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OPTOELECTRONIC COMPONENT MAKERS ADD NEW MEMBER COMPANIES FOR RELEASE: MONDAY, MARCH 19, 2001 ANAHEIM, Calif. - Agere Systems (formerly known as the Microelectronics
Group of Lucent Technologies), Alcatel Optronics, and Opnext (formerly
Hitachi Fibre Optic Devices Operations) today announced an expanded multi-source
agreement for 10 gigabit-per-second (Gbit/s) transponder modules used
in optical networking systems. It adds Agilent, Ericsson Components AB,
Mitsubishi Electric, JDS Uniphase, NEC and ExceLight (a subsidiary of
Sumitomo Electric Industries) to an agreement signed last March by Alcatel
Optronics, Opnext and Agere Systems. The expanded agreement allows all
of these optoelectronic manufacturers to supply communications system
providers with internationally compatible sources of 10 Gbit/s transponders
to meet industry demand for high-speed fiber-optic communications components. The transponders are optical transmitters and receivers in a single package
that can be used in synchronous optical network/synchronous digital hierarchy
(SONET/SDH) and dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) systems,
inter- and intra-office metropolitan rings, optical add/drop multiplexers,
and Internet Protocol (IP) switches and routers. They combine lasers and
photodetectors with high-speed integrated circuits to perform functions
such as clock synthesis, clock recovery and multiplexing and demultiplexing
of 16 x 622-megabit-per-second (Mbit/s) channels. Makers of optical networking systems find transponder modules attractive,
because this highly integrated packaging approach can cut several months
of system development and manufacturing time, consume less power and increase
port densities over board-level solutions built from discrete components.
But with so much functionality in one module, timely and sufficient component
supply becomes even more essential for successful system delivery. By
extending this multi-source agreement to include nine major global component
suppliers, systems makers can feel more confident about getting the components
they need and being able to incorporate them without costly and time-consuming
system redesigns. The companies involved in this multi-source agreement are exhibiting
their optoelectronic components at the Optical Fiber Communications (OFC)
conference, being held in Anaheim, California March 19-21. For further information, customers may contact the following company
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