EXFO's VoIP Service Assurance Solution Selected by Large Broadband Wireless Provider
October 16 2009 - 8:00AM
PR Newswire (US)
This million-dollar agreement covers a central system with
distributed monitoring probes for a multimarket solution that will
grow significantly over the next five years. QUEBEC CITY, Oct. 16
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc.
(NASDAQ:EXFONASDAQ:TSX:NASDAQ:EXF) announced today that it has been
selected as supplier of a VoIP service assurance system including
solutions for monitoring, diagnostics and troubleshooting for a
major broadband wireless provider, supporting voice, broadband and
Internet services. The EXFO Service Assurance BrixCall solution was
selected for several reasons - namely, its ability to correlate
calls across multiple geographic locations; provide centralized
management of distributed probes; and scale to a high volume of
calls and monitoring locations to meet aggressive growth
projections. In addition, the ability to support triple-play
services on a common and extensible platform was another deciding
factor. "In today's competitive environment, it is critical for
service providers to optimize their network operations while
increasing customer quality of experience in order to protect the
customer base. The BrixCall solution enables them to proactively
monitor the quality of the VoIP service across their network,
proactively identify issues and reduce mean time to repair through
advanced troubleshooting capabilities," says Vivian Hudson,
Vice-President and General Manager, EXFO Service Assurance. "This
agreement is a testament to our customers' long-term confidence in
our solutions and further enhances our position in the service
assurance market." The BrixCall VoIP Call Service Assurance System
is an advanced VoIP monitoring solution offering call signaling and
media session analysis along with a centralized correlation and
analysis engine that provides a comprehensive view of live VoIP
service performance to ensure service quality from the network core
to customer premises. For more information on BrixCall, please
visit http://www.exfo.com/. About EXFO EXFO is a leading provider
of test and service assurance solutions for network service
providers and equipment manufacturers in the global
telecommunications industry. The Telecom Division offers a wide
range of innovative solutions extending across the full technology
lifecycle - from design to technology deployment and onto service
assurance-and covering all layers on a network infrastructure to
enable triple-play services and next-generation, converged IP
networking. The Life Sciences and Industrial Division offers
solutions in medical device and opto-electronics assembly,
fluorescence microscopy and other life science sectors. For more
information, visit http://www.exfo.com/. DATASOURCE: EXFO
ELECTRO-OPTICAL ENGINEERING INC. CONTACT: Vance Oliver, Manager,
Investor Relations, (418) 683-0913, ext. 3733,
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