MILPITAS, Calif. -- JDSU today introduced the OTU-8000, a rack-mounted, remote test unit for its optical network management system (ONMS) that integrates the latest optical time-domain reflectometry (OTDR) and optical switch technologies. Based on JDSU’s cutting-edge MTS/T-BERD 8000, a single OTU-8000 can test hundreds of fiber links within a large (40,000 km2) area and report any faults relative to the nearest physical landmark. With this addition, JDSU is the only test and measurement provider that offers a proprietary portfolio of critical remote fiber test solutions for fiber networks (FTTx to ultra long haul) including an optical switch, OTDR, mapping software, and passive components.

The JDSU OTU-8000’s powerful, wide range of applications help carriers decrease operational costs by eliminating erroneous field technician dispatches, reducing mean-time-to-repair (MTTR), and anticipating service disruption by detecting fiber degradation before service is affected. The product also monitors the long-term performance of installed fibers and, for organizations concerned about network security, detects and locates fiber tapping.

“JDSU’s ONMS is already ahead of the competition because it ensures that what the telecommunications or cable operator sees in its network map is the same as what is actually in the network,” said Enzo di Luigi, general manager of JDSU’s Fiber Optics Communications Test and Measurement group. “By adding the powerful OTU-8000, network operators can attain a higher level of reliability, efficiency and cost savings using a compact test unit that has low power consumption.”

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