Acterna Acquires France-based Celogic From Teles.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md. and PARIS--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 13, 2001 Acterna -- Expands Acterna's Global Network Management Capabilities -- Acterna Establishes New Marketing Unit Near Paris Acterna, a unit 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 ACTR American Council of Teachers of Russian ACTR Actuator ACTR Association for Canadian Theatre Research ACTR A Christmas To Remember ACTR Assistant Contract Technical Representative (NMCI liaison) ), has reached an agreement to purchase Celogic S.A., a telecommunications network 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. monitoring equipment provider based near Paris, from German-based Teles AG The TELES AG Group (ISIN:DE0007454902, Wertpapierkennnummer: 745490) is a German concern which develops and markets information technologies. The TELES AG Group is made up of two separate companies. . Terms of the agreement were not disclosed. Founded in 1989, Celogic designs and manufacturers centralized monitoring equipment used by communications companies to monitor the quality and service performance of their digital networks. Acterna, the world's second largest communications test and management company, will integrate Celogic's hardware with its software and systems solutions to offer its customers a complete network management system for quality assurance. Celogic is an 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. 9001 certified telecommunications equipment provider. "Celogic products and employees are an exceptionally good fit for Acterna and will help accelerate our growth in the global network management systems market," said John R. Peeler, Acterna Chief Executive Officer. "Based on the success of our three-year alliance with Celogic, we are confident that this combination benefits our customers and will better meet their needs for more integrated hardware-software management solutions." Celogic's Qualitrans family of data network monitoring The term network monitoring describes the use of a system that constantly monitors a computer network for slow or failing systems and that notifies the network administrator in case of outages via email, pager or other alarms. equipment complies with ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute, Sophia Antipolis technical park, Nice, France, www.etsi.org) A non-profit membership organization founded in 1988, dedicated to standardizing information and communication technologies (ICT) throughout Europe. (European Telecommunications Standards Institute (body) European Telecommunications Standards Institute - (ETSI) A European version of the ITU-T(?). ) and is used by such customers as France Telecom, Bouygues Telecom, Cegetel and Mobistar. The ETSI standard is also adopted in Latin American and in some Asia-Pacific countries, providing Acterna an expanded opportunity to offer its network quality management systems solutions to customers in those regions. Acterna will market the Qualitrans product along with its software, Acterna NetOptimize Quality Management System (QMS (1) (Minolta-QMS, Inc., Mobile, AL) A manufacturer of laser printers founded in 1977 by Jim Busby. Initially involved with controllers for printing bar codes and labels, it entered the laser printer business in the mid-1980s and set numerous records. ), to provide an integrated management solution for monitoring service and quality performance of digital leased lines. Celogic holds an international patent for its network faultfinding fault·find·ing n. Petty or nagging criticism; carping. adj. Disposed to find fault; critical. Noun 1. faultfinding - persistent petty and unjustified criticism carping technology. Celogic's employees based near Paris in Trappes will join with Acterna's software group in Plymouth, UK, to form an expanded business unit dedicated to providing quality management solutions to companies using the ETSI standard. Jean Schmitt, the chairman of Celogic, has been named head of strategy and marketing director for the unit and will remain in Trappes. About Acterna Acterna is the world's largest provider of test and management solutions for optical transport, access and cable networks and the second largest communications test company overall. Focused entirely on providing equipment, software, systems and services, Acterna helps customers develop, install, manufacture and maintain their optical transport, access, cable, data/IP and, wireless networks. The company produces annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenue of US$1 billion and serves customers in more than 80 countries. Acterna is a subsidiary of Acterna Corporation (NASDAQ: ACTR). Information about Acterna can be found on the Web at www.acterna.com. About Acterna France Acterna is a leading provider of test and management solutions to French telecommunications equipment manufacturers and service providers. In France, Acterna operates major global development centers for its optical transport, wireless and centralized management solutions network strategy areas. The company has operations and offices in Rennes, Paris, St. Etienne and Trappes and employs more than 250 people in France. 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. |
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