SAN JOSE, Calif., May 7, 2012 /PRNewswire/ --
Symmetricom®, Inc. (NASDAQ: SYMM), a worldwide leader in
precision time and frequency technologies, today announced that its
TimeProvider® 5000, the company's flagship carrier-grade IEEE
1588-2008 Grandmaster Clock, has been selected as a finalist under
the Best LTE Core Network Elements category for the LTE Awards.
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The Telecoms.com LTE World Series is designed to recognize
achievements in the LTE industry. The awards will take place at LTE
World Summit 2012 on May 23rd in
Barcelona where the winners will
be announced. These prestigious awards have now become a
symbol of recognition to the entire industry as a mark of
leadership, quality and innovation.
The TimeProvider 5000 Grandmaster Clock plays a key role in the
deployment of an LTE network, delivering frequency and phase
synchronization required for 4G/LTE and upcoming LTE-Advanced
networks. TimeProvider 5000 is the only carrier grade
multi-standard master clock that supports IEEE 1588 (PTP),
Synchronous Ethernet (SyncE), and Network Time Protocol (NTP) in
the marketplace today and is the recognized gold standard
supporting both networks transitioning from TDM to IP as well as
for full Ethernet networks.
"There is no other timing and synchronization solution in the
marketplace like the TimeProvider 5000," said Manish Gupta, vice president of marketing and
business development at Symmetricom. "Being recognized by the LTE
World Series is a great industry endorsement of the value this
solution offers service providers deploying LTE networks
globally."
Symmetricom's TimeProvider 5000 was specifically built to handle
stringent frequency and phase requirements of next generation
networks. It offers service providers simultaneous support for PTP
1588, T1/E1 and NTP and scalability with the capacity to support up
to 1000 PTP clients. China Mobile recently selected the
TimeProvider 5000 to deploy IEEE 1588 and SyncE for its Packet
Transport Network (PTN) deployment.
For more information about the TimeProvider 5000, please visit:
http://www.symmetricom.com/products/ieee-1588-ptp-solutions/ptp-servers/TimeProvider-5000-and-TimeProvider-Expansion/
About Symmetricom, Inc.
Symmetricom (NASDAQ:SYMM), a world leader in precise time
solutions, sets the world's standard for time. The company
generates, distributes and applies precise time for the
communications, aerospace/defense, IT infrastructure and metrology
industries. Symmetricom's customers, from communications service
providers and network equipment manufacturers to governments and
their suppliers worldwide, are able to build more reliable networks
and systems by using the company's advanced timing technologies,
atomic clocks, services and solutions. All products support today's
precise timing standards, including GPS-based timing, IEEE 1588
(PTP), Network Time Protocol (NTP), Synchronous Ethernet and
DOCSIS® timing. Symmetricom is based in San Jose, Calif., with offices worldwide. For
more information, visit: http://www.symmetricom.com or join the
dialogue at http://www.twitter.com/symmetricom.
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Symmetricom Contact:
Tracy Schriver
Symmetricom, Inc.
t:707-636-1908
tschriver@symmetricom.com
Media Contact:
Liam Rose
GolinHarris for Symmetricom
t: 415-318-4380
lrose@golinharris.com
SOURCE Symmetricom, Inc.