DragonWave and Covaro Networks Sign Alliance to Deliver Carrier-Class End-End Ethernet Solutions
June 7, 2005
Ottawa, Canada and Richardson, Texas, June 7, 2005 - DragonWave Inc. and Covaro Networks, today announced they have reached an agreement to provide complete carrier-class Ethernet solutions for broadband wireless access.
Under the agreement Covaro will expand the reach of their Etherjack® portfolio, using DragonWave’s AirPair to offer native Ethernet services remotely at capacities up to 200 Mbps full duplex. DragonWave’s AirPair product is ideally suited for the target carrier customers, using their mesh configuration, to deliver 99.999% availability and 50ms switching time. The Covaro Etherjack demarcation device will enable traditional carrier management methods to reduce turn-up, test and maintenance costs over the AirPair solution. The combined offering will allow Covaro and DragonWave to offer carrier-class Ethernet services without the bounds of traditional wirelines.
Service providers globally are expected to invest $25 billion in metro Ethernet equipment between 2003 and 2007, according to Infonetics Research.
“Our relationship with DragonWave provides an important extension to enable carrier-class Ethernet solutions everywhere.” said Fred Ellefson, VP of Marketing of Covaro. “Our customers require the ability to deliver ubiquitous Ethernet access, and the industry leading wireless capabilities of AirPair compliment our other access technologies.”
"DragonWave is excited to add Covaro, as a strong partner to address our carrier customer base.” said Alan Solheim, Vice President of Product Management at DragonWave. ”This new agreement enables us to enhance our wireless Ethernet solution using Etherjack."
DragonWave's AirPair product operates within both licensed and unlicensed radio frequencies of 18-to-26-GHz range, ensuring interference-free performance for customer traffic. The DragonWave solution provides high performance, scalable, ultra low latency, QoS-enabled native Ethernet connectivity up to 200 Mbps full duplex. The system is extremely easy to deploy and manage, with a full suite of network management options. AirPair has indoor and outdoor deployment options, and is a highly reliable platform enabling 99.999% service availability.
Covaro’s Etherjack® demarcation devices incorporate both a network interface device (NID) and an Ethernet user network interface (UNI). The NID, which is Ethernet-in-the-first-mile (EFM) aligned, gives service providers the ability to remotely monitor, test, loopback and manage services. In addition, the service UNI, which is aligned with the Metro Ethernet Forum recommendations for Ethernet service definition, ensures consistent quality of service (QoS) and priority when the service must be rate-limited at the customer premises.
About Covaro Networks
Covaro Networks is a leader in the intelligent Ethernet demarcation space for Ethernet WAN applications, and provides products that enable service providers to offer intelligent Ethernet services profitably over any facility—fiber, SONET/SDH, DS3/E3/DS1/E1 and copper. Using Covaro’s unique Etherjack® demarcation technology, service providers can offer carrier-grade service definition, monitoring and diagnostics for Ethernet-based services. Covaro Networks is headquartered in Richardson, Texas, in the Telecom Corridor®. For additional information, visit www.covaro.com.
About DragonWave
DragonWave designs, markets and supports broadband, wireless networking products for service providers and enterprises requiring reliable, predictable, interference-free, high-bandwidth transmission of real-time, IP applications. DragonWave products meet the demands of a wide range of applications as well as delivering a value proposition that enables operators and service providers an "invest as you grow" capability that leverages profitable growth. DragonWave is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada's high-technology capital. The company's Web site is http://www.dragonwaveinc.com