ADTRAN Earns ISO 14001 Environmental System Certification; Certification Addresses Compliance with Environmental Standards.HUNTSVILLE, Ala. -- ADTRAN(R), Inc. (NASDAQ NASDAQ in full National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations U.S. market for over-the-counter securities. Established in 1971 by the National Association of Securities Dealers (NASD), NASDAQ is an automated quotation system that reports on :ADTN ADTN Administrative Data Transmission Network ADTN Administrative Data Telecommunications Network ), a leading provider of networking solutions for today's expansive telecommunications networks A telecommunications network is a of telecommunications links and nodes arranged so that messages may be passed from one part of the network to another over multiple links and through various nodes. , announced today that the company has been recommended for ISO (1) See ISO speed. (2) (International Organization for Standardization, Geneva, Switzerland, www.iso.ch) An organization that sets international standards, founded in 1946. The U.S. member body is ANSI. 14001 Certification for its facilities in Huntsville, Alabama Huntsville is the county seat of Madison County, Alabama. Huntsville is the largest city in northern Alabama in a region of a half-million people, with the city proper having 168,132 residents (2006 estimate). , and Melbourne, Australia. ISO 14001 is viewed by many as the cornerstone of the ISO 14000 series. ISO 14001 is the standard against which an organization may have its Environmental Management System (EMS) audited by an independent certification body that then vouches for the conformity of the system to the standard's requirements by issuing an ISO 14001 certificate. The International Standards Organization See ISO. (ISO) published the international standard for Environmental Management - ISO 14001 in 1986. It was designed to be compatible with other management standards, particularly the widely used ISO 9001 Quality Management Standard. Organizations of all types from around the world recognize ISO 14001 as the preferred model for environmental management. About ADTRAN ADTRAN, Inc. is one of the world's most successful network access equipment suppliers, with a 16-year history of profitability and a portfolio of more than 1,300 solutions for use in the last mile of today's telecommunications networks. Widely deployed by carriers and enterprises, ADTRAN solutions enable voice, data, video, and Internet communications across copper, fiber, and wireless network infrastructures. ADTRAN solutions are currently in use by every major domestic service provider and many international ones, as well as by thousands of public, private and governmental organizations worldwide. For more information, contact the company at 800 9ADTRAN (800 923-8726) or via email at info@adtran.com. On the Web, visit www.adtran.com. |
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