Metrobility and fSONA Announce Fully Redundant, Broadband Wireless Solution
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Companies Partner to Provide High speed Optical Wireless Ethernet solutions with Link Protection and Restoration Capabilities for Both Fast Ethernet and Gigabit Ethernet Networks
Merrimack, NH - February 8, 2006 - Metrobility Optical Systems and fSONA Systems today announced a highly robust, fully redundant, carrier-class optical transmission solution for point-to-point wireless broadband systems. The solution combines Metrobility's line of Ethernet-based Radiance LPR (Line Protection and Restoration) products with fSONA's SONAbeamtm leading edge optical wireless system to extend all the benefits of free-space optical transmission with the peace of mind that comes from having a fully redundant service.
This marriage of technologies offers the ability to use virtually any other existing Ethernet bridging solution (be it fiber or RF) to provide the most robust point-point communications platform available anywhere.
"fSONA's innovative application of Metrobility's LPR system further confirms the importance of redundant and protected paths in any network," states Steven Curtis, senior vice president of sales and service for Metrobility. "We have been providing redundancy to mission-critical LANs found in the financial and manufacturing communities for years and have recently seen an increase in the demand for protected services in wireline carriers. Through our partnership with fSONA, wireless customers now benefit from the same type of highly-available, high-speed network."
Extensive interoperability testing between the two company's products has already been completed at the fSONA manufacturing and engineering facilities with excellent results.
"We recognize Metrobility as an industry leader in specialized optical interface devices for the Ethernet world and their Radiance LPR systems provide the redundant path management solutions required for a carrier class wireless operating environment. fSONA sees the marriage of the technologies as one that simply makes sense and we look forward to working together," says Sunny Taylor, President and CEO of fSONA Systems; also adding "We see a great opportunity to broaden the scope of both company's capabilities by working together, not only with our existing products, but in the potential for future joint development efforts."
Metrobility offers patented LPR solutions that support 100Mbps, 1Gbps, and CWDM options. These solutions fail over to a secondary link in the sub-microsecond range in case of a loss of link. With the company's SONAR (Switch on No Activity Received) technology, the device also senses loss of traffic to protect the network against a failed switch.
About fSONA
fSONA Systems is recognized as the preferred provider of Free Space Optical wireless solutions around the globe; currently deployed in over 25 countries and growing. Leveraging leading edge advancements in 1550nm optical transmission, the SONAbeam family of systems offers the best very best optical wireless solutions for its customer base; including federal agencies, military bases, mobile wireless and Internet service providers as well as public and private enterprises. The SONAbeam® series of Free Space Optics (FSO) products provide a globally unlicensed, wireless solution operating at speeds of up to 2.5 Gbps and handling distances up to 7km. For more information visit www.fsona.com or www.free-space-optics.org
About Metrobility
Metrobility Optical Systems is an innovative, next generation optical networking company focusing on delivering optical access, connectivity and multiplexing to create a more efficient, more reliable, and more manageable network infrastructure. With over a million units installed in networks around the world, Metrobility Optical Systems is an ISO 9001:2000 registered company based in Merrimack, New Hampshire USA. More information on Metrobility Optical Systems can be found at www.metrobility.com.
CONTACT:
Raylene Kadrmas
Metrobility Optical Systems
raylenekadrmas@metrobility.com
603.589.0714
Deborah Duranceau
Marketing Communications Specialist
Metrobility Optical Systems
25 Manchester Street
Merrimack NH 03054
1.603.589.0711 direct
1.603.594.2887 fax
www.metrobility.com
