Who is Polaris?
Polaris Networks was founded in June 2000 by accomplished management and engineering teams from Cisco, Nortel, Alcatel, Fujitsu, AT&T and WorldCom. Polaris, with headquaters in San Jose, CA, is funded by Berg & Berg Enterprises.

What is the core business of your company?
Polaris serves the needs of today's telecommunications service providers by delivering a new generation optical transport switch for metro core networks. The system combines the functions of a wideband, broadband and super-broadband Digital Cross-connect System (DCS) with SONET ADM transport and is complemented by an advanced element management system. The Polaris solution is tailored to dramatically reduce capital and operational expenses, increase service velocity, and unlock additional revenues in metro infrastructures.

Describe your (planned) typical customers.

• Long distance service providers (IXCs)

• Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs)

• New generation service providers

What are your plans for international expansion?
Polaris plans to expand into the international marketplace, partnering with global service providers.

What is the Polaris architecture?
Polaris' products are built on an innovative network architecture created specifically to address the evolution of the new generation metro optical network. This architecture presents a new network paradigm that simplifies today's complex network into a single-tiered, intelligent optical network architecture. Its unique feature sets are based on open standards to allow for easy migration of existing networks. Some of the fundamental network requirements addressed include:

• Network intelligence

• Scalability

• Bandwidth management

• Integrated network and service management

• Reliability

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