For a fifth consecutive year, this award acknowledges
EXFO's leadership in the portable FOTE sector, illustrating the
company's ongoing innovation and excellence in optical
testing
QUEBEC CITY, Nov. 18, 2015 /CNW Telbec/ - EXFO Inc. (NASDAQ:
EXFO) (TSX: EXF) announced today that it has been named recipient
of the 2015 Frost & Sullivan Global Market Share Leadership
Award in the portable fiber-optic test equipment (FOTE) market.
According to Frost & Sullivan, a leading global growth
consulting firm, EXFO consolidated its hold on first place in the
portable FOTE market by growing 6% compared to 4% for the industry
in 2014 based on its ongoing innovation and excellence in optical
testing. Frost & Sullivan removed market data for fiber
inspection probes in its 2015 report—it created a separate category
for this product line—which resulted in a market-leading share of
34.4% for EXFO in the portable FOTE sector.
EXFO's prevailing position within the telecom operators in
emergent countries for FTTx deployments, as well as its
realizations in helping North American cable/TV companies and
multiservice operators (MSOs) in their network expansion through
WDM technology, have helped the company maintain its brand on a
global scale within the portable FOTE market. The company's ability
to expand its fiber-testing knowledge into fast-growing market
segments, such as fronthaul (fiber-to-the-antenna (FTTA)),
distributed antenna system (DAS) and C-RAN, as well as data
centers, has also helped secure market shares.
The key performance driver for EXFO has been its focus on
bringing unique solutions to market, such as the iLOOP feature on
its popular intelligent Optical Link Mapper (iOLM), which was
designed to accelerate, simplify, automate and standardize test
procedures in OTDR testing. The result: improved workflow that
addresses field and operational challenges while accelerating
time-to-revenue. The fast adoption of these test
solutions—including the newly introduced MaxTester 700B Series and
first tablet-inspired handheld OTDRs—demonstrate that EXFO
successfully managed to provide these best-in-class products by
carrying out insightful research to ensure that customers enjoy the
complete benefits, both in terms of features and operational
efficiency gains.
"The holistic approach for its product offering, featuring
regular upgrades and ease of use, positions EXFO as the key
innovator in the FOTE market," said Sujan
Sami, Industry Manager at Frost & Sullivan. "With its
recent innovations and clearly dominant role in the optical
time-domain reflector (OTDR) segment, EXFO once again demonstrated
leading expertise in the field of fiber testing. The company has
also become a key player in the fiber inspection probe market,
showing stellar performance in one of the fastest growing segments
in the FOTE market."
Part of the many sources of EXFO's continuous success in the
handheld FOTE market is the unique environment surrounding its
portable product portfolio. Thanks to the connectivity features
available on FTB Ecosystem portable test platforms, and EXFO
Connect cloud-based equipment and test data management services,
EXFO's test devices are continuously synchronized and
interconnected throughout the test cycle, enabling operators to
exploit the full potential and value of their test results. In
addition to improving and automating the test workflow, such
connected ecosystems open up a whole new array of capabilities that
include assessing the performance of an individual installer,
auditing results from multiple contractors in real time, or even
tracking the completion status of your entire deployment from a
centralized access point. Accordingly, this approach brings clear
benefits to everyone along the value chain—from field technicians
to network deployment managers—and clearly differentiated EXFO from
other portable FOTE vendors.
"Building close relationships with customers to become their
trusted advisors while tailoring solutions to better solve their
business problems have been key success factors for EXFO in 2014,"
said Stéphane Chabot, Vice-President of EXFO's Physical-Layer Test
Division. "As we are celebrating our 30th anniversary
this year, we will continue to build our brand and increase our
global presence to ensure that we offer our customers the best
portfolio in the industry and maintain the lead position that EXFO
has acquired in the portable FOTE market over the years."
Other key, portable FOTE products offered by EXFO
include power meters, light sources,
OLTS, inspection probes, OTDRs, dispersion
analyzers and optical spectrum analyzers (OSAs).
To learn more about the Frost & Sullivan awards,
visit www.awards.frost.com. For details about EXFO's other
industry recognitions, please visit the Awards and
Recognitions section on EXFO.com.
About EXFO
EXFO enables extraordinary experiences on
global networks. Our test, service assurance and network visibility
solutions allow equipment manufacturers and network operators to
deliver a wealth of services to consumers, while increasing network
capacity and reducing operating costs. From a company executive
holding a telepresence meeting with overseas staff to a runner
transferring data from wearable technology, EXFO's inherent
expertise and powerful analytics render these events commonplace.
Simply put, we have evolved over our 30-year history to ensure
unmatched quality of service and quality of experience on
next-generation fixed and mobile networks. EXFO has a staff of
approximately 1,500 people in 25 countries, supporting more than
2,000 customers worldwide. For more information, visit www.EXFO.com
and follow us on the EXFO Blog, Twitter, LinkedIn, Facebook,
Google+ and YouTube.
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