AINN Applied Innovation (MM)

DUBLIN, Ohio, March 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Applied Innovation Inc. (NASDAQ:AINN) today announced that effective immediately JDSU (NASDAQ:JDSU) (TSX: JDU) will represent Applied Innovation in Latin and Central America and the Caribbean. Through the agreement, JDSU will offer Applied Innovation solutions to complement their recently acquired Acterna portfolio of products. The agreement permits JDSU to represent Applied Innovation in 24 countries from their three main offices in Brazil, Mexico and Miami and throughout their extensive distributor network. The countries covered by this contract are: Argentina, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Equador, Guatemala, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Surinam, Trinidad & Tobago, Uruguay and Venezuela. "Applied Innovation offers a powerful suite of Remote Site Management and Quality Monitoring solutions that provide a clear value for our target market," said Manfred Steube, VP Sales Latin America. "We look forward to a mutually fruitful relationship." "We are very excited to be working closely with such a renowned leader in the Communications Test and Measurement field," said Angela Pinette, VP of Sales and Marketing at Applied Innovation. "This new agreement clearly demonstrates our commitment to global growth in international wireline and wireless markets through valued partners." About JDSU JDSU (NASDAQ: JDSU; and TSX: JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is a leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions and optical products for telecommunications service providers, cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. Furthermore, JDSU is a leading provider of innovative optical solutions for medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing, display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense applications, and decorative applications. More information is available at http://www.jdsu.com/. About Applied Innovation Applied Innovation provides hardware and software applications that drive operational efficiency and improved quality in wireless, wireline and converging networks. Applied's industry-leading solutions include sophisticated remote site management, 3G network data quality monitoring and logical security of critical networks. Applied Innovation solutions are currently installed in more than 34,000 sites worldwide. Headquartered in Dublin, Ohio, Applied is traded on NASDAQ under the symbol AINN. For more information, please visit the Company's Web site at http://www.appliedinnovation.com/. DATASOURCE: Applied Innovation Inc. CONTACT: William Largent, Chief Executive Officer of Applied Innovation Inc., +1-614-798-2000 Web site: http://www.appliedinnovation.com/ http://www.jdsu.com/

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