RED-C Completes ETSI and NEBS Compliancy Tests for its Network Interfaced Raman Amplifier Product Line.

CANNES, France -- RED-C Optical Networks, a leading provider of state-of-the-art Locally Controlled Subsystems based on optical amplification technology, announced today that it has completed ETSI (European Telecommunications Standards Institute) and NEBS (Network Equipment-Building System) compliancy testing for its Sentior 19000 product line, the Network Interfaced Raman amplifiers.

The Sentior 19000 product line is a rack-mountable (1RU) intelligent Raman amplifier. It embeds Raman amplifiers with up to five pumps, and can be operated as a fully independent stand-alone network element supporting SNMP and TL/1 communication protocols. The Sentior 19000 is qualified as Class 1M with respect to laser safety as it incorporates three parallel, nondependent, eye-safety mechanisms that eliminate the risk of physical and eye injuries in case of power leaks due to link failures (such as open connectors, both PC and APC, and broken fiber) even at a distance of a few tens of Km from the unit. This unique and comprehensive safety mechanism is RED-C Patent protected and extremely important because of the Raman amplifier's high output power.

RED-C's product line of network-interfaced modules directly communicates with the network's management and provides system vendors with enhanced flexibility and design alternatives in implementing their optical networks. It enables the incorporation of optical amplifiers as a new network element with minimal changes to the network's hardware and operating software.

Yossi Boker, RED-C Co-Founder, President and CEO, comments: "We are pleased to report the successful completion of ETSI and NEBS compliance qualification for the Network Interfaced Raman amplifier product line. It is a further milestone in our roadmap to make this product line the standard for Raman amplifiers."

About RED-C

RED-C Optical Networks is a recognized top-player in the optical amplifier market, paving the way for its innovative concept of locally-controlled optical subsystems, based on optical amplification technology. RED-C's Sentior product line constitutes the entire range of optical amplification modules, including the market-leading Self-Managed EDFA, the widely deployed Variable-Gain EDFA, the patent protected Gain Switched Variable Gain EDFA, the innovative class 1M Raman Amplifier and various cost-effective Fixed-Gain EDFAs.

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