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Date: 30th June 2005
Title: Transport for London selects Transmode to improve Storage and Metro
Networks
Transmode, a pioneering supplier of optical networking systems, announced
today that it has been selected by Transport for London (TfL) for a CWDM
solution to expand and improve its metropolitan and storage networks,
which underpin management of London's public transport services. TfL,
the integrated body responsible for the capital's transport systems, has
selected Transmode's TS-1100 platform to expand the capacity of its data-transport
network and to improve data-traffic management.
Efficient data management of TfL's ever-expanding communications needs
is vital to support the 9 million passenger journeys made each day on
TfL's various systems that include bus, tube, rail and tram.
The Transmode solution supports two key applications: expanding Fibre
Channel capabilities for TfL's Storage Area Network (SAN) and increasing
the availability of Gigabit Ethernet channels for the Metropolitan Area
Network (MAN).
"Since we started installing the TfL system in September 2004, there
has been a process of continuous upgrade," said Sean Davies, Transmode's
UK Sales Manager. "TfL has now deployed multiple wavelengths across
its SAN and MAN, and we are further developing the client's networks to
be even more flexible and easily expanded as traffic increases."
The installation is primarily based on Transmode's 5400 Universal Aggregator
card, which provides the lowest cost solution available in the market
for carrying multiple Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet signals over a
WDM network. The 5400 multiplexes two Fibre Channel or Gigabit Ethernet
interfaces into a single CWDM wavelength in a highly efficient manner.
This then allows full utilisation of the available fibre capacity and
eliminates stranded bandwidth across the network.
About TfL
Transport for London (www.TfL.gov.uk)
is the integrated body responsible for the capital's transport system.
TfL manages London's buses, the Underground, the Docklands Light Railway
(DLR) and London Trams. It also runs London River Services, Victoria Coach
Station and London's Transport Museum. The body also manages a 580km network
of main roads, all of London's 4,600 traffic lights and regulates taxis.
About Transmode:
Transmode is a powerful new global force in Optical Networking. The company
was formed when two of Europe's most successful private telecoms companies,
Transmode Systems and Lumentis, merged in March 2005 to address renewed
worldwide demand for scalable, reliable and low-cost Optical Networking
solutions.
Transmode is a Pioneer in Optical Networking. Innovations such intelligent
WDM (iWDM), which dramatically lowers operational cost, and unamplified
DWDM, which reduces network CAPEX and complexity, have contributed to
success at a global level, with a customer base of more than 100 network
operators, service providers, enterprises and public institutions across
Europe, the Americas and Asia.
Transmode is the only company with the full spectrum of Optical Networking
solutions based on WDM, designed to cater for the needs of Network Operators
and Enterprises alike without compromising on functionality or cost-efficiency.
Transmode's product portfolio addresses Optical Networking requirements
from regional networks, through metro core and access networks, all the
way down to the customer premises
For more information about Transmode AB, please visit http://www.transmode.com
For more information please contact:
Michael Crossey
VP Marketing & Business Development
Transmode AB
Telephone: +44 7734 318210
Email: michael.crossey@transmode.se
Sean Davies
Sales Manager, United Kingdom Transmode AB
Telephone: +44 7814 010056
Email: sean.davies@transmode.se
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