Acterna Offers Customers Leased-Based Product and Services Packages.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers ALDERMASTON Coordinates: Aldermaston is a village and civil parish in the English county of Berkshire. During the 1950s and 1960s the name Aldermaston became synonymous with the Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE), located in the south of , UK--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sept. 17, 2002 New "Acterna Contract Hire Services" Provides Network Operators with Cost-Effective cost-effective, n the minimal expenditure of dollars, time, and other elements necessary to achieve the health care result deemed necessary and appropriate. Option for Meeting Communications Test and Measurement Needs Acterna (Nasdaq: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) ) today announced a new program designed to give its customers a cost-effective option for securing the communications test and measurement solutions critical to maintaining the reliability and performance of their networks. Acterna Contract Hire Services offers packages of Acterna's instruments, software, systems and services through lease agreements that enable customers to meet their communications test needs within the parameters of reduced capital spending capital spending Spending for long-term assets such as factories, equipment, machinery, and buildings that permits the production of more goods and services in future years. budgets. By providing an option for leased communications test equipment and services, Acterna Contract Hire Services gives customers greater financial flexibility by turning fixed costs fixed costs, n.pl the costs that do not change to meet fluctuations in enrollment or in use of services (e.g., salaries, rent, business license fees, and depreciation). into variable costs. It also enables customers to take advantage of the latest communications test innovations by easily upgrading or exchanging equipment as their requirements change. Acterna Contract Hire Services is available through Acterna Advantage, a value-added val·ue-add·ed adj. Of or relating to the estimated value that is added to a product or material at each stage of its manufacture or distribution: portfolio of services, software and solutions that help Acterna customers secure their test equipment investment, ensure optimal system performance, increase workforce knowledge and skills, and automate To turn a set of manual steps into an operation that goes by itself. See automation. processes to maximise operational efficiencies. "While the industry faces one of the most challenging periods in its history, our customers' high standards for network performance remain unchanged. We are responding with a new program offering greater financial flexibility to maintain these standards," said Roger Friedli, Acterna's senior vice president of sales and services for Europe, the Middle East and Africa Europe, the Middle East and Africa, usually abbreviated to EMEA, is a regional designation used for government, marketing and business purposes. It is particularly common amongst North American based companies, who often divide their international operations into the . Acterna Contract Hire Services will be delivered through a strategic alliance agreement with Microlease. European-based Microlease is a market leader in the network test equipment management and rental marketplace. With more than 23 years of experience in the communications test and measurement industry, Microlease has a global network of customers and banking partners, and a depth of experience in executing leasing agreements. Acterna Contract Hire Services are immediately available in the UK, Germany Germany (jûr`mənē), Ger. Deutschland, officially Federal Republic of Germany, republic (2005 est. pop. 82,431,000), 137,699 sq mi (356,733 sq km). , France, Ireland Ireland, Irish Eire (âr`ə) [to it are related the poetic Erin and perhaps the Latin Hibernia], island, 32,598 sq mi (84,429 sq km), second largest of the British Isles. , Switzerland, Austria and Benelux. The program will also be introduced in Italy, Spain, and the Nordic region in autumn 2002. Through this new program, Acterna customers can lease communications test and measurement products, systems and services that include: -- Optical: ONT 30/50, ANT 20, TestPad 2000 (all modules), OLX-15, BTS -- Services and Solutions: NetOptimize Service Activator, NetOptimize Capacity Manager, NetOptimize Network Synchronizer -- Cable: Stealth Sweep Transceiver 5500, 5510, NetMentor RPS, NewMentor HEC3-P, HEC3-X, Path Track HCU 1500, 400, Digital Vision Service Activation Mentor (DSAM) -- Data: Cyclone Core, Cyclone Frame, Cyclone ATM, Cyclone IP -- Access: HST (all versions), TestPad 2000 (all modules), DSL-370, ANT-5 -- Wireless: 2700, AirAudit, Air Compare 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 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. |
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