Avaya, Tata Telecom announce 10 gigabit Ethernet solution

Avaya, a company dealing in corporate communications networking solutions and
services and Tata Telecom, an Indian enterprise communication solution provider,
has announced a 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution designed to help enterprises
optimize their business by expanding their infrastructure bandwidth.

10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) networks are expected to deliver the newest
broadband services -- such as all types of streaming media widely and
inexpensively to businesses of all types and sizes.

The Avaya 10GbE technology extends and enhances the performance of Avaya
networks to support real-time, high speed, mission critical business
applications. These include enterprise resource planning, converged voice and
video Internet Protocol (IP) communications used in video conferencing and
distance learning, and large centralized data storage/backup operations.

It can also be deployed across enterprise campuses to remove network
bottlenecks and can create extended virtual enterprises by increasing the reach
of existing high-speed networks. Avaya's 10GbE technology can also be used in
existing web centers that interface with customers, where delays due to
unpredictable network traffic could significantly reduce service.

The Avaya 10GbE technology is compliant with the draft of the Institute of
Electrical Engineers (IEEE) 802.3ae specification, the 802.1Q Virtual LAN
standard and is compatible with the 802.1p priority tagging. It will also
support Layer 2 and Layer 3 switching, DiffServ marking as well as other Avaya
Multiservice switch features.

Upon initial release, three different transceivers will be supported:
850-nanometer for use with multimode fiber with distances up to 300 meters, the
1310-nanometer that will support single mode fiber and a distance of up to 10
km, and finally the 1550-nanometer also supports single mode fiber and a
distance of up to 40 km.

"This is the killer application enabler for businesses to optimize
collaborative communications that interface with their customers." said
Shankar Rao, Senior Product Manager, Avaya's MultiService Networking
Infrastructure Group. "With this introduction, Avaya further establishes
its position as a technology leader in next generation converged voice, video,
and data networking technology, offering its customers a migration to higher
performance and capability with flexible interface options required for next
generation networks", he further added.