JDSU Selected by BT to Provide HST-3000 Broadband Access Testers
January 20 2010 - 7:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 20 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU today
announced that Openreach, the local access network division of BT
Group, one of the world's leading providers of communications
solutions and services, has selected JDSU's industry-leading
HST-3000 handheld broadband access tester. The JDSU HST-3000 was
selected by Openreach as one of its tester suppliers for its
ability to support broadband network performance, reduce costly
truck rolls, and to ensure customer service level agreements are
met with the highest standard of quality. BT Group plans to deliver
advanced broadband services at speeds of 40 Mbits/s to 10 million
premises in the U.K. by 2012. The JDSU HST-3000 supports the
cost-effective installation and maintenance of these services.
Openreach owns and manages the local access network that connects
homes and businesses across the U.K. and provides network services
to communications providers. Deployed by service providers
worldwide for the installation and maintenance testing of
next-generation FTTx technologies and services, the JDSU HST-3000
tests the physical layer, verifies services and improves network
operations processes. Designed to address virtually every test
challenge from the network edge to the premises for both copper and
fiber-based services, the HST-3000 equips field technicians with an
accurate solution to turn-up communications services and to isolate
and resolve network impairments. "JDSU is proud to be providing BT
with an industry-leading broadband network tester," said Dave
Holly, president of JDSU's Communications Test and Measurement
business segment. "Broadband access continues to drive innovative
communication applications at home and work and we are glad to be
working on such an important initiative with one of the world's
premiere communications companies." About JDSU JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU;
and TSX: JDU) enables broadband and optical innovation in the
communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the
leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions
and optical products for telecommunications service providers,
cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. JDSU is also
a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for
medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing,
display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and
decorative applications. More information is available at
http://www.jdsu.com/.
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