| Lucent Technologies, USA, has launched a new metro optical system designed to help service providers address both their internal needs and their business customers� demand for bandwidth-intensive networks. The Metropolis� Wavelength Services Manager (WSM) is a new metro DWDM product that will help service providers deliver cost-effective optical bandwidth directly to their customers� premises, meeting their wavelength needs in the metro access, inter-office and regional application spaces. The metro DWDM equipment market segment is expected to grow from an estimated US$600 million in 2004 to US$800 million in 2008. With the Metropolis� WSM, Lucent will extend its portfolio to the network edge, closer to the service providers� customers, enabling enterprises to take full advantage of the capabilities of service providers� advanced optical networks.
The modular and flexible architecture of the new Metropolis� WSM product reduces costs and complexity through a common optical platform, using DWDM and coarse wavelength division multiplexing (CWDM) technologies. Advanced technologies, such as plug-n-play, reconfigurable optical add-drop multiplexing (ROADM), and a standards-based control plane also enable customers to offer differentiated services with simplified operations. The Metropolis� WSM is part of Lucent�s existing optical networking portfolio, including the Metropolis� enhanced optical networking (EON), a 32-channel metro DWDM system. It is also fully supported by Lucent�s Navis� optical management system and the company world-wide services.
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