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Optical Communication Products Adds Industrial Temperature Option to Its Gigabit Ethernet CWDM SFP Transceiver Product Line

Posted on: Tuesday, 20 September 2005, 15:00 CDT

OCP Adds -40C to 85C Options to Their Extensive SFP Portfolio Supporting Gigabit Ethernet Enterprise and Metro Applications

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 industrial temperature (-40C to 85C) rated SFP transceivers for Gigabit Ethernet CWDM applications.

"Ethernet-based networks continue to expand beyond the traditional LAN environment and OCP is right there to support the latest customer requirements. We are seeing Gigabit Ethernet being used in many of the latest FTTN (Fiber-To-The-Node) systems and these new industrial temperature range CWDM products complement the non-CWDM SFPs that we already offer for this application", said Kirk Bovill, director of marketing. "The push to outside plant environments requires a more robust transceiver to handle a wider temperature range than standard commercial optics and OCP has addressed that market need with our -40C to 85C Gigabit Ethernet CWDM product offering."

OCP's industrial temperature range CWDM SFP transceivers are available in eight wavelength channels, at nominally 1471nm, 1491nm, 1511nm, 1531nm, 1551nm, 1510nm, 1510nm and 1611nm. Color-coded latches are used to identify the different wavelengths. OCP offers distance options of 62km and 70km that are based on budget links of 22dB and 24dB, respectively. They are designed for multi-rate applications, supporting data rates ranging from 1.25Gb/s to Fibre Channel 1.062GBd and down to 125Mb/s. The DDM functionality adheres to the SFF-8472, Revision 9.3 specification and enables the end-user to monitor five key areas in the performance of the SFP transceiver: internal temperature, DC supply voltage, transmitter bias current, transmitter output power and receive optical signal level. Integrated DDM functionality also incorporates warnings and alarms to monitor these parameters.

OCP has also been offering Gigabit Ethernet CWDM SFP transceivers with commercial temperature range of -5C to 70C and extended temperature range of -5C to 85C. In addition to these CWDM modules, OCP also offers a full portfolio of single wavelength SFP solutions with DDM functionality, commercial and industrial temperature range, single rate and multi-rate options to address 220m, 10km, 40km, 72km, 80km and 120km Gigabit Ethernet applications.

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 industrial temperature Gigabit Ethernet CWDM SFP 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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