphasize, "FiberCity's DWDMequipment is neither a Coarse Wavelength DivisionMultiplexing (CWDM) system nor is it a Passive OpticalNetwork (PON) system. Neither of these technologieswould have been viable, and certainly would have beenmore expensive."
According to industry analyst group Cahners In-Stat ina June 2001 report, the metro portion of the DWDMsystems market will grow about 179 percent in 2001 and69 percent in 2002, eventually reaching nearly $21billion per year by 2005. In addition, Cahners In-Statpredicts that the metro market is ripe for growth andthat optimism abounds in the DWDM systems market. Muchof the market's short-term sales growth is expected tocome from metro carriers, which represent the newestcustomer base for the technology.
"While unusual, FiberCity is certainly not the firsttelecommunications service provider to build equipmentfor its own network when no viable commercialalternative exists," added Mr. Flohr. "We havesubstantially reduced our capital and operatingexpenses to a fraction of our competitors' costs andare already in full licensing discussions with severaltelecommunication equipment manufacturers and morethan a dozen metro service providers that use and needDWDM technologies."
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