ANDOVER, Mass. -- NetTest, a leading worldwide provider of testing, monitoring, management and optical component solutions for networks, today announced the world premier of the NetTest CMA5000 Multi-Layer Network Test Platform. The CMA5000 represents a telecommunication industry breakthrough that combines best-in-class performance and ease-of-use for accelerating the deployment of new services and reducing the total cost of measurement. Through the open-architecture design of the CMA5000, NetTest offers the highest performance measurement applications in one powerful, modular platform that enables networks to be installed, commissioned and documented more efficiently with less cost. In addition, the flexibility and scalability of the CMA5000 allows the platform to evolve with user testing needs and technology for addressing ever-changing telecommunication infrastructures. This latest entry in NetTest's award winning CMA family includes all required testing applications to install, commission and maintain multiple layers of current and next generation networks. "NetTest understands, through its well-established relationships with service providers and vendors worldwide, that network operators are increasingly called upon to manage multiple layers of complex, converging networks," said Mark Bieberich, senior analyst with the Yankee Group. "With the CMA5000, NetTest successfully combines versatility and ease-of-use in a single test and measurement platform for multiple network layers." In a separate release: NetTest (www.nettest.com), a leading worldwide provider of testing, monitoring, management and optical component solutions for advanced and converged networks, today announced that the versatile LITE 3000E is emerging as one of NetTest's most successful field-testing products following a number of landmark deals with major international carriers. "The LITE 3000E has proved an extremely successful tool for many of our international customers. Sales have been very strong in the Far East and Europe and we recently signed a major, multi-million dollar deal with Telekom Malaysia," said Stephen Rayner, senior vice president, Asia Pacific, NetTest. The deal is won is by one of NetTest's partners in Malaysia, Lotus West, a supplier of Telekom Malaysia. An advanced A-bis, SS7 and ISDN signaling analyzer for fixed and mobile networks, NetTest's LITE 3000E helps network operators reduce the time of test and repair in the field, resulting in increased earnings and more efficient operations. The LITE 3000E covers a unique and comprehensive range of testing needs in a single, easily transportable test instrument. NetTest