Civcom Goes Ultra-Long

PETAH TIKVA, Israel -- Civcom(r) (www.civcom.com), a leadingtechnology developer and manufacturer of Opto-electronic components, modulesand sub-systems today announced reduction in costs of its 10Gbps Ultra LongReach (ULR) line of transponders to complement the market prices of LongReach (LR) transponders. Civcom's achievement to lowering development andproduction costs for ULR Transponders enables the market to bring fasterinto play the ULR technology.

In an effort to boost market's response to Ultra Long Reach transponders,Civcom provides lower market price products based on common specifications.Civcom is researching the perfection of its product line, whether it is indeveloping new platforms or miniaturization of components, integrating morefunctions, and to enable completely novel products while reducing costs.

"Civcom has built a solid reputation in the market by providing productsthat offer cutting edge technology'' said Haim Laufer, Senior Vice Presidentof Sales, Civcom. "With these cost reductions, we are able to offer an evengreater value without compromising the level of quality our customers havecome to expect."

Among the new offerings is a broad line of 10Gbps widely tunable or fixed LRand ULR Transponders part of the Free-Light Family. Free-Light family oftransponders is based on Civcom's in-house most advanced dispersioncompensation technologies and integrates with Optical DuoBinary, OpticalDispersion Compensation and Electrical Dispersion Compensation technologiesallowing a wide range of applications for networks reaching from 80km - upto 200km.

Civcom Inc.