GERMANTOWN, Md. and MELBOURNE, Australia -- Acterna (NASDAQ:ACTR), the world's leading provider of optical, access and cable network test and management solutions, today announced the company has been selected to provide performance-enhancing testing solutions tools for Powercor Australia, Victoria's largest electricity distributor. Under the terms of the agreement, Powercor has purchased Acterna's Optical Network Management System (ONMS) and deployed the fiber performance and monitoring system to improve their ability to detect and identify network faults early, quickly take corrective measures and expedite the restoration of service for Powercor's communications customers. In addition, by using Acterna ONMS, Powercor will be able to receive swift notification of a potential problem before it becomes a service-affecting fault, empowering the electricity distributor and telecom carrier to carry-out preventative action to protect its customers - some of the largest organizations in the Victoria region - from being inconvenienced. Acterna Corp.