HORSHAM, Penn., Feb. 20, 2008 (PRIME NEWSWIRE) -- Optium Corporation (Nasdaq:OPTM), a leading supplier of high-performance optical subsystems, will highlight its proprietary, LCoS based WSS ROADM with integrated channel monitor, at the Optical Fiber Communications Conference/National Fiber Optics Engineers Conference (OFC/NFOEC) in San Diego, California from February 26-28, 2008.
Optium's WSS ROADM with integrated optical channel monitor (WSS OCM) responds to the increasing demand for optical networking solutions and is designed to accurately measure channel power for optical signals up to 40Gb/s over a variety of modulation formats, including DPSK. Optium will be sampling its WSS OCM with multiple customers over the next several months.
As optical networks continue to evolve to address the increasing demand for bandwidth from triple play and video applications, consistency in performance at 40Gb/s transmission speeds is essential. Many optical channel monitoring technologies in the market today provide limited accuracy at 40GB/s, especially when required to measure a wider variety of data rates and signal modulation types over a larger dynamic range. Optium's WSS OCM is designed to meet these system demands by providing telecom and cable TV operators with enhanced capabilities for optimizing network performance.
"The WSS OCM is an important step in Optium's goal to provide our customers with next generation switching solutions for systems operating at 10Gb/s and above," commented Steve Frisken, Vice President of Wavelength Products for Optium Corporation. "In addition, Optium's WSS OCM will be the foundation for an advanced optical channel monitoring platform (OCM Platform) we intend to introduce within the next twelve months. This groundbreaking monitoring technology will be designed to deliver rapid and accurate in-band optical signal-to-noise ratio (OSNR) measurements up to 40GB/s over a variety of modulation formats."
Through an exclusive technology license agreement with Australia's Information and Communications Technology Research Centre of Excellence (NICTA) covering a proprietary technique, Optium is developing an advanced OCM Platform that will measure OSNR of an optical signal directly, utilizing digital signal processing. Unlike bulky and expensive test equipment available in the market today, the new OCM Platform will be fast and less complex and not limited by signals from adjacent channels.
Optium will be showcasing its broad portfolio of WSS ROADM products as well as Optium's other optical communications solutions, including fixed and tunable 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transceivers and subsystems, 10Gb/s pluggable transceivers and cable TV trunking and distribution subsystems, at OFC/NFOEC 2008 in San Diego, California. Optium representatives will be available at Booth #2839 from February 26-28, 2008.
About Optium Corporation
Optium is a leading designer and manufacturer of high-performance optical subsystems supporting core to the edge applications for use in telecommunications and cable TV network systems. Optium's broad suite of optical transport solutions feature fixed and wavelength agile 10Gb/s and 40Gb/s transceivers and subsystems, 10Gb/s pluggable transceivers, cable TV trunking and distribution subsystems and Optium's next generation WSS ROADM product line. Quoted on the NASDAQ Global Market under the symbol "OPTM," Optium is headquartered in Horsham, Pennsylvania and has offices in Sydney, Australia and Nes Ziona, Israel. For more information, visit http://www.optium.com.
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