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BTI Systems Simplifies Metro Networking with New 7200 Metro Services Platform

Business Wire, July 27, 2010

Scalable, Compact Platform Consolidates Functions to Ease Delivery of
High-Density Services, Applications and Sets New Benchmark for 10G
Density

OTTAWA, Canada — BTI Systems, the company that redefines metro service delivery,
introduces the 7200 Metro Services Platform, a new metro
networking solution designed to meet the needs of service providers
burgeoning traffic growth requirements for wireless backhaul, video and
Ethernet business services. The 7200 Metro Services Platform
simplifies packet-based services delivery in the metro by consolidating
Carrier Ethernet, multi-service optical, and Wavelength Division
Multiplexing (WDM) functions in a scalable, compact 7RU platform. With
its release, the 7200 Metro Services Platform sets the benchmark
for 10G density for optical private line and packet aggregation to
deliver high-density services critical for service providers in Metro
markets.

In developing the 7200 Metro Services Platform, we have responded to
our customers need for scalable service delivery with the highest
density packet-optical system in the market,? said Jean-Charles Fahmy,
vice president of Product Management for BTI Systems. The 7200 Metro
Services Platform makes it simple for service providers to add capacity
and respond to the rapid growth in demand for high bandwidth
applications. This continues our heritage of delivering compact,
service-rich 7000 Series platforms that provide high operational returns
and new revenue streams while simplifying our customers networks.?

The 7200 Metro Services Platform is specifically designed for
network operators that require a larger solution for ring interconnect,
high-capacity metro service delivery, data center interconnections and
high-density cloud networking. The platform also acts as a Middle Mile
solution for service providers to deliver broadband and video networking
functions. Its features allow service providers to:

• Simplify network operations by consolidating packet optical service
  delivery, WDM multiplexing and photonic-layer building blocks in a
  single 7RU form factor with 20 modular slots;
• Support up to 400 Gbps of 10G private line capacity;
• Access over 100 GbE and 18 10GbE Carrier Ethernet switched ports, or a
  combination of optical and packet functionality; and
• Expandable up to 800G with expansion shelf architecture that enables
  deployment of multiple shelves, managed as a single network entity;
• Support existing BTI Systems solutions, including the full line of 10G
  multiprotocol transponders, muxponders, reach extension and network
  multiplexing modules.

The 7200 Metro Services Platform introduces a larger
pay-as-you-grow platform to the BTI 7000 Series portfolio utilizing the
same networking modules and services functionality of its BTI 7060 (2RU)
and BTI 7030 (1RU) products. With the 7200 added to the BTI 7000 family
of products, BTI Systems provides a one-portfolio, one-management system
for end-to-end optical and packet-based service delivery from access,
edge, aggregation and hub sites in service provider and content delivery
networks.

With the increasing demand on metro networks to deliver high-bandwidth
wireless data and video traffic, there is a definite requirement for
cost-effective, higher density packet-optical solutions,? said Eve
Griliches, managing partner at ACG Research. 10G is the new currency
for metro networks. A multi-service platform like the 7200 Metro
Services Platform with dense 10G, Carrier Ethernet and aggregation
capabilities, gives service providers an integrated means to address
growing traffic and deliver value-added services.?

About BTI Systems

BTI Systems redefines service delivery with its packet-optical service
platforms that help over 200 service provider and enterprise customers
converge, transition and connect Ethernet, video and wireless data
services in their metropolitan networks. The BTI Systems portfolio
consists of the BTI 7000 Series packet optical networking platform, the
BTI 700 Series Carrier Ethernet access portfolio, and the proNX
Management Suite offering element, network, service management and
strategic planning capabilities. BTI Systems is headquartered in Ottawa,
Canada and has regional offices in Boston, Belfast and China
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