EXFO's solutions chosen by Tier 1 North American wireless operator

Corporate IT Update, March 17, 2009

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EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc (Nasdaq:EXFO)(TSX:EXF), a provider of test and service assurance solutions for network service providers, announced on Monday (16 March) that its FTB-8120NGE multiservice test module and the FTB-7200D OTDR were selected by a Tier 1 North American wireless operator to support its deployment of a next-generation HSPA/LTE (high-speed packet access/long-term evolution) wireless network.

According to the company, the operator selected EXFO's integrated optical, transport and datacom test solution to ensure its Ethernet backhaul infrastructure performance meets the bandwidth demands of next-generation HSPA/LTE wireless technologies.

The company's integrated test solution, housed in the compact FTB-200 platform, provides front-line technicians with a suite of tools necessary to evaluate backhaul performance and emulate tiered-service offerings to establish baseline quality-of-service (QoS) metrics that are key to any service-level agreement (SLA).

EXFO's FTB-8120NGE Power Blazer is a compact multiservice transport testing module, supporting SONET/SDH testing up to 2.5Gb/s, OTU1 (2.7G), Ethernet up to GigE and 1/2/4G Fibre channel testing and is purpose-built for the deployments of Ethernet-over TDM and Ethernet-over-SONET/SDH services worldwide. In addition, the FTB-7200 LAN/WAN OTDR combines single and multimode fibre test functionalities with advanced dead zone capabilities, four wavelengths, visual fault locator (VFL), high dynamic ranges and an easy-to-use software interface, the company said.

No financial details were disclosed.

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