JDSU Receives Frost & Sullivan IP Video Growth Strategy Leadership Award
September 12 2006 - 9:30AM
PR Newswire (US)
MILPITAS, Calif., Sept. 12 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Commitment to
quality and strong market performance have earned JDSU (Nasdaq:
JDSU; TSX: JDU) Frost & Sullivan's 2006 Growth Strategy Award
for IP Video/IPTV. JDSU's diverse IPTV test portfolio includes
solutions for the installation, maintenance and monitoring of cable
and telecom networks as well as lab testing for network equipment
manufacturers. (Logo:
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Frost & Sullivan Award for Growth Strategy Leadership is
presented each year to a company whose growth strategy produces
high year-to-year growth rates in IPTV. The award is presented to
the company that has bolstered its position in the market and whose
strategy will have a lasting impact and is based on, among other
criteria, implementation of a unique sales strategy, technological
innovation and leadership, and discovering new venues for an
established product. JDSU is the only test and measurement provider
that can claim a complete set of solutions that enable the
deployment of IP-based video services from the core network into
the home -- for both telecommunications and cable network
operators. JDSU's proven record of delivering IPTV test solutions
includes: * Sales to many of the world's early providers of
combined IP services, including Telefonica de Espana, for
installation and maintenance of IP video services; * The deployment
of JDSU's NetComplete(TM) service assurance solution by major
telecom carriers to monitor IP video traffic for quality of
service; * The most complete all-in-one telecom triple play access
test platform available, the HST-3000, for all optical and copper
(VDSL) IPTV test needs; * The industry's most comprehensive Metro
Ethernet test portfolio, meeting market need driven by the
emergence of triple play services, especially IPTV; * The market's
most complete digital and IP video test system for monitoring of
hundreds of video streams, deep MPEG transport stream analysis and
test access coverage at all points in the network; * The
acquisition of Test-Um, driving the ability to test IPTV networks
inside homes and small offices; and, * The introduction of
SmartClass single-purpose test tools, fully functional test
instruments for IPTV-related technologies including fiber, Ethernet
and ADSL2+. "JDSU's significant position in the IP video test
equipment market, coupled with its technology expertise, innovative
sales strategies, and a comprehensive suite of effective test
tools, has led the company to become the leading IP video test
partner to a key end-user -- service providers and carriers," said
Sankara Jambulingam, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan. "Frost
& Sullivan is proud to present JDSU with the 2006 award for IP
video growth strategy leadership." "JDSU is pleased to be
recognized by Frost & Sullivan as the test & measurement
growth strategy leader for IP video," said John Peeler, executive
vice president of JDSU's CommTest division. "We are also honored to
serve as a key partner for service providers and equipment
manufacturers around the globe by providing scaleable IP video test
products that enable them to deploy video services and quickly
deliver on the promise of IPTV." About JDSU's IPTV Products JDSU
has a wide range of products addressing the service assurance
requirements for IPTV, including NetComplete(TM) for network
operations center (NOC) provisioning groups that are responsible
for turning up and provisioning new IP services; field access
testers for both telecom and cable operators, including the
HST-3000 and the SmartClass for telecom operators and the DSAM for
cable operators; a digital broadcast test portfolio comprised of
advanced digital video analysis and monitoring tools including the
NetComplete monitoring application and DTS-200/330 that support
MPEG-2/4, DVB, and ATSC standards; and Test-Um home wiring
solutions, an extensive set of test instruments for the
verification, installation and maintenance of Category 3, Category
5 and coaxial cables used in home and small office networks for the
delivery of IPTV and other services. About Frost & Sullivan
Frost & Sullivan, a global growth consulting company, has been
partnering with clients to support the development of innovative
strategies for more than 40 years. The company's industry expertise
integrates growth consulting, growth partnership services, and
corporate management training to identify and develop
opportunities. Frost & Sullivan serves an extensive clientele
that includes Global 1000 companies, emerging companies, and the
investment community by providing comprehensive industry coverage
that reflects a unique global perspective and combines ongoing
analysis of markets, technologies, econometrics, and demographics.
For more information, visit http://www.frost.com/ . About JDSU JDSU
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, defense and decorative
applications. More information is available at http://www.jdsu.com/
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