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Optical Communication Products Announces DWDM SFP Product Line MSA Compliant Modules for OC-48/STM-16 80km Applications

Posted on: Monday, 19 September 2005, 15:00 CDT

Optical Communication Products, Inc. (NASDAQ:OCPI), a manufacturer of fiber optic subsystems and modules for metropolitan area, local area and storage area networks, today announced the availability of its OC-48/STM-16 Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) small form pluggable (SFP) transceiver with integrated digital diagnostics monitoring (DDM) to support high-density, long distance 80km metropolitan area networking (MAN) applications.

"We have an excellent low power design with a typical power consumption of 1watt that is addressing the thermal management concerns of our customers," said Kirk Bovill, director of marketing. "We are well positioned to support the growing WDM-based metro market with our MSA-compliant DWDM SFP package."

OCP's TRPW48L2 DWDM product line is compliant with the G.692 ITU-T standard, offering 44 wavelengths on 100GHz C-Band spacing with an optical link budget of 26dB. The DFB lasers used in these SFP transceivers feature an integrated optical isolator for stable transmitter operation under the varying back-reflection conditions that exist in installed cable plants.

The modules are designed for multi-rate applications, supporting data rates ranging from 2.67Gb/s down to 125Mb/s. The DDM functionality adheres to the SFP DWDM MSA, enabling the end-user to monitor key areas in the performance of the SFP transceiver: internal temperature, DC supply voltage, transmitter bias current, transmitter output power, receive optical signal level, laser wavelength and TEC current. Integrated DDM functionality also incorporates warnings and alarms to monitor these parameters.

In addition to DWDM SFP transceivers, OCP offers a full portfolio of single wavelength and CWDM SFP solutions to address OC-3, OC-12 and OC-48 SONET/SDH applications as well as Gigabit Ethernet applications with transmission distances ranging from 220m to 120km.

The DWDM SFP transceivers are expected to be in production in late 2005. Pricing and shipping information is available by contacting OCP sales at 818-251-7100 or via e-mail at sales@ocp-inc.com.

OCP's OC-48/STM-16 DWDM SFP multi-rate transceivers will be on display at the 31st European Conference on Optical Communications (ECOC 2005) on September 25-29, 2005 at the Scottish Exhibit Center in Glasgow, Scotland. Please visit OCP's booth #122 for more information.

About Optical Communication Products, Inc. (OCP)

OCP designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of fiber optic subsystems and modules for metropolitan, local and storage area networks. OCP's product lines include optical transceivers, transponders, transmitters and receivers. For more information visit OCP's web site at www.ocp-inc.com.

OCP was founded in 1991 and has its headquarters in Woodland Hills, California. The Furukawa Electric Co., Ltd., based in Tokyo, Japan, beneficially owns approximately 58.4% of OCP's outstanding capital stock as of June 30, 2005.

Safe Harbor Statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995:

This release contains forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Actual results may differ materially from the results predicted. Important factors which could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include those detailed under "Risk Factors" and elsewhere in filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission made from time to time by OCP, including its periodic filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. Other factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in the forward-looking statements include the risks that OCP's customers do not purchase its new products in the quantities anticipated and OCP's entrance into the new product markets may be more difficult than anticipated. OCP undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof or to reflect the occurrence of unanticipated events.

Source: Business Wire

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