JDSU to Acquire Casabyte; Expands Service Assurance Capabilities for the Quadruple Play
January 04 2007 - 8:25AM
PR Newswire (US)
Offers Innovative Quality of Service Monitoring Solutions to Enable
Rich Multimedia Experience to Mobile Users MILPITAS, Calif., Jan. 4
/PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- JDSU today announced an agreement to
purchase Casabyte Inc., a leading provider of service quality
monitoring solutions for mobile network operators. Casabyte
addresses the rapidly growing need for quality of service (QoS)
test solutions as network operators deliver bandwidth-intensive
multimedia content over converged fixed- mobile networks. Casabyte
will be integrated with JDSU's Communications Test and Measurement
division, one of the leading providers of service assurance
solutions to telecommunications and cable network operators
worldwide. Service assurance solutions enable network operators to
identify, troubleshoot and prevent network degradation that can
impair voice, data, video and mobile service quality. JDSU expects
to complete the acquisition of Casabyte in the current fiscal third
quarter ending March 31, 2007. Financial terms of the transaction
were not disclosed. According to OSS Observer, an industry research
firm specializing in telecom software market analysis, the mobile
probe test system market addressed by Casabyte will grow 12 to 14
percent annually over the next five years. "JDSU has a leading
position in the residential broadband market," said Patrick Kelly,
founder and analyst at OSS Observer. "Casabyte's solutions should
help JDSU provide a broader offering of products to support
customers deploying fixed-mobile networks and services. Casabyte's
product set is very complementary with JDSU's NetComplete service
assurance product portfolio." Casabyte's service quality monitoring
solutions help ensure quality of service, reduce operating expenses
and lower customer churn as mobile network operators deploy next
generation networks and new, content-rich data and video services.
Casabyte's products include the RCATS(R) (Remote Cellular Automated
Test System) platform and a managed wireless test platform known as
RoamerNet(R). Casabyte, based outside of Seattle in Renton,
Washington, serves tier-one mobile service providers. Head End to
Handset Test "The convergence of fixed-mobile networks and services
requires communications test solutions for any service at any point
in the network -- from the head end to the handset," said John
Peeler, president of JDSU's Communications Test and Measurement
division. "With the addition of Casabyte's product portfolio, JDSU
offers the industry's broadest set of service assurance solutions
for the deployment of 'quad-play' broadband services for consumers
and businesses." With this acquisition, JDSU builds on the
leadership position it has gained in the service assurance market
for fixed telecommunications and cable networks and services. The
company has gained this position through its award-winning
NetComplete(TM) portfolio, a set of test systems to ensure
high-quality performance of IP networks and services such as IPTV
and VoIP. JDSU's NetComplete VoIP solution was recently recognized
by the International Engineering Consortium with a 2006 InfoVision
Award. "In a fiercely competitive market, the simple expansion of
services alone will not enable service and content providers to
meet their business objectives," said John Read, president of
Casabyte. "Quality of service is a key success factor, and we will
continue to help our customers achieve their QoS goals as a part of
the JDSU family." JDSU's acquisition of Casabyte is designed to
accelerate the company's service assurance growth by capitalizing
on a number of key assets, including Casabyte's established
wireless service quality solutions expertise and innovation; the
established customer relationships JDSU and Casabyte have with
leading fixed and wireless network operators worldwide; and JDSU's
global direct sales organization and other distribution channels.
About Casabyte, Inc. Casabyte Inc., based in Renton, WA, is a world
leader in providing automated end-to-end service quality monitoring
technology to the wireless industry. Casabyte's advanced wireless
QoS solutions enable wireless service providers, equipment vendors,
applications providers and system integrators to remotely monitor
and audit the quality and availability of subscriber services.
Telecommunications companies worldwide count on Casabyte Wireless
QoS solutions to optimally manage wireless networks. Casabyte
delivers global solutions compatible with U.S. and international
wireless protocols 2G (GSM, TDMA, cdmaOne & iDEN), as well as
2.5G (GPRS, EDGE & CDMA2000 1xRTT), 3G (WCDMA/UMTS &
CDMA2000 1xEV-DO). For more information, please visit
http://www.casabyte.com/ . About JDSU JDSU (Nasdaq: JDSU; and TSX:
JDU) is committed to enabling broadband & optical innovation in
the communications, commercial and consumer markets. JDSU is the
leading provider of communications test and measurement solutions
and optical products for telecommunications service providers,
cable operators, and network equipment manufacturers. Furthermore,
JDSU is the leading provider of innovative optical solutions for
medical/environmental instrumentation, semiconductor processing,
display, brand authentication, aerospace and defense, and
decorative applications. More information is available at
http://www.jdsu.com/ . The statements contained in this press
release that are not purely historical are forward-looking
statements within the meaning of Section 27A of the Securities Act
of 1933 and Section 21E of the Securities Act of 1934. Such
forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to any
statement or implication that the mobile phone test system market
will grow at the rate predicted by third parties; that Casabyte's
operations, sales channels and business will be successfully
integrated into JDSU, or that Casabyte's products described in this
press release (i) will be successfully introduced or marketed, (ii)
will be qualified and purchased by our customers, or (iii) will
perform to any particular specifications or performance or
reliability standards. Such forward-looking statements involve
risks and uncertainties that, if realized, could materially impair
the Company's results of operations, business, and financial
condition. These risks and uncertainties include the following,
among other things: (a) our current visibility as to customer
demand levels, future market growth and the timing, extent,
location, requirements and nature of network build-outs and
technology transitions, is extremely limited; (b) the timing,
extent, location, requirements and nature of network technology
transitions is extremely unpredictable and development cycles are
generally very long; and (c) the products may not (i) perform as
expected without material defects, (ii) be manufactured at
acceptable volumes, yields, and cost, (iii) be qualified and
accepted by our customers, and (iv) successfully compete with
products offered by our competitors, and (d) factors discussed from
time to time in reports filed by the Company with the Securities
and Exchange Commission. The forward-looking statements contained
in this news release are made as of the date hereof, and the
Company does not assume any obligation to update or qualify any of
the statements made herein. Source: JDS Uniphase Corporation.
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