Fujitsu's 7120 More for Long Term at Verizon

Objectively speaking, Fujitsu has been on a remarkable run over about the last eight years in the US public telecom equipment market. With the vendor being almost totally operational in the States, it should be considered as a North American player, along with Cisco Systems, Ciena, Tellabs, and Adtran. While Verizon’s use of the FLASHWAVE 7120 Micro Packet Optical Networking Platform is evidently nothing to get too excited about for the present, it is an important announcement for Fujitsu in terms of reminding the market of its leadership position at the two dominant service providers on the continent.

This issue includes answers to the following questions:

• Will Verizon sell the 7120 directly to enterprises?
• To what extent have there been trials at the service provider for the 7120?
• What is the current positioning of Fujitsu with 100G at Verizon?
• What kind of low-latency transponder solution is a competitor offering?
• How many people at Verizon might be cut before the end of the year?