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For Immediate Release                                                                                                       

                                                                                                                       

 

GLIMMERGLASS EXPANDS EUROPEAN DISTRIBUTION

  

New Agreement with Laser 2000 SA Adds Northern and Western Europe

To Sales and Marketing Focus

 

Hayward, CA. – Nov. 18, 2008 – Glimmerglass, leading provider of Intelligent Optical Switches, today announced pan-Europe availability via a new distribution agreement with Laser 2000 SA, the premier European photonics supplier and reseller.  Laser 2000 SA will market and sell Glimmerglass switches in Belgium, Holland, Italy, Denmark, Sweden, Norway, Finland, the Baltic States and Luxembourg.  Glimmerglass also has an existing relationship with Laser 2000, a sister company to Laser 2000 SA, covering Germany, Switzerland and Austria.

 

“Laser 2000 SA has done an outstanding job introducing and implementing photonics technology throughout western and northern Europe,” said Glimmerglass CEO, Bob Lundy. “We anticipate that they will be able to quickly introduce our products into these markets.”

 

Laser 2000 SA will market and resell the full Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switch product line, ranging in size from 24 to 192 ports, as well as the Glimmerglass Console, a server based product offering centralized management for complex, multi-switch environments. 

 

 “These scalable, reliable optical switches provide customers with a great deal of flexibility, particularly in larger and more complex fiber optic network operations,” said Philippe Bolle, president of Laser 2000 SA.  “The Glimmerglass switches are a welcome and fitting addition to our photonic technology solutions.”  

 

About Laser 2000 SA Benelux

Laser 2000 SA was founded in Belgium in 1998. Together with its sister companies in Germany, UK, France, The Netherlands and Sweden, the Laser 2000 group acts as the pan-European distributor of advanced photonics and telecom products, offering customers the most innovative “optical technologies” products of leading providers around the world from a single source.

 

 

About Glimmerglass

Glimmerglass provides powerful, flexible dynamic wavelength management solutions.   Customers deploy Glimmerglass Intelligent Optical Switches to create, monitor and protect wavelengths in networks supporting land-based and undersea telecommunications systems, data centers, peering exchanges, government networks, and video networks.  For further information, please visit   www.glimmerglass.com.

           

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