Agilent Technologies Teams With Zoom Telephonics On Automated Cable Modem Test Suite to Speed DOCSIS Certification.Business Editors PALO ALTO Palo Alto, city, California Palo Alto (păl`ō ăl`tō), city (1990 pop. 55,900), Santa Clara co., W Calif.; inc. 1894. Although primarily residential, Palo Alto has aerospace, electronics, and advanced research industries. , Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 20, 2000 Agilent Technologies This article needs sources or references that appear in reliable, third-party publications. Alone, primary sources and sources affiliated with the subject of this article are not sufficient for an accurate encyclopedia article. Inc. (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :A) announced today that it has teamed with Zoom Telephonics 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 :ZOOM) to develop an advanced, automated test suite that speeds standards certification of Zoom's cable modems. The new system is expected to reduce the time required for Zoom to deliver new cable modem designs to market by enabling pre-testing of its products for standards compliance before they are submitted to Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (CableLabs) for DOCSIS (Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification) A cable modem standard from the CableLabs research consortium (www.cablelabs.com), which provides equipment certification for interoperability. (data over cable service interface specification (communications, networking) Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification - (DOCSIS) ITU-approved interface requirements for cable modems involved in high-speed data distribution over a cable television network. ) certification. DOCSIS interoperability standards, developed by CableLabs, define interface requirements for cable modems supporting high-speed data distribution over broadband cable TV networks. DOCSIS certification ensures that cable modems will work properly with similarly certified head end equipment from any manufacturer, and is widely viewed as a requirement for success in this growing marketplace. CableLabs, a research and development consortium of cable television system operators, is the primary third-party industry laboratory responsible for testing and providing DOCSIS product certification Product certification or product qualification is the process of certifying that a certain product has passed performance and/or quality assurance tests or qualification requirements stipulated in regulations such as a building code and nationally accredited test standards, . As part of the certification process, suppliers must complete self-testing of their products at their own facilities, prior to submission to CableLabs, and products must also be evaluated by multiple cable system operators. "The DOCSIS certification process is among the most rigorous of any in the communications industry communications industry, broadly defined, the business of conveying information. Although communication by means of symbols and gestures dates to the beginning of human history, the term generally refers to mass communications. ," said Peter Shaw, marketing manager for Agilent's Service Test Division. "Our work with Zoom and other companies in the cable industry who will provide key elements required for deployment of interactive cable services reflects Agilent's growing involvement in all aspects of deployment of broadband cable services." The test solution provides complete PHY/MAC (physical/media access control) design verification of RFI/PICS/ATP and a documentation package of test results for submission to CableLabs. Use of the test suite is expected to improve Zoom's ability to deliver new cable modem designs by automating tests used in both R&D (research and development) and production. Zoom believes the test system will allow earlier introductions of new feature sets and new cost-effective designs. "These new tools from Agilent dramatically improve our ability to engineer and test our cable modems to the demanding standards of CableLabs," said Frank Manning, president of Zoom Telephonics. "Zoom was the first company to embrace this advanced test-automation technology, and to partner with Agilent to develop and implement these systems. We believe they will play an important role in establishing Zoom as a leader in cable modem design." About Zoom Telephonics Zoom Telephonics, a communications leader since 1977, designs, produces and markets cable modems, fax modems, wireless LAN A local area network that transmits over the air typically in the 2.4 GHz or 5 GHz unlicensed frequency band. It does not require line of sight between sender and receiver. Wireless base stations (access points) are wired to an Ethernet network and transmit a radio frequency over an area products, Home Phoneline See HomePNA. Networking devices, ISDN ISDN in full Integrated Services Digital Network Digital telecommunications network that operates over standard copper telephone wires or other media. products and other products that link people and their personal computers through the world's largest network, the international telephone network, and connected networks including the Internet and local area networks. Zoom Telephonics is publicly traded on NASDAQ (NASDAQ:ZOOM). Zoom products are marketed under the Zoom and Hayes brands and sold worldwide. For additional information please contact Zoom Telephonics, 207 South Street, Boston, MA 02111, telephone (617) 423-1072, fax (617) 338-5015. Zoom's World Wide Web site is www.zoom.com. About Agilent Technologies Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) is a diversified technology company, resulting from Hewlett-Packard Company's plan to strategically realign re·a·lign tr.v. re·a·ligned, re·a·lign·ing, re·a·ligns 1. To put back into proper order or alignment. 2. To make new groupings of or working arrangements between. itself into two fully independent companies. With 42,000 employees serving customers in more than 120 countries, Agilent Technologies is a global leader in designing and manufacturing test, measurement and monitoring instruments, systems and solutions, and semiconductor and optical components. The company serves markets that include communications, electronics, life sciences and healthcare. The businesses comprising Agilent, a subsidiary of HP, had net revenues of more than $8.3 billion in fiscal year 1999. Information about Agilent Technologies can be found on the Web at www.agilent.com. |
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