Acterna Offers Ethernet OSS

GERMANTOWN, Md. -- To meet the challenges that today's network operators face delivering a proliferation of IP services over Ethernet technology, Acterna today announced that its NetComplete(TM) IP Service Assurance Solution now offers a complete set of service turn-up verification and troubleshooting capabilities that allow providers to deploy reliable and efficient Metro Ethernet services.

Acterna, the leader in test and management solutions for consumer and business broadband communications, is introducing its NetComplete Metro Ethernet Service Assurance solution, as well as solutions for VoIP and IPTV, at SuperComm 2005, booth #43021, June 7-9.

NetComplete's Metro Ethernet capabilities are a part of Acterna's Service Assurance Solutions (SAS) division, which provides "triple-play" next generation network operators with a robust modular portfolio of independent and interoperable solutions to enable end-to-end service management across their converged broadband IP infrastructure. For providers deploying and scaling Metro Ethernet services, NetComplete is a complete test solution that drives cost savings and efficiency by greatly reducing the need for repeat dispatches. It does so by delivering the necessary tools and procedures to automate and simplify service turn-up verification, fault isolation and troubleshooting.

"In today's next-generation networks, service providers encounter new provisioning verification and troubleshooting challenges with the increased complexity of data networks and the increase of IP services being delivered over Metro Ethernet," said Roger Lingle, vice president of marketing for Acterna's Service Assurance Solutions division. "Our NetComplete Metro Ethernet capabilities, including the QT-600 Distributed Ethernet Testhead, provide the procedures, tools, and visibility into customer traffic that can verify service turn-up, fault isolation and troubleshoot. This instills confidence in service deployment, helps avoid dispatching multiple technicians, lowers operational costs, avoids missed revenue, and fosters customer retention."

Acterna Corp.