Adtech Introduces First OC-192c IP Test Solution.

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HONOLULU--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 10, 2000

Adtech, Inc., a Spirent Communications company, introduces the industry's first OC-192c IP test solution. As part of Adtech's AX/4000 Broadband Test System, the company's new 10 Gbps Generator/Analyzer combined with a new OC-192c POS interface can test data connections that move traffic at 9,960 Mbps. At this rate, a single network connection can handle up to 150,000 simultaneous phone calls or 1,200,000 pages of information each second. With Adtech's OC-192c test solution, the world's leading providers of terabit routing equipment and high-speed networks can now bring true carrier-class reliability, scalability and performance to the Internet and IP networks.

"Telecommunications equipment manufacturers and service providers are racing to develop and deploy new carrier-class technologies for the ever-increasing demands of voice, video and data convergence over IP," said Alan Sguigna, Adtech's vice-president of marketing. "Adtech's new OC-192c test solution, provides both the bandwidth and testing capability that are required to transform today's public telecommunications networks into next generation IP networks incorporating quality of service and performance guarantees."

Adtech's 10 Gbps IP Generator/Analyzer incorporates the same full-rate, real-time Quality of Service (QoS) and performance features inherent to all AX/4000 Broadband Test System modules. The new OC-192c test solution generates up to 1,020 test streams with each stream containing literally billions of traffic flows. Users can test a variety of class-of-service technologies including MPLS and DiffServ. In addition, users can create sophisticated real-time distribution models to generate traffic with variable IP packet lengths and interarrival times.

The module also auto-identifies and analyzes incoming substreams based on virtually any type of IP traffic classification. In addition to providing a complete set of QoS measurements for each substream at full-rate, the analyzer will provide full-rate capture for IP error characterization and protocol decoding. OC-192c IP QoS testing can be performed in conjunction with other Adtech IP QoS test modules, which cover a variety of media types and speeds from SONET OC-3c through SONET OC-48c including POS, IP/ATM, IP/Frame Relay, Gigabit Ethernet and 10/100 Ethernet.

"Adtech's OC-192c test solution provides terabit router/switch vendors first-to-market advantage and assurance that their equipment can provide guaranteed bandwidth for mission critical services and applications," said Brett Kelley, senior network analyst for Network Strategy Partners LLC, based in Boston. "As a result, service providers can achieve strategic competitive advantage by being able to deliver quality, reliability and differentiated services associated with the new services paradigm."

U.S. Pricing

Adtech's AX/4000 Broadband Test Systems start at $17,250 for a 16-slot chassis. Test modules are priced separately.

About Adtech, Inc.

Adtech, Inc. is a leading manufacturer of broadband test systems and data link simulation equipment. Its AX/4000 Broadband Test System was named 1999's "Best of the Best" by InternetWeek magazine. Located in Honolulu, the company currently employs approximately 225 people, including 80 electronics and software engineers, and markets its products in North America, South America, Europe and Asia. The company also has regional offices in California, Georgia, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Texas and the United Kingdom. Adtech is a Spirent Communications company. For more information about Adtech, go to http://www.adtech-inc.com.