ADTRAN Unveils Optical Networking Edge Solution

Revolutionary Solution for Video, Mobility and Cloud Service Delivery

HUNTSVILLE, Ala.--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- ADTRAN^®, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADTN), a leading supplier of next-generation networking solutions, today announced a revolutionary solution that enables service providers to efficiently tackle the bandwidth challenges created by the exploding demand for video services, mobile data backhaul, cloud computing and other rising services. The new Optical Networking Edge (ONE) portfolio integrates packet optical functionality for service delivery, aggregation and transport, providing operators with unmatched network access and edge scalability to deliver the highest quality experience for emerging high-value services.

The exponential growth of carrier-grade bandwidth pushes the need for fiber-based Ethernet services and blurs the distinction between access and transport networks. ADTRAN’s ONE portfolio enables service providers to bridge the gap between network access and transport, leverage their installed base and extend the bandwidth efficiencies of the core all the way to the optical edge. It provides the modularity needed to address current and future services, while accelerating time to revenue, eliminating multi-box complexity, simplifying operations and reducing costs.

“While most vendors start converging packet and optical functionality in the core, ADTRAN is taking a unique approach by focusing on its fast-growing Total Access^® 5000 multi-service access platform,” said Ron Kline, Principal Analyst Network Infrastructure at industry analysis and consulting firm Ovum. “Given the Total Access 5000’s strength in the access market that extends all the way to the customer premises, the new optical and OTN features will allow providers to keep pace with exploding bandwidth without having to rip and replace their existing access equipment. The system size modularity presents a pay-as-you-grow approach that will help minimize capital investments.”

The ONE portfolio includes several edge-optimized transport modules and network management capabilities. The initial release supports high bit rate Carrier Ethernet aggregation, SONET/SDH Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP) on a card, CWDM and DWDM networking scalable from a single wavelength to 400Gbps on a single fiber pair, thus eliminating network edge bandwidth limitations.

“The Total Access 5000 offers the broadest set of access, aggregation and transport capabilities on the market today,” said Mano Nachum, product line manager, ADTRAN Carrier Networks Division. “Service providers can now depend on a trusted vendor with a proven all-Ethernet platform to extend the transport network to the edge and connect to their core optical network more efficiently.”

The ONE portfolio will begin trials in early 2011. For more information, visit www.adtran.com/ONE.

About ADTRAN

ADTRAN, Inc. is a leading global provider of networking and communications equipment, with a portfolio of more than 1,700 solutions for use in the last mile of today's telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises alike, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across a variety of network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major U.S. service provider and many global ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide.

For more information, contact the company at 800 9ADTRAN (800 923-8726) or via email at info@adtran.com. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com.

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