NXTcomm: ECI Telecom Adds Capabilities to XDM Optical Platform

ECI Telecom announced several new key optical capabilities, including a new two-degree ROADM and an ADM on a Card, for its XDM optical networking platform.

The enhancements are in line with the 1Net framework ECI Telecom announced earlier this year to offer carriers lower total cost of ownership and increased revenue opportunities, while facilitating the transition to next-generation networks.

The new two-degree, or 2D, ROADM was designed for metro-core and metro-edge segments. In contrast to ECI Telecom's multidegree WSS ROADM, the new ROADM is designed for sites with lower degree needs, or those requiring full add/drop capability.

Another new feature on the platform is a multiservice, multirate ADM-on-Card (AoC). ECI Telecom claims its AoC offers the industry's highest density on a single card and that it’s optimized for video applications featuring multicast drop-and-continue capabilities.

"Today's competitive environment is putting extreme demands on carriers, who are striving for increased revenues and lower costs," said analyst Eve Griliches, program director – telecom equipment group, IDC. "Having an edge-to-core ROADM portfolio with high-density cost-optimized service cards allows ECI's customers to be very competitive. These new enhancements reinforce ECI's commitment to its customers and its growing position in the optical market."

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