GERMANTOWN, Md. -- Acterna (NASDAQ: ACTR), the second largest provider of communications test and management solutions, today announced that Verizon Communications has selected Acterna's NetOptimize Capacity Manager OSS (operations support system) to support optimized performance of a variety of services on the carrier's national consumer data network. Nationwide deployment of the system is in progress.

"We are completely focused on providing service providers with tools that enable fast, efficient and reliable networking services, and are driven to help Verizon ensure that network capacity will be ready to meet the increasing requirements of customers," said Andrew Hurrell, Acterna director of product marketing. "We are very pleased to have been selected by Verizon for our NetOptimize Capacity Manager OSS that forecasts usage levels and anticipates customer need."

Acterna Corp.