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Sunrise Telecom Enhances Its Optical Time Domain Reflectometers With New Affordable Modules for Its SunSet MTT Platform

Posted on: Thursday, 23 June 2005, 09:00 CDT

SAN JOSE, Calif., June 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Defining the next generation of Optical Time Domain Reflectometers (OTDRs), Sunrise Telecom(R) Incorporated , a leader in testing and monitoring solutions for voice, video, data services and next-generation digital multi-media, today added two new versions of its Micro OTDR modules to its industry-leading SunSet Modular Test Toolkit (MTT) handheld platform. These new multi-mode OTDRs deliver the powerful performance and features expected from Mini-OTDRs in one of the industry's smallest packages -- only 5.0"x 3.5"x 0.9" (126 x 90 x 22 mm) for the module -- at lower cost, allowing outside plant and network installation and maintenance managers to expand their test gear, eliminating the need for technicians to share equipment and boosting productivity. In tandem with the Sunset MTT platform, the new SSMTT-35C and SSMTT-35D Micro OTDRs form an all-in-one solution for telecom and enterprise testing.

"As demand for bandwidth increases while fiber cost continues to decrease, enterprises, telecom and cable TV companies zealously install more fiber throughout their corporate and access networks. These installations typically are comprised of high quantities of relatively short fiber creating unique and demanding installation and maintenance scenarios," said Charlie Songpetchmongkol, product manager at Sunrise Telecom. "To meet these challenges, technicians and engineers require an extremely small, portable and inexpensive OTDR. This need is precisely what drove Sunrise Telecom to develop the Micro OTDR series."

Designed around proven technology specifically to test optical fiber in access and corporate (IT) networks, the SSMTT-35C Micro OTDR module for Multi-mode 50/125 um fiber and SSMTT-35D Micro OTDR module for Multi-mode 62.5/125 um fiber both support dual wavelengths at 850 nm and 1300 nm. In combination with Sunrise Telecom's single-mode OTDR modules, the Micro OTDR series addresses a wide range of OTDR requirements in access networks from LAN and metro optical networks to FTTP (Fiber-to-the-Premises).

The Micro OTDR modules offer many advanced features including LSA (Least Square Approximation) to improve the accuracy of splice loss measurement, dual markers to determine fiber section loss and distance, and standard Bellcore GR-196 format for storage. Simplifying and speeding testing, the new Micro OTDR modules allow technicians to secure a complete measurement automatically using a single AUTO button. The results can be stored in a standard MMC card and transferred to a personal computer effortlessly for further detailed analysis and reporting.

About the SunSet MTT Platform

With more than 30 different test modules, the SunSet MTT platform gives service installers the industry's broadest solution for installing and troubleshooting voice and data wireline access applications. These include T1/E1, T3/E3, SONET/SDH, ISDN, IP, VoIP, Gigabit Ethernet, Fibre Channel, ATM, Datacom, HSSI, x-DSL, OTDR, FTTx and triple play networks. This industry-leading tool kit provides multi-layer diagnostic solutions -- allowing technicians to troubleshoot while easily moving between the physical, service, and network layers. The platform is inherently modular, offering unparalleled flexibility for customers as their technology, network architecture, and budgets change. This modularity provides a cost-effective solution so that customers can reduce their budget without sacrificing critical testing equipment.

Pricing and Availability

The Micro OTDRs are available beginning in July 2005 from Sunrise Telecom. For pricing and ordering information, contact http://www.sunrisetelecom.com/.

About Sunrise Telecom Incorporated

Sunrise Telecom develops testing and monitoring solutions that ensure its customers can deliver high-quality voice, video, data and next-generation digital multimedia services quickly, reliably and profitably. The firm's feature-rich, easy-to-use solutions allow service providers to pre-qualify, verify, and diagnose telecommunications, cable TV, and Internet networks, and new broadband services including wireline access, DSL, fiber optics, cable TV, cable modem, and signaling networks to ensure their customers' satisfaction.

Sunrise Telecom's products maximize service technicians' effectiveness and provide advanced network monitoring to proactively identify and react to network problems before the network use is disrupted. Based in San Jose, California, Sunrise Telecom distributes its products through a network of sales representatives, distributors and a direct sales force throughout Asia, Europe, and North America. For more information, visit the company's website at http://www.sunrisetelecom.com/.

NOTE: Sunrise Telecom, SunSet MTT, and SunSet are registered trademarks of Sunrise Telecom Incorporated. All other trade, product, or service names referenced in this release may be trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders.

Sunrise Telecom Incorporated

CONTACT: Ildefonso Polo, Director of Product Marketing, Sunrise TelecomIncorporated, +1-408-360-2223, or ipolo@sunrisetelecom.com

Web site: http://www.sunrisetelecom.com/

Source: PRNewswire-FirstCall

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