Infinera collaborates with industry leaders on Telecom Infra Project

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SUNNYVALE, CA – Infinera, a provider of Intelligent Transport Networks,announced it has joined the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) to help accelerate the pace of innovation in telecommunications infrastructure. Co-founded by Facebook and operators such as Deutsche Telekom and SK Telecom, TIP is an engineering-focused initiative driven by operators, infrastructure providers, systems integrators, and other technology companies that aim to re imagine the traditional approach to building and deploying telecom network infrastructure.

TIP brings together leading industry innovators to collaborate to develop new technologies and rethink approaches to deploying network architecture that leverage advances in the technology and an open approach to development. TIP will explore new approaches and technologies across three initial focus areas: access, back haul and core and management. The project groups within these areas will leverage the unique engineering and operation expertise of members. Infinera will contribute its expertise in developing and deploying innovative packet optical technologies and solutions for all three areas globally. Infinera Intelligent Transport Networks enable telecom network infrastructure to scale, while simplifying optical network operations and accelerating service innovation.

“We are delighted to join TIP and look forward to collaborating with Facebook and other industry leaders to define the future of telecom networks,” said Ashoka Valia, Senior Vice President,Business Development at Infinera. “With this collaboration, Infinera’s leadership in technology innovation and large-scale photonic integration to play an even greater role in solving the future connectivity requirements of networks across the globe.”

About Infinera
Infinera (NASDAQ: INFN) provides Intelligent Transport Networks, enabling carriers, cloud operators, governments and enterprises to scale network bandwidth, accelerate serviceinnovation and simplify optical network operations. Infinera’s end-to-end packet-optical portfoliois designed for long-haul, subsea, data center interconnect and metro applications. Infinera’sunique large scale photonic integrated circuits enable innovative optical networking solutions forthe most demanding networks. To learn more about Infinera visit www.infinera.com.

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