Canoga Perkins Entire Chassis Line Now Carrier Class NEBS Level 3 Certified.Business Editors/High-Tech Writers CHATSWORTH, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Nov. 4, 2003 Canoga Perkins, a leading supplier of Carrier Class fiber optic extension equipment, Transparent LAN Service A service from a carrier that links remote Ethernets together. It is called "transparent" because the connected Ethernets are viewed as one Ethernet by the customer, regardless of the technology employed by the carrier in between. equipment and cost effective WDM (1) (Wavelength Division Multiplexing) A technology that uses multiple lasers and transmits several wavelengths of light (lambdas) simultaneously over a single optical fiber. systems, announced today that its entire Universal Chassis System (UCS (Universal Character Set) An ISO/IEC format for coding character sets. ISO/IEC 10646 was synchronized with Unicode; however, Unicode adds additional constraints, and compliance with 10646 does not guarantee compatibility with Unicode. See Unicode. ) product line is now NEBS NEBS Network Equipment Building System (Bell Telephone Labs) NEBS Network Equipment Building Standards NEBS New England Business Services NEBS New England Barbecue Society NEBS Neue Europäische Bewegung Schweiz Level 3 tested and certified. The Canoga Perkins team developed the intelligent Universal Chassis System as a multi-technology platform to house and manage its line of fiber optic extension equipment, fiber optic modems and wave division multiplexers in a mix and match method providing complete flexibility and space savings. Any available technology can be used in any chassis slot where and when you need it. With the just-announced certification of the UCS 1001, the entire UCS chassis system product line is now NEBS Level 3 tested and certified. As with all Canoga Perkins products, Carrier Class reliability and ease of use are the key user benefits. Jack Buhn, Canoga Perkins President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. , stated, "Having NEBS Level 3 certification on the full UCS product line, along with our 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. 9000:2000 certification, adds a new dimension to the application possibilities. Service Providers can now use the entire UCS family in the central office due to the NEBS Level 3 certification. All of our Carrier Class products are NEBS Level 3 tested and certified. Not simply NEBS "certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. " as with many of the equipment manufacturers today." NEBS Level 3 certification, developed by Bellcore, is required by Service Providers for use in central office (CO) applications. It is a very difficult and expensive classification to obtain. Having a NEBS Level 3 certified vendor brings a great deal of extra value to users. It implies higher standards, safer equipment, network integrity and dependable products from a quality manufacturer. What does NEBS testing mean to a user? Better-built equipment. What does NEBS testing check for that commodity products cannot provide? NEBS is a strict testing environment for personnel safety, protection of property and operational continuity. This includes physical and electrical requirements. NEBS is based on, or is the basis of, national and international standards. NEBS is unique because it addresses the area of telecommunications in the U.S. for Service Providers that demand stringent safety requirements and the ultimate in reliability. About Canoga Perkins Canoga Perkins is a leading provider of fiber optic extension equipment and cost effective WDM systems with web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. enabled management tools. We have offices and partnerships worldwide to support our users. Canoga Perkins offers its customers the most technologically and functionally advanced optical networking Communications between computers, telephones and other electronic devices using light. An optical network is far more reliable and has far greater potential transmission capacity than networking in the electrical domain. See optical fiber. systems available for long distance fiber optic extension equipment. Using Canoga Perkins equipment, customers can increase their reliability, efficiency and new application development and deployment. For more information about Canoga Perkins, contact the company at 818-678-3804 or visit us on the World Wide Web at http://www.canoga.com. |
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