Optical Communication Products Launches Metropolitan DWDM Transmitter Product Family
Source: Optical Communication Products
Chatsworth, CA. Optical Communication Products Inc. (Nasdaq:OCPI), a manufacturer of fiber- optic subsystems and modules for metropolitan area networks and high- speed premises networks, today announced the launch of its new family of DWDM optical transmitters for metropolitan area networks. OCP developed this family of DWDM transmitters in response to the growing demand for DWDM technology in metropolitan area networks.
OCP s new family of DWTX-48 transmitters are designed to work at data speeds from 100 Mb/s to 2.5 Gb/s and with all the major fiber-optic protocols, including SONET, SDH, ATM, Fiber Channel and Gigabit Ethernet. The new transmitters complement OCP s existing family of DWDM optical receivers.
"DWDM technology is increasingly being implemented in metropolitan area networks due to its advantages of increased capacity as well as wavelength switching and routing capabilities," said Dr. Muoi V. Tran, OCP s chairman and chief executive officer.
"The introduction of our metropolitan area network DWDM transmitter product family is another example of OCP s focus on providing a complete product portfolio to serve the entire range of applications in the metropolitan/access and high-speed premises network markets.
"We have been able to put the entire DWDM transmitter, including all the associated control and driving circuitry, in a very compact package. Furthermore, each transmitter module can be operated at one of two adjacent wavelengths. This reduces our customers inventory complexity and cost by cutting in half the number of different wavelength transmitters that they need to stock."
The DWTX-48 Laser Transmitters are designed to meet or exceed the SONET/SDH standards for DWDM OC-48/STM-16 Long Reach 1550 nm (80 km) specifications. They can also be used to transmit data in either Fiber Channel, Fast Ethernet or Gigabit Ethernet formats. The transmitter operating wavelength is in full compliance with the ITU-grid 100 GHz spacing requirement.
The DWTX-48 Laser Transmitters are contained in a compact, low-profile 24-pin package and operate from a single +3.3V supply.
About Optical Communication Products (OCP)
OCP designs, manufactures and sells a comprehensive line of high-performance, highly reliable fiber-optic subsystems and modules for metropolitan area networks and high-speed premises networks. OCP s subsystems and modules include optical transmitters, receivers, transceivers and transponders that convert electronic signals into optical signals and back to electronic signals, enabling high-speed communication of voice and data traffic over public and private fiber-optic networks. For more information, visit OCP s Web site at www.ocp-inc.com.
OCP was founded in 1991 and has its headquarters in Chatsworth. Furukawa Electric Co. Ltd., based in Tokyo, beneficially owns approximately 61.5 percent of OCP s outstanding capital stock.
Safe-harbor statement under the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995: This release may contain forward-looking statements that involve risks and uncertainties. Important factors that 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 registration statement on Form S-1 declared effective on Nov. 2, 2000, and its periodic filings on Forms 10-K, 10-Q and 8-K. OCP undertakes no obligation to release publicly any revisions to any forward-looking statements to reflect events or circumstances after the date hereof.
Contact: Optical Communication Products Inc., Chatsworth Susie Nemeti Tel: 818 701 0164
Optical Communication Products Inc., Chatsworth
Susie Nemeti
Tel: 818 701 0164
Web site: http://www.ocp-inc.com
