Alcatel Designates Acterna as 'Preferred Provider' for Test and Measurement Solutions in Worldwide Agreement.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 17, 2003 Acterna (OTCBB OTCBB See OTC Bulletin Board (OTCBB). :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 that Alcatel has renewed for another year its annual agreement establishing Acterna as one of its preferred providers for communications test solutions. This agreement will allow the company to deliver an entire range of testing and measuring solutions to Alcatel, a world leader in telecommunications Communicating information, including data, text, pictures, voice and video over long distance. See communications. solutions, IP, high-speed access, land and sub-sea optical and intelligent networks. Under the terms of the contract, Acterna will provide a wide range of support in its core network segments, including: optical transport, cable, access, data/IP, and wireless technology. Acterna's status as a preferred provider reinforces its history of reliable service and strong relationship with Alcatel. The agreement enables Acterna to optimize optimize - optimisation this business partnership worldwide and allows Alcatel to benefit from Acterna's communications test innovation and uniform commercial terms for all of Alcatel's subsidiaries globally. "With this agreement, we look forward to a strengthened partnership between Acterna and Alcatel, one that enables earlier collaboration on projects and that ensures the development of communications test solutions that meet our needs," said Antoine Brisset of Alcatel's Corporate Procurement The fancy word for "purchasing." The procurement department within an organization manages all the major purchases. and Sourcing unit. "We are proud of Alcatel's continued trust and satisfaction with our solutions and our commitment to excellence," said Manuel Mato, Acterna's global key account director for Alcatel. "This new agreement underscores Acterna's undeniable global leadership position in the test and measurement solutions market for all types of networks. Acterna is always committed to improving its clients' performance by delivering test solutions adapted to R&D, validation See validate. validation - The stage in the software life-cycle at the end of the development process where software is evaluated to ensure that it complies with the requirements. , installation, surveillance, maintenance and optimization optimization Field of applied mathematics whose principles and methods are used to solve quantitative problems in disciplines including physics, biology, engineering, and economics. of Alcatel network elements. This global approach, both commercially and technologically, was a critical factor to Alcatel's decision to select Acterna as its preferred world provider, which is a distinct honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. for us." 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. Information about Acterna can be found on the Web at www.acterna.com. About Alcatel Alcatel provides end-to-end end-to-end a pattern of anastomosis in which severed ends are matched and united, in contrast with other patterns such as end-to-side or side-to-side. Usually applied to anastomosis of the intestine. communications solutions, enabling carriers, service providers and enterprises to deliver content to any type of user, anywhere in the world. Leveraging its long-term leadership in 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. equipment as well as its expertise in applications and network services, Alcatel enables its customers to focus on optimizing their service offerings and revenue streams. With sales of EURO 16.5 billion in 2002, Alcatel operates in more than 130 countries. For more information, visit Alcatel on the Internet: http://www.alcatel.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. |
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