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Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 ROADM Granted
“RUS Technical Acceptance” by Rural Utilities Service
Government Funding from the RUS Branch of the USDA Allows Rural
Communities to Reap Benefits of Next-Generation ROADM Technology
RICHARDSON, Texas – April 23, 2009 – Fujitsu Network Communications Inc., a leading supplier
of innovative optical and wireless networking solutions, announced today that the Rural Utilities
Service (RUS) branch of the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) has granted “RUS
Technical Acceptance” to the Fujitsu FLASHWAVE® 7500 Reconfigurable Optical Add/Drop
Multiplexer (ROADM). By adding the platform to the RUS List of Acceptable Materials
(Telecommunications), the USDA has made it easier for rural communities to use federal stimulus
funds to create next-generation optical networks that can bring video, residential broadband, enterprise
connectivity, and other advanced services to underserved markets.
With RUS approval, the FLASHWAVE 7500 platform joins many other Fujitsu platforms on the RUS
List of Acceptable Materials (Telecommunications). Products currently on this list include the
FLASHWAVE 4500 Multi-Service Provisioning Platform (MSPP), the FLASHWAVE 4300 optical
aggregation platform, the FLASHWAVE 4100 optical access platform, the FLASHWAVE 4010
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remote SONET extension platform, the FLASHWAVE 7120 managed wavelength system, and the
FLASHWAVE 7420 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) platform.
The RUS provides independent and rural utilities and telecommunications service providers with lowinterest financing to assist in the purchase of new equipment. The financing serves to keep deployment
costs down, and the savings can be passed to consumers and foster competition with services offered
by larger regional and national carriers. The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of
2009 includes an allocation of more than $7B for broadband initiatives, and all Fujitsu platforms on the
RUS List of Acceptable Materials are eligible for purchase using federal stimulus funds.
“Our FLASHWAVE 7500 ROADM is widely-deployed by many of the world’s largest cable/MSOs
and telecom companies, but now that our platform is on the RUS List of Acceptable Materials, rural
service providers can finally reap many of the same reliability and scalability benefits in their own
networks,” said Doug Moore, senior vice president of marketing at Fujitsu Network Communications.
“The advanced ROADM, optical hubbing and 40G transport capabilities of the FLASHWAVE 7500
platform will help bring exciting new broadband services to rural communities while keeping costs in
control for the carriers who serve them.”
Rural broadband access has been gaining significant attention with the passage of the ARRA of 2009.
To assist rural broadband providers, Fujitsu is pleased to sponsor a live broadcast from Washington on
Monday, April 27, 2009 at 4:00 PM EST to discuss selection criteria and application strategies for the
two broadband-related programs funded through the ARRA. Panel attendees will include experts and
practitioners with years of Washington policy experience to help attendees prepare a focused
application that reflects the nature of each agency’s program and the intent of the stimulus law.
Registration for this free event can be found at
http://www.bulldogsolutions.net/Fujitsu/FNC04272009/frmRegistration.aspx?bdls=19150.
About Fujitsu Network Communications Inc.
Fujitsu Network Communications Inc. is an innovator in Connection-oriented Ethernet, 4G/LTE
wireless and optical transport technologies, and is a market-leading provider of packet optical
networking solutions that incorporate advanced SONET, ROADM, and Ethernet capabilities. With the
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support of Fujitsu Limited (TSE:6702), a $53B company with approximately 160,000 professionals in
70 countries, Fujitsu enables its customers to migrate to fully converged packet optical networks that
improve performance and profitability. Over 400,000 Fujitsu network elements have been deployed by
all major carriers across North America. Fujitsu maintains a longstanding and highly-regarded position
as a market leader by providing best-in-class data networking solutions optimized for Ethernet service
delivery and transport. For more information, please visit http://us.fujitsu.com/telecom.
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