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Archive for January, 2009

• BroadSoft Tests With Empirix

  Monday, January 26th, 2009

  BEDFORD, Mass. — Hammer™ test platforms from Empirix Inc., the industry’s leading supplier of VoIP testing systems, have been selected by BroadSoft to serve as the primary test tools to verify and validate the performance, reliability and scalability of BroadSoft’s carrier-class VoIP application software and platforms. BroadSoft has more than 95 carrier customers, including BellSouth, MCI, Singtel, Telstra, and XO Communications, with more than 900,000 subscribers shipped.

  BroadSoft is utilizing the Hammer FX™, Hammer NXT™ and Hammer Call Analyzer™, as well as specialized testing applications developed jointly by the two companies, to provide the centerpiece for BroadSoft’s next-generation quality assurance initiatives. Hammer products enable BroadSoft to perform a complete range of conformance, feature and scalability tests on its products, under a wide more

• DiCon Launches Product Blitz

  Monday, January 26th, 2009

  RICHMOND, Calif. — DiCon Fiberoptics Inc., a leading manufacturer of fiberoptic components, modules, and test equipment, is announcing availability of a Dynamic Power Equalization (DPE) Plug-In for its GP700 line of optical test and measurement equipment. The DPE Plug-In provides a constant-power optical output, at a preset, user-adjustable level, controlled via software. A closed-loop feedback circuit is used to adjust the attenuation of the optical input power, using a DiCon Variable Optical Attenuator (VOA). The DPE Plug-In features low insertion loss (1.2 to 1.8 dB, depending on the optical tap ratio selected), precise resolution, excellent repeatability, low back reflection, and a wide attenuation range (30 dB).

  The DPE Plug-In is designed for use in the GP700M, the modular-chassis version of DiCon’s industry-leading optical test and measurement platform. The more

• NexTone Integrates Telchemy Tester

  Monday, January 26th, 2009

  SUWANEE, Ga. — Telchemy,® Incorporated, the global leader in real-time Voice over IP (VoIP) Fault and Performance Management technology, and NexTone Communications, the market leader in real-time session management, today announced that NexTone has licensed Telchemy’s VQmon® call quality monitoring and analysis software for use in its Multiprotocol Session Controller (MSC).

  Specifically, NexTone will feature VQmon/SA (Stream Analysis) call quality analysis algorithms in its industry-leading MSC product for carriers and enterprises to use in monitoring, diagnosing, and managing network call and packet-related problems. NexTone’s MSC enforces QoS policies across the network edge, thus enabling carriers and enterprises to route, manage, and control real-time traffic at minimal cost.

  “Our use of Telchemy’s VQmon is evidence of our commitment more

• NetTest Enhances VOIP Tester

  Monday, January 26th, 2009

  SAN JOSE, Calif. — NetTest, a global provider of operational support solutions for advanced and converged networks, today announced new enhancements to its MasterQuest VoIP monitoring solution, the most complete service assurance system for voice-over-IP

  (VoIP) networks. The new version provides monitoring of VoIP customer terminals and access points, enabling service providers to more efficiently deploy VoIP for enterprise customers.

  NetTest also signed its first MasterQuest VoIP solution customer contract from a North American Tier One operator. The operator will be using MasterQuest VoIP for monitoring VoIP-based long distance bypass, which provides tremendous cost savings compared to using traditional long distance transport bandwidth.

  The enhanced MasterQuest VoIP solution includes multi-purpose session tracing capabilities ranging from more

• Tektronix Unveils Software VOIP Tester

  Thursday, January 15th, 2009

  BEAVERTON, Ore. — Tektronix, Inc. (NYSE: TEK – News), a leading worldwide provider of network management and diagnostics products, announced the availability of a software-only edition of the Spectra2 that offers a robust remote testing capability for VoIP testers and product development engineers. Known as Spectra2|SE, the software-only edition helps next-generation and traditional equipment manufacturers and carriers test VoIP signaling protocols, including H.323, SIP, RTP, MGCP, and Megaco.

  Customers can install the Spectra2|SE software on their own hardware platform, such as a laptop equipped with a standard Network Interface Card (NIC), and can perform the same VoIP testing functions at remote locations and customer sites. Media and QoS VoIP testing for the Spectra2|SE are available options with a new RTP Testing Package that supports active PESQ and voice more

• Ixia Claims Terabit Tester

  Thursday, January 15th, 2009

  CALABASAS, Calif. — Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA), a leading, global provider of IP network testing solutions, announced today the industry’s highest density 10 Gigabit Ethernet test platform. The new 6 port, 10 Gigabit Ethernet test module for Ixia’s Optixia test platform provides 600 Gigabit/sec full duplex or 1.2 Terabit/sec total bandwidth in a single test platform. This capability was developed to meet demand from network equipment manufacturers, semiconductor manufacturers, and carriers that are accelerating the deployment of 10 Gigabit Ethernet technology and services. Early adoption of the Optixia 10 Gigabit Ethernet solution has already begun in Asia with a shipment this month to a large national carrier that is rolling out a mix of complex triple-play services.

  Optixia provides a single test platform for Layer 2 and 3 traffic generation, IP Routing emulation, more

• Empirix Offers Software-Only VOIP Tester

  Thursday, January 15th, 2009

  BEDFORD, Mass. — Empirix, the industry’s leading supplier of VoIP testing solutions, today introduced the newest release of its award-winning Hammer FX-IP™ functional test system. The 2.1 release includes the first software-only version of the product, which can be installed on a laptop PC, as well as support for testing T.38 real-time fax over IP, SIP over TCP, and other enhancements that simplify creation and editing of advanced test scripts for IP-based enhanced services. The Hammer FX-IP, recognized as a 2004 TMC Labs’ Innovation Award winner, is the industry’s most widely-used VoIP and next-generation services feature test platform.

  The Hammer FX-IP speeds the development and validation of IP-based components and systems, reducing time-to-market for next-generation VoIP network equipment manufacturers and service providers. Its powerful combination of more

• Agilent Intros Portable Oscilloscope

  Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

  PALO ALTO, Calif. — Agilent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: A) today introduced 12 portable digital storage and mixed signal oscilloscopes (DSOs/MSOs) with bandwidths of 300 MHz, 500 MHz and the industry’s first portable 1 GHz offering. With a real-time display update rate up to 30 times faster than competing models, the Agilent 6000 Series can now show critical events in complex waveforms, dramatically reducing design verification and debug time. These oscilloscopes provide industry-leading waveform viewing and measurement insight for embedded system designers in the aerospace/defense, automotive, communications and consumer electronics industries.

  For the most exceptional waveform viewing, these oscilloscopes feature Agilent’s patented MegaZoom III display technology. MegaZoom III provides exceptional real-time, high-resolution XGA waveform viewing with 256 levels more

• Infonet Picks Acterna’s Testers

  Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

  GERMANTOWN, Md. — Acterna, the largest provider of test and network management solutions to telecommunications network operators, today announced it has been selected by Infonet Services Corporation (NYSE: IN), a leading provider of global communications services for multinationals, to ensure the reliable worldwide delivery of its managed IP services. Specifically, Acterna will supply its ANT-5 SDH Access Tester and the FST-2510A TestPad, the world’s lightest and easiest-to-use DS1 to OC-192/STM-64 tester.

  Both the Acterna ANT-5 SDH Access Tester and the FST-2510A TestPad will help Infonet install and analyze its IP services, recently rated “Best in Class” in Telemark Consulting’s benchmarking report on International Business IP Services. The field tools serve different purposes, but are engineered to provide Infonet with the highest performance possible for more

• Continuum, EdenTree Team for Test

  Wednesday, January 14th, 2009

  BOSTON — Continuum Photonics, a supplier of advanced photonic switch products, and EdenTree Technologies, a provider of test automation solutions, today announced their plan to demonstrate an integrated optical test solution at OFC/NFOEC 2005, using Agilent optical test equipment. Attendees in Anaheim will be able to visually identify and change test equipment configurations in Boston, experience automated test, and interpret test data results remotely. The demonstration will take place in Continuum’s booth #2233, during the exhibition hours Tuesday March 8 through Thursday March 10.

  DirectLight® IG switches from Continuum are scalable, non-blocking optical switches, transparent to protocol and line rate, and ideal for physical and protocol layer testing and automation in manufacturing production and lab environments. The Connect_ET® lab management application from more