Alloptic Selects SwitchCore to Build High Density Optical Network Units

Business Wire, July 3, 2001

Business/Technology Editors

LUND, Sweden--(BUSINESS WIRE)--July 3, 2001

SwitchCore AB (publ), developers of integrated switching devices for data and Internet communications, today announced that Alloptic, Inc., the leading provider of IP, Gigabit Ethernet fiber optic solutions for access networks, has selected SwitchCore's CXE family of integrated switches/routers to build their high-port density optical network units.

Alloptic's leading edge solution provides IP/Ethernet point-to-multipoint network and point-to-point high-speed local access. Compared to incumbent asynchronous transfer mode technology, Ethernet provides a much more cost-effective solution with significantly greater operational efficiency. When combined with the Quality of Service (QOS) features available with SwitchCore's CXE architecture, Ethernet provides the enhanced features and services that service providers need to differentiate themselves.

"The Alloptic solution takes advantage of the high port density offered by SwitchCore's CXE 1000 and CXE 16 switches, as well as their advanced Quality of Service features for the classification, filtering and bandwidth management demanded in fiber-to-the-x (home, curb, business) applications," said Mr. Thomas Engdahl, Alloptic's President and CEO. "The Quality of Service features in SwitchCore's offering, coupled with our Gigabit Ethernet solution, allows network providers to deliver next generation value-added services, such as high speed data, voice and video, to their subscribers, today!"

"SwitchCore's silicon, combining high port density and advanced QOS, fit the need for Alloptic's platform, with silicon sitting in the control switch, Optical Line Terminator (OLT, found in the chassis at the central office/headend) and in the Optical Network Units (ONU, found at the curb, home, or business)," said Nitish Amin, VP of Business Development and Sales. "This provides SwitchCore the opportunity to sell up to hundreds of chips per individual system."

The market for metro area networking equipment, including the edge and last mile equipment market Alloptic plays in, will reach $17.2 B in 2003 in North America, showing 175% growth over the year 2000. Source: Infonetics Research.

About Alloptic, Inc.

Alloptic, Inc., founded in 1999 and headquartered in Livermore, CA, is the leading manufacturer of IP, Gigabit Ethernet, state-of-the-art high-speed fiber optic solutions for access networks worldwide. Alloptic is a venture capital funded pre-IPO start-up that pioneered an advanced converged platform to support integrated voice, data and video services over a broadband fiber optic infrastructure. For more information on Alloptic, visit its Web site at http://www.alloptic.com.

About SwitchCore

SwitchCore AB (publ) is a fabless semiconductor company that designs, develops, and markets integrated silicon devices for network equipment manufacturers and suppliers, worldwide. SwitchCore's CXE technology significantly increases the capacity of switches and routers. The flagship product, the CXE-16, an integrated switching device, can switch up to 24 million packets per second. The SwitchCore Group has a headcount of about 100 with offices in Lund, Stockholm, and Gothenburg in Sweden, San Jose, California and Boston, Massachusetts in the US and Singapore in Asia. The company is quoted on the OM Stockholm Exchange's Attract 40-list under the SCOR ticker. For more information: http://www.switchcore.com.