Mintera, a start-up based in Lowell, Massachusetts, announced its first product aimed at the migration to 40 Gbps optical transport in metro-core, regional, long-haul, and ultra-long-haul optical networks. Mintera believes that carriers will migrate from 10 Gbps optical trunks to 40 Gbps systems during the second half of the decade and that during 2004 and 2005 carriers will be pursuing 40 Gbps trials. Mintera's MI 40000 product-set multiplexes 4 x 10 Gbps SONET/SDH services onto a 40 Gbps long haul wavelength. Mintera promises plug and play operation on existing 10 Gbps long haul optical transport line systems or on dark fiber in regional networks. In addition to an MI 40000 micro-chassis platform with corresponding 40 Gbps multiplexer and transponder modules, Mintera will provide various distance and capacity extension modules. Mintera is also developing a 43 Gbps Bit Error Rate test and measurement module with optical and electrical interfaces. The company said it has already booked orders for its products and services.
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- In March 2003, Mintera claimed an optical transmission record by demonstrating error-free transmission of 40 data channels each operating at a bit rate of 40 Gbps over a record distance of 10,000 km of transmission fiber without electrical regeneration. Mintera said the result was achieved with optical amplifier spacing of 100 km and by using all-Raman amplification as well as enhanced error correction encoding.
Mintera is headed by Menachem Abraham, who previously was president of Lucent Technologies' Enterprise Internetworking Systems Group. Abraham joined Lucent in January 1998 following Lucent's acquisition of Prominet Corporation, a pioneering Gigabit Ethernet firm, where he was president, chief executive officer and one of that company's co-founders. Prior to Prominet, Abraham was senior vice president of product development and chief technology officer during an 11-year career at Chipcom Corporation.
