Ceterus Networks launches all-optical carrier-class Ethernet transport offering

JUNE 11, 2008 -- Ceterus Networks has launched an all-optical offering as part of its Universal Transport System (UTS) family of carrier-class native Ethernet products. Premiering at next week's NXTcomm08 in Las Vegas, the new UTS4000 series is designed to offer a purpose-built approach for the transport of native Ethernet traffic with the same level of carrier-class reliability and performance delivered by the rest of Ceterus's UTS product family.

The Ceterus UTS4000 series delivers converged Ethernet and T1/E1 pseudowire services over native Ethernet with flexible configurations supporting client Fast Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, private management ports, and up to 24 T1/E1 lines. Architected to Metro Ethernet Forum standards, Ceterus says its UTS4000 product family can interoperate with any standards-compliant transport or aggregator, easily integrating into any wireless carrier, LEC, AAV, or IXC native Ethernet network, including Ethernet over SONET, Ethernet radio, direct on fiber, or OADM systems.

"The UTS4000 series ties together performance elements the market needs, and it does so in a carrier-class offering that reflects the high-quality architecture, technology, and industry knowledge for which Ceterus is known," said Dave Stehlin, president and CEO of Ceterus Networks. "The UTS4000 further expands our ability to deliver 'Intelligent Ethernet Today' to carriers and enterprises that need a highly reliable, cost-effective, and easy-to-implement Ethernet transport solution. The combination of our new optical Ethernet series with our market leading circuit bonding family gives our customers the right combination of product, performance, and payback as they build next-generation Ethernet services and networks."

The UTS4000 series is purpose built for cell-site backhaul with differentiators:

• High-performance pseudowire (up to 24 T1/E1 ports)
  
• All products are temperature and humidity hardened
  
• Line-rate GbE on all ports (client and line sides)
  
• Stratum 3 clock, 1588v2 capable, and synchronous Ethernet capable
  
• OAM capabilities including 802.3ah, 802.1ag, and Y.1731.
  

Customized for enterprise, wholesale access, and cell-site backhaul, the Ceterus UTS4000 series comprises six products. For enterprise Ethernet applications, the Ceterus UTS4200 family has three models: the UTS4200, UTS4208, and UTS4224 with 0, 8 or 24 T1/E1 ports respectively. For cell-site backhaul, the Ceterus UTS4300 family has a Stratum 3 clock for T1/E1 pseudowire and synchronous Ethernet and comes in three models -- the UTS4300, UTS4308, and UTS4324 -- which support 0, 8, or 24 T1/E1 ports.

Other applications that either the 4200 series or 4300 series can be used for include infrastructure backhaul for IP DSLAMs, or collocation aggregation of IP DSLAMs and remote DLCs or BLCs.

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