Hitachi Cable has obtained the networking certification, ''Shinmousho''*1 required to deliver products to telecommunications providers in China. As a result, it has begun a full-fledged expansion of sales of information network devices such as transmission devices and switches within the Chinese market. In connection with these developments, the company will have a product announcement for customers in Beijing and exhibit at PT/Expo Comm China 2004.


In 2000, Hitachi Cable developed its GMX line of Gigabit Ethernet*2 multiplex long-distance transmission device. Incorporating Gigabit Ethernet switches in its design, this device is low-priced in comparison with SONET*3 technologies and provides a revolutionary solution that makes it possible to construct high-speed MAN*4 networks. As such, this development has contributed to the spread of wide-area Ethernet services provided by Japanese carriers. Since then, Hitachi Cable has continued to lead Japan's wide-area Ethernet technology field through efforts such as its development of the industry's first 10 Gigabit Ethernet switch using EoE technology*5, the Apresia(R) 8007*6 .

In 2003, Hitachi Cable began sales of network devices outside of Japan, and since then has achieved strong sales in the United States, the United Kingdom, South Korea, Thailand, and elsewhere. In the Chinese market, which is attracting great interest as one of the driving forces behind the world's economy, Hitachi Cable's products have received high marks for their redundancy, stability, and security measures. Hitachi Cable has succeeded in receiving orders for transmission device from CERNET (China Education & Research NETwork) as well as orders for Apresia(R) for use in pharmaceutical company LAN networks.


In addition, Hitachi Cable has been moving ahead with the procedures necessary for obtaining the networking certification required to deliver products to telecommunications providers. Since the company has obtained this networking certification, ''Shinmousho for the products noted below, it will now begin full-fledged sales to telecommunications providers in addition to its corporate and other sales efforts.

In connection with these efforts, Hitachi Cable will hold a product explanation session for its customers and exhibit at PT/Expo Comm China 2004 as noted below as a means of promoting understanding of its information network devices.

Products for which networking certification has been obtained:
Switches: Apresia(R) 8007, Apresia(R) 6048G-PSR, Apresia(R) 3124GT-PSR
Long-distance transmission device: GMX-1204CW, GMX-1102L, GMC-1001L1SS

Product announcement:
Date: October 13, 2004
Location: Kerry Center Hotel, Beijing, China
Attendees: Chinese telecommunications providers, related agencies of the Chinese government, Chinese information technology publications

Exhibition:
Exhibition: PT/Expo Comm China 2004
Dates: October 26- 30, 2004
Location: China International Exhibition Center (Beijing)

Product photos:

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  Apresia(R)8007

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  GMX-1204CW

*1	Authorization from the government to deliver products for the public telecommunications network in China.
*2	Ethernet is a registered trademark of Fuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
*3	SONET stands for Synchronous Optical Network. SONET is a high-speed digital communications system that employs optical fiber cables, functioning as the Internet backbone by linking Internet service providers.
*4	MAN stands for Metropolitan Area Network. MAN is a generic name for networks that link urban communities with one another (over distances of 200 kilometers or less).
*5	EoE is an acronym for Ethernet over Ethernet, a function used by edge switches to accommodate user lines on the wide-area Ethernet network of a common carrier. This function adds to (or ''encapsulates'') a frame sent from the user network an EoE header containing the edge-switch MAC address (EoE MAC address), extended VLAN tag, and TTL (Time to Live). Data is transmitted through the carrier's wide-area Ethernet network using this EoE MAC address.
*6	Apresia(R) is a registered trademark of Hitachi Cable, Ltd. In Japan.

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