Supplier News

  1. Acterna Launches Industry's Most Cost-Effective Test Solution for Next-Generation Wireless Phones 10/22/2001
    Acterna today announced the release of the Acterna 4303 and 4353 for testing CDMA 2000 devices and handsets. These devices are the most cost-effective handset testers available to date for 3G phones used in the next-generation CDMA standard. The testers are available for both manufacturing and service applications and will be introduced at the 2001 CDMA Americas Congress, October 31 to November 2, 2001.
  2. Acterna Strengthens Wireless Network Test Portfolio with UMTS Tester 10/17/2001
    Acterna today announced the release of the Acterna 8610 3G Mobile Test Solution for the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS), the company's first wireless network tester for 3G standards. The Acterna 8610 3G Mobile Test Solution gives manufacturers and network operators a powerful tool to test the behavior and performance of networks by realistically simulating network conditions.
  3. Software Controls for Automated Fiber Alignment 10/12/2001
    Melles Griot introduces ActiveX® automation software for its line of automatic fiber-alignment systems and workstations.
  4. ORA's Expansion Continues with Tucson Office Growth 10/8/2001
    Continued strong growth in the company’s software and engineering services businesses has prompted Optical Research Associates (ORA) to hire key new personnel in its Tucson, Arizona facility
  5. New Laser Enables Real-Time Measurement of Components 10/1/2001
    New Focus, Inc. a leading supplier of innovative fiber optic products for next-generation optical networks under the Smart Optics for Networks™ brand, today announced an ultra-fast, highly repeatable, tunable laser source specifically designed for testing passive fiber optic components.
  6. Pirelli Leads Industry in High-Fiber-Count Cable Solutions 8/22/2001
    LEXINGTON, S.C. – Pirelli Communications Cables and Systems North America offers a range of fiber optic cables with the highest fiber counts in the industry to give communications network builders the solutions they need for maximum current capacity with future-proof expandability.

  7. Acterna Introduces Centralized Testing Solution For Data Networks 8/2/2001
    Acterna (NASDAQ: ACTR) today announced the first in a series of integrated data testing solutions that allows network operators to remotely pinpoint the root cause of data troubles within frame relay and ATM networks.
  8. Acterna Introduces First Single-Platform Multi-Rate DSL Solution 7/17/2001
    Acterna (NASDAQ: ACTR) today announced the addition of symmetrical high speed DSL analysis capability to the Acterna Testpad DSL Broadband Services Module, making it the only all-in-one solution available for DSL service provisioning.
  9. Optical Data Receiver with Avalanche Photodiode and 1.3Ghz Amplifier 9/7/2000
    Pacific Silicon Sensor Inc. announces the introduction of an Ultrasensitive Optical Data Receiver, part number PSS-AD500-1.3G-TO5, designed for near IR wavelengths and with a bandwidth of 1.3 Gigahertz (–6db) utilizing a 500µm diameter avalanche silicon photodiode (APD).
  10. Space Shuttle Tests Extra Terrestrial Fiber Optic Capabilities 3/4/1999
    The Space Shuttle Discovery carried a fiber optic experiment on the Hubble Space Telescope Orbital Systems Test (HOST) platform that was designed to determine if fiber optic communication would work in harsh space environments...