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June 9, 2003 - FONEX DATA and Wave7 Optics Ink Agreement to Sell
Fiber-to-the-Home and –Business Networks in Canada
Last Mile Link® System from Wave7 Provides the Industry’s
Most-Advanced Optical Broadband Voice, Video and Data Services
ALPHARETTA, GA and MONTREAL, QUEBEC -- June 9, 2003: Wave7 Optics, Inc. and
FONEX DATA Systems, Inc. today announced an agreement that establishes FONEX
DATA as a non-exclusive Value-Added Reseller (VAR) of the Last Mile Link®
fiber-to-the-home and -business system throughout Canada. FONEX DATA provides a
wide-variety of integration, design and support services to a diverse set of
network operators, including: ILECs, MSOs, CLECs, ISPs and CAPs, and their
expertise covers a broad range of local, wide and metro area networks.
“The reseller agreement with Wave7 represents a great opportunity for FONEX DATA
to offer the most innovative optical solution available today for last-mile
broadband access,” said Pasquale Di Pierro, President, FONEX DATA. “Given its
‘future-proof’ features and low ‘first costs,’ the Last Mile Link is well
matched to the urban and rural broadband initiatives of the Canadian government
and the requirements of existing service providers.”
The Wave7 Optics advanced IP (Internet protocol) and Ethernet standards-based
optical access solution provides, over a single fiber, video (analog, digital
and/or IP streaming), high-speed data (e.g., Internet service), “carrier-grade”
telephony services (VoIP or circuit-based, including fax) and TDM synchronous
circuits (including T1s or E1s). The system includes customer premise equipment
(the Last Mile Gateway® series) optimized for businesses, single-family
residences and multi-dwelling units and it supports a bi-directional data rate
of 500 Mb/s per subscriber.
“FONEX DATA’s long and impressive track record in providing telecommunications
and networking products to service providers throughout Canada make them an
ideal partner for us in that country,” said Tom Tighe, President and CEO, Wave7
Optics.
About FONEX DATA
FONEX DATA Systems Inc. is a value-added distributor (VAD) and network
integrator focused on serving the needs of customers in Canada who own and
operate telecommunication network infrastructures for their own internal
requirements or for providing Carrier services for resale. Typical customers
include Canadian Telcos, CAPs, Cable Providers, ISPs, CLECs, Utilities, and
other vertical markets with access to campus-wide or metropolitan area networks
(MANs). Founded in 1989, with offices in Montréal, Toronto and Vancouver, FONEX
(Fiber Optic Network EXpertise) DATA Systems Inc. focuses on the access network
and native speed LAN Extension using single mode fiber optic technology that can
be deployed in point-to-point or multipoint network configurations within the
confines of metropolitan areas. Web site: www.fonex.com
About Wave7 Optics
Wave7 Optics, Inc. is a market leader in the fiber-to-the-home and business (FTTX)
optical access market. The company's Last Mile Link® "active PON" optical access
system effectively overcomes the cost and implementation barriers that have to
date stymied the deployment of FTTX systems.
Wave7 Optics has pioneered the first intelligent PON (passive optical network)
system, which is effectively a generation ahead of comparable PON technologies
in both cost and capability. The IP- (Internet Protocol) and Ethernet-standards
based Last Mile Link product suite provides a "triple play" of voice, video and
very high-speed data services to residential, business and multi-tenant or
multi-dwelling building customers. The Last Mile Link offers service providers a
particular advantage with regards to video in that it is the only platform that
supports upstream and downstream RF broadcast signals and readily accommodates
HDTV.
For more information please contact emmanuel.vella@w7optics.com.
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