CHATSWORTH, Calif. -- 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 availability of its new OC-48 optical transponder products, the PTC-48S and PTC-48SL series. Optical Communication Products, Inc. (OCP) has developed these OC-48 optical transponders in response to the growing demand for higher integration and functionality and smaller package size in metropolitan/access and high-speed premises network equipment."Small package size and low power consumption are critical requirements for fiberoptic modules that serve metropolitan/access applications. Our customers need to increase the throughput capacity while maintaining or reducing the size of the equipments they offer," said Dr. Muoi Van Tran, OCP's Chairman and CEO. "Our introduction of these compact OC-48 transponder product families is another example of OCP's focus on providing our customers with a complete product portfolio to serve their entire range of applications in the metropolitan/access and high speed premises networks market." Optical Communication Products Inc. (OCPI)