Verizon to Deploy Acterna's NetOptimize Capacity Manager OSS For Network Performance Management; Solution Supports Verizon's National Data Network.Business Editors/Hi-Tech Writers GERMANTOWN, Md.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--May 16, 2001 Acterna (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 :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) ), the second largest provider of communications test and management solutions, today announced that Verizon Communications has selected Acterna's NetOptimize Capacity Manager OSS Oss (ôs), city (1994 pop. 62,141), North Brabant prov., S Netherlands; chartered 1399. It is a significant industrial center. Manufactures include meat products, chemicals, pharmaceuticals, electrical equipment, and metalware. (operations support system) to support optimized performance of a variety of services on the carrier's national consumer data network. Nationwide deployment of the system is in progress. Verizon Communications, a leading provider of telecommunications services, will use information collected by the NetOptimize Capacity Manager software throughout its national network to proactively ensure efficient, reliable delivery of a wide range of digital services, including packetized DSL DSL in full Digital Subscriber Line Broadband digital communications connection that operates over standard copper telephone wires. It requires a DSL modem, which splits transmissions into two frequency bands: the lower frequencies for voice (ordinary , frame relay, and SMDS (Switched Multimegabit Data Service) A high-speed, switched data communications service offered by the local telephone companies for interconnecting LANs in different locations. It was introduced in 1992 and became generally available nationwide by 1995. , to its customers. The software also will assist Verizon in assessing probable usage levels in the future, allowing the carrier to meet upcoming customer requirements with peak efficiency. "We are completely focused on providing service providers with tools that enable fast, efficient and reliable networking services, and are driven to help Verizon ensure that network capacity will be ready to meet the increasing requirements of customers," said Andrew Hurrell, Acterna director of product marketing. "We are very pleased to have been selected by Verizon for our NetOptimize Capacity Manager OSS that forecasts usage levels and anticipates customer need." Acterna's NetOptimize Capacity Manager is a performance management solution that supports data traffic collection and trending to help manage the quality, availability and reliability of data network services. The system automates the performance management process by generating and distributing reports at regular intervals from statistical information collected from thousands of geographically dispersed network elements. NetOptimize Capacity Manager is a scalable, flexible system that allows for future growth of next-generation technologies and services. Verizon Communications (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :VZ) is one of the world's leading providers of communications services. Verizon companies are the largest providers of wireline and wireless communications in the United States, with nearly 109 million access line equivalents and more than 27.5 million wireless customers. 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 produces annualized annualized Of or relating to a variable that has been mathematically converted to a yearly rate. Inflation and interest rates are generally annualized since it is on this basis that these two variables are ordinarily stated and compared. revenue of more than $1 billion and serves customers in more than 80 countries with 4,700 employees. Acterna is a subsidiary of Acterna Corporation (NASDAQ:ACTR). Information about Acterna can be found on the Web at www.acterna.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. Glossary: DSL - digital subscriber line See DSL. (communications, protocol) Digital Subscriber Line - (DSL, or Digital Subscriber Loop, xDSL - see below) A family of digital telecommunications protocols designed to allow high speed data communication over the existing copper telephone lines between end-users and ; IP - Internet protocol; SMDS - switched multimegabit data service See SMDS. (networking) Switched Multimegabit Data Service - (SMDS) An emerging high-speed datagram-based public data network service developed by Bellcore and expected to be widely used by telephone companies as the basis for their data networks. . |
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