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Contact:
Keith Quistorff
Product Marketing Manager
Enterprise Networks,
Sumitomo Electric Lighwave
Phone: 919-541-8186
Email: kquistorff@sumitomoelectric.com
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Alexandra Manning
Marketing Communications
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave
Phone: 919-541-8383
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Sumitomo Electric Lightwave Expands Distributor Agreement With Power & Telephone Supply Company To Include FutureFLEX Air-Blown Fiber System
Research Triangle Park, NC, February 12, 2003 -Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, a leader in fiber optic product manufacturing, announced today that Power & Telephone Supply Co., headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee, will begin distributing Sumitomo's FutureFLEX® Air-Blown Fiber System to the United States market effective immediately. FutureFLEX is the first and only LAN-dedicated bundled air-blown fiber® system for the enterprise network in North America.
Increased demand for FutureFLEX prompted Sumitomo's decision to expand its channels of distribution. Since 1994, Power & Telephone Supply Corp. (Power & Tel) has been a distributor for Sumitomo's conventional fiber optic cable, fusion equipment, and interconnect products targeting the general communications marketplace. With the new agreement, Power & Tel will also service the needs of FutureFLEX's large network of value-added resellers and Sumitomo's growing FutureFLEX customer base, which includes ESPN, Pentagon, Getty Center, McCarran International Airport - Las Vegas, Nissan, Barnes & Noble, Atlanta Motor Speedway, Washington D.C. Convention Center, and numerous hospitals and universities.
"Power & Tel has given us outstanding service over the years; service that is reliable, consistent and responsive to the needs of our customers," states Keith Quistorff, FutureFLEX's product marketing manager. " Therefore, when we needed to expand distribution for FutureFLEX, Power & Telephone Supply Co. was the natural choice. Power and Tel has been and continues to be an integral part of Sumitomo's success."
According to Bill Meadley, vice president of Power & Tel's Network Group, " FutureFLEX's ability to blow fiber on demand, scale and upgrade the network in a matter of minutes, and provide a low-cost solution for network move, adds, and changes makes it the most technologically advanced infrastructure for the LAN on the market today. We look forward to representing yet another quality product and solution from Sumitomo."
About the FutureFLEX Air-blown Fiber Cabling System:
FutureFLEX has become the preferred cabling method among some of the world's most recognized buildings in the nuclear power, airline, government/military, manufacturing and commercial building development industries because of its many benefits over conventional cable: the elimination of costly dark fiber; ease of future-proofing a network by "blowing" only the fiber that is needed when it is needed; easy installation without any work-site disruptions; direct point-to-point pathways that eliminate fiber splices; and overall cost savings and return on investment. For more information, please visit our website at www.futureflex.com".
About Sumitomo Electric Lightwave:
Sumitomo Electric Lightwave, located in Research Triangle Park, NC, is the North American operation within the global network of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd. (SEI). Established in 1984, the company is dedicated to tailoring the fiber optic networks of major telecommunications companies through the manufacturing of optical fiber cable, ribbon-configured network solutions, interconnect assemblies, fusion splicers, FTTH products, and its FutureFlex® Air-blown Fiber Cabling System.
About Power & Telephone Supply Co.:
Power & Tel is an internationally renowned full-line independent distributor of telecommunications and cable television products, materials, and solutions. Headquartered in Memphis, TN, the company has an extensive global distribution network strategically positioned for optimum customer service. The company's mission is to offer the most cost effective way to have the right material at the right place at the right time…every time. For more information, call 800-238-7514 or visit www.ptsupply.com.
For more information, please call 800-358-7378, email us at info@sumitomoelectric.com, or visit us at www.sumitomoelectric.com.
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Sumitomo Electric Expands Distributor Agreement With P&T Supply Co. To Include FutureFlex Air-Blown Fiber System 2/12/03
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