ATLANTA, Ga., October 7, 2003 - Hitachi, Ltd. (NYSE: HIT) and Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc. today announced a triple play FSAN compliant B-PON system to the AMN1200 Access family. It transmits data, voice, and video at speeds up to 622Mbit/s to a home or small office offering a suite of feature rich applications that stands to propel the telecom industry into the future. The Standards based triple play B-PON offers a more sophisticated way to achieve voice, video and fast data* services other than copper and cable by transmitting all three services at high-speeds over fiber.
Hitachi's triple play B-PON addresses North America's move towards FTTx solutions. Currently throughout Asia, Hitachi has deployed more than 200,000 PON and Point-to-Point systems since 1994 with orders expected to reach 300,000 worldwide by the end of the year. Hitachi's triple play B-PON is designed to complement the needs specific to the North American market. It is compliant with ITU-T G.983 standards and uses WDM technology to implement bi-directional transmission over a single optical fiber (downstream: 622Mbit/s, upstream: 156Mbit/s).
Hitachi will exhibit the triple play B-PON solution at the FTTH Conference (Oct 7-9, 2003) in New Orleans & Telecom'O3 (Oct 11-15) in Las Vegas.
Hitachi's triple play B-PON supports 10/100Mbit/s Ethernet services (data*, VPN, Internet access, VoIP), POTS and video that readily accommodates current standard set top boxes and HDTV (in the future), as well as, features a patent pending RF return capability. It achieves a low system cost making it an attractive, viable solution to the FTTx hesitation experienced by many carriers to date.
"Hitachi has anticipated the introduction of the triple play B-PON for some time to complete our AMN Optical Access product family" says Frank Banks, VP Sales, Hitachi Telecom. "Our success in shipping over 200,000 systems in Asia to date and the experience we have gained ensures our potential to become the industry leading supplier for the FTTx triple play market in North America."
*Based on a technical license from NTT Access Network Service Systems Lab.
About Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc.
Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., a subsidiary of Hitachi America, Ltd., develops, manufactures and markets telecommunications equipment for the U.S. market. The company offers Access systems such as an ITU-compliant 'triple play' B-PON for FTTx, ultra high-speed optical networking equipment such as DWDM and SONET systems, as well as, customer premises products such as PBXs. For more information on Hitachi Telecom (USA), Inc., visit http://www.hitel.com.
Hitachi America, Ltd., a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd., markets and manufactures a broad range of electronics and semiconductors, and provides industrial equipment and services throughout North America. For more information on Hitachi America, visit http://www.hitachi.us .
Hitachi, Ltd., (NYSE: HIT), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, is a leading global electronics company with approximately 340,000 employees worldwide. Fiscal 2002 (ended March 31, 2003) consolidated sales totaled 8,191.7 billion yen ($68.3 billion). The company offers a wide range of systems, products and services in market sectors, including information systems, electronic devices, power and industrial systems, consumer products, materials and financial services. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company's Website at http://www.hitachi.com .
