Acterna, Formerly TTC and WWG, Introduces Industry's First Battery-powered, Hand-held SDH Solution for Network Verification At Rates To 2.5 Gig.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Dec. 14, 2000 2416 Field Service Module for the 2000 Test Pad Tests from 2M to STM-16c Acterna, the new company formed by the May 23, 2000, merger of TTC and Wavetek Wandel Goltermann (WWG), today announced the availability of the 2416 SDH (Synchronous Digital Hierarchy) The European counterpart to SONET. See SONET. SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy Field Services Module for the 2000 Test Pad. The module is the first battery-powered, hand-held field solution to offer high-speed SDH testing and monitoring capability up to STM-16. The portable unit is designed to turn up and verify services from 2M (E1) to STM-16c on optical networks in Europe and throughout the world. The 2416 SDH Field Services Module will be available for customer shipment in the first quarter of 2001. It also will be showcased at CeBit (March 21-28) in Hanover, Germany. "Service providers throughout Europe, Asia and Latin America are significantly building-out their SDH networks, and this rapid growth is likely to continue for the next three years," said Chris Brozenick, Acterna marketing director for transport test. "To keep these networks running, installers in the field require an easy-to-use, highly mobile optical testing solution capable of performing across the entire test spectrum, from 2M to STM-16c. Currently, this product is being beta-tested at provider locations around Europe and has been very well received." Supported applications for the 2416 include interface provisioning, verification and commission of tributary services up to STM-16 at STM-64 rings. The unit facilitates optical power-level testing, troubleshoots SDH alarms and services anomalies, and ensures tributary connectivity. Additionally, the 2416 provides APS testing and performance analysis. The modular 2000 Test Pad product line is engineered to meet the needs of a mobile workforce and the challenges of testing evolving technologies. Available modules support OC-48, T1/DS3, signaling, TDR, copper loop qualification, GSM, ISDN PRI, CAS and 2M, and options include a color or transflective LCD VGA display. The 5 pound platform features automated, one-touch testing for many applications through its touch-screen graphical user interface graphical user interface (GUI) Computer display format that allows the user to select commands, call up files, start programs, and do other routine tasks by using a mouse to point to pictorial symbols (icons) or lists of menu choices on the screen as opposed to having to (GUI), provides VT100 emulation, and incorporates advanced low power technology to maximize the life of its field-replaceable battery. It offers a rubber overmold to absorb the impact of unexpected falls and every instrument is durability tested to ensure endurance to extremes in heat, cold and vibration. Acterna, offering a wide range of solutions that optimize communications systems and networks, was formed by the May 23, 2000, merger of Wavetek Wandel Goltermann and TTC, the communications test industry's second and third largest companies. Acterna is a subsidiary of Acterna Corporation (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 : ACTR), formerly Dynatech Corporation. Acterna enables its customers to strengthen profitability by improving service to their customers through the widest range of network analyzers, systems, software, strategic services and technical training available in the industry. Customers include service providers, enterprises and equipment manufacturers. They use the company's products to develop, install and maintain their data, voice, wireless, optical, cable, access and Internet protocol-based networks. Acterna, headquartered in Germantown, Maryland, USA, is present in more than 80 countries and employs more than 4,500 people worldwide. For more information, please visit Acterna's Web site at www.acterna.com. Note to editors: All company or product names mentioned in this press release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective companies with which they are associated. Customer and product-related inquiries should be directed to 800/638-2049. Glossary: APS - automatic protection switching; DS - digital signal; CAS - channel assisted signaling; GSM - global system for mobile communications (communications) Global System for Mobile Communications - (GSM, originally "Groupe de travail Sp?ciale pour les services Mobiles") One of the major standards for digital cellular communications, in use in over 60 countries and serving over one billion subscribers. ; GUI - graphical user interface; ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. - integrated services digital network Integrated services digital network (ISDN) A generic term referring to the integration of communications services transported over digital facilities such as wire pairs, coaxial cables, optical fibers, microwave radio, and satellites. ; LCD - liquid crystal display liquid crystal display (LCD) Optoelectronic device used in displays for watches, calculators, notebook computers, and other electronic devices. Current passed through specific portions of the liquid crystal solution causes the crystals to align, blocking the passage of light. ; MUX - multiplex; OC - optical carrier; PRI PRI: see Institutional Revolutionary party. (Primary Rate Interface) An ISDN service that provides 23 64 Kbps B (Bearer) channels and one 64 Kbps D (Data) channel (23B+D), which is equivalent to the 24 channels of a T1 line. - primary rate interface; SDH - Synchronous Digital Hierarchy (communications, standard) Synchronous Digital Hierarchy - (SDH) An international digital telecommunications network hierarchy which standardises transmission around the bit rate of 51.84 megabits per second, which is also called STS-1. ; SONET - synchronous optical network (networking) Synchronous Optical NETwork - (SONET) A broadband networking standard based on point-to-point optical fibre networks. SONET will provide a high-bandwidth "pipe" to support ATM-based services. ; STM - synchronous transfer mode; VGA - video graphics array See VGA. (hardware) Video Graphics Array - (VGA) A display standard for IBM PCs, with 640 x 480 pixels in 16 colours and a 4:3 aspect ratio. There is also a text mode with 720 x 400 pixels. . |
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