Luminous Networks wins approval from Chinese Ministry

Fiber Optics Weekly Update, August 8, 2003

Luminous Networks, provider of multi-service transport platforms, announced that China's Ministry of Information Industry (MII) has certified Luminous Networks' PacketWave E-Series platform for metropolitan area networks. The Luminous PacketWave family of multi-service transport platforms ranging from metro core to access layer products has all been certified by MII. Luminous Networks is the first company with an entire product line based on Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) technology to receive MII approval. RPR is an emerging standard for switching packets over a physical ring topology.

This recent certification enables Luminous to advance its leadership in China's metro markets, and ship its multi-service transport platforms to the largest telecommunications providers in China for the build-out of the country's metropolitan area networks. The MII certification affirms China's commitment to deploy the most advanced metro networking technology in its telecommunications and enterprise networks. Luminous is gaining a significant opportunity to further expand its market presence in one of the fastest growing telecommunications markets in the world.