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Performance highlights of the MTS/T-BERD 6000 include a Very Long Range (VLR) optical time domain reflectometry (OTDR) module, combining several new features into one first-of-its-kind OTDR tester for FTTx, access, metro and core network optical applications.  Advanced test head design allows this VLR module to provide an industry first in reducing deadzones to below one meter and allowing higher precision and better fault-finding.

Also featured is JDSU’s industry-leading ultra long-haul (UHD) module that achieves the highest performance of any OTDR field instrument on the market (up to 50dB at 1550nm). This module’s superior performance enables a test to be completed six times faster than with an existing 40dB OTDR, offering impressive time savings for network installation and fault isolation.

Highly Integrated Design Ensures Maximum Versatility
New high-speed delivery systems for triple play, 3G, Agile Optical Networking (AON), and FTTx are changing the way fiber infrastructure systems are installed and maintained.  The MTS/T-BERD 6000 meets the cost objectives of every single test function required while also leaving a migration path to new test requirements.

The MTS/T-BERD 6000 is a highly integrated modular platform with a large high-visibility color screen (with an optional touchscreen display), a high-capacity lithium ion battery, an optional video fiber scope, and built-in optical test functions such as a visual fault locator, power meter, optical talkset and loss test set (LTS). Using an innovative automatic bi-directional analysis function, the MTS/T-BERD 6000 can save up to 50 percent test time for OTDR, insertion loss (IL), and optical return loss (ORL) measurements.

The versatility of the MTS/T-BERD 6000 allows it to address additional test applications such as polarization mode dispersion (PMD), chromatic dispersion (CD), wavelength division multiplexing (C/DWDM), and spectral attenuation measurements. The MTS/T-BERD 6000 also sets the standard as the smallest dispersion tester (PMD or CD) available on the market today.

About the MTS/T-BERD Product Line
The MTS/T-BERD product line has built a solid worldwide reputation based on cutting-edge design and performance.  Compatibility with thousands of field-proven units deployed worldwide by every major telecommunications network operator enables easy migration to new network technologies while continuing to reduce expenses.  The MTS/T-BERD 6000 continues this standard by offering a superior price/performance ratio and enhancing the value and investment of the MTS-5000 and MTS/T-BERD 8000 platforms.  Compatibility with the industry-leading MTS/T-BERD 8000 and a common user interface, file format, and results presentation makes deployment of the MTS/T-BERD 6000 extremely simple and efficient for a field services team already using other MTS/T-BERD platforms.

About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense applications, and decorative.  More information is available at www.jdsu.com.



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   * Ethernet test capabilities for the HST-3000, the most complete all-in-one triple play access test platform available.  The new Ethernet module, designed for the technician who needs to test next-generation IP-based services with a small budget but also requires an expandable platform, supports electrical Ethernet (10/100/1000) and optical GigE testing from a single module.  The HST-3000 Ethernet module contains a rich feature set for testing from the physical layer up to the application layer (VoIP and IPTV).  This unique combination of test functionality in one Ethernet module makes the HST-3000 the premier tool for the rollout of next-generation Metro Ethernet services.  The HST-3000 is also designed for interoperability with the NetComplete Metro Ethernet Service Assurance Solution.
   * The SmartClass Ethernet single-purpose test tool, an economical, hand held, fully functional test instrument capable of completely qualifying Ethernet and IP circuits.  The SmartClass Ethernet includes functionality required to test 10/100/1000 electrical, GigE optical Ethernet and IP circuits.  The SmartClass Ethernet meets the needs of technicians and installers who do not require an expandable solution or deep triple play services testing.  Suitable for less experienced field technicians, the SmartClass Ethernet is an easy-to-use, rugged tester that fits well within field tool budgets.  The SmartClass Ethernet is designed for interoperability with the NetComplete Metro Ethernet Service Assurance Solution.
   * The addition of a network monitoring application, called Netmon, to the QT-600 IP test head, part of JDSU’s NetComplete™ Metro Ethernet Service Assurance Solution.  With the addition of Netmon, the QT-600 is able to combine two critical pieces of QoS management – network monitoring and service monitoring – which give service providers the highly accurate picture needed to determine what is causing, and how to fix, service degradation.  Netmon rounds out the triple-play test and monitoring capability of the QT-600 by allowing service providers to monitor, test or troubleshoot at full line rate (up to a Gigabit Ethernet, or GigE, link capacity) their Ethernet infrastructure carrying traffic such as VoIP or IPTV.
   * An upgrade to the MTS/T-BERD 8000 Transport module to support simultaneous multi-circuit testing, next-generation networks based on Q-in-Q (also known as VLAN stacking), VPLS and MPLS technologies, and 1G/2G Fibre Channel (FC) field test applications.  The Transport module is a portable field Ethernet tester that offers the only all-in-one test solution for SONET, SDH, PDH, T-carrier, Ethernet/IP, FC and MPLS networks and includes packet jitter.  The product is designed to meet the needs of operators deploying and maintaining transport and data services as well as metro network elements.

“The emergence of triple play services, especially IPTV, is driving an accelerated market need to ensure reliable Metro Ethernet networks,” said Helmut Berg, senior vice president of JDSU’s Test and Measurement group.  “Unlike existing competitive solutions, JDSU provides a comprehensive Metro Ethernet portfolio which offers all of the key problem-solving functions for metro Ethernet applications.”

Additional product lines included in JDSU’s Metro Ethernet portfolio include: the DA-3400 (winner of the 2006 IT Week’s Editor’s Choice Award) and DA-3600A data analyzers for carrier field service support groups requiring deep packet access to troubleshoot difficult Ethernet service problems; the ONT-50, ONT-506 and ONT-512 optical network testers for development and verification of converged network elements and infrastructure found in transport technologies from the physical layer up to layer 3; and the FST-2802 field services tester, a widely accepted platform solution that is the only handheld field tool currently on the market that enables service providers to provision, install and maintain cost-effective testing of Ethernet and Fiber Channel services from one test module.

About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense applications, and decorative.  More information is available at www.jdsu.com.



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Challenges associated with the deployment of VDSL services emerge because the VDSL technology uses frequency bands in the copper plant outside of the current ADSL usage spectrum.  This makes VDSL services more susceptible to impulse noise (unwanted electrical signals of short duration) and short bridge taps.  Bridge taps are copper wires connected to, but not part of, a direct electrical path between the central office and the user premise.   Detection of short bridge taps 20 feet to 100 feet in length is critical because they dramatically impact digital services carried across copper lines by introducing unwanted disturbances that increase electrical loss.  

“Service providers are introducing IPTV to a growing number of markets, with service levels and reliable performance fast becoming the differentiating factors,” said Jerry Gentile, general manager of JDSU’s telecommunication field services (TFS) Test and Measurement group.  “The addition of VDSL copper test functionality to the HST-3000 puts greater testing power in the hands of field technicians to address the challenges of IPTV deployment.”

About JDSU
JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers.  Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense applications, and decorative.  More information is available at www.jdsu.com.



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