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Optelian exhibited at the COMPTEL PLUS Spring 2009 Convention & Expo, held last week in Dallas. More than 2100 attendees visited with the 100 exhibitors. The next COMPTEL PLUS Convention & Expo will be held in Orlando, Oct. 11-14. COMPTEL members are entrepreneurial companies building and deploying next-generation networks to provide competitive voice, data, and video services

Please visit www.comptel.org .

Added: 03 / 02 / 2009

Optelian exhibited at the SCTE Canadian Summit held in Toronto. The show focused on the impacts of integrating new technologies into existing cable infrastructures and was well atended by Canadian engineering professionals at the first-ever SCTE Canadian Summit.

Please visit www.scte.org .

Added: 02 / 03 / 2009

Charlie Hancock joins the Optelian team. 

Optelian is delighted to announce that Charlie Hancock has joined the organization as Director of Business Development. Charlie comes to Optelian bringing over 28 years of experience leading sales and technical organizations in the telecom and enterprise networking industry.

Prior to joining Optelian, Hancock was VP-Sales at Redfern Broadband Networks (RBN). He also spearheaded the efforts resulting in the acquisition of RBN. Hancock has also held sales and technical management roles with industry leaders such as Sycamore Networks, Marconi Communications, Accelight Networks and FORE Systems. Charlie has been married to his wife Becky for 20 years and has a 13 year old son. Hancock holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from Control Data Institute.

Added: 08 / 25 / 2008

John Spencer to Address Utilities in Utah

The Utilities Telecom Council and the Region 8 officers have invited John Spencer, Business and Technology Strategist for Optelian, to speak at the 2008 Region 8 Fall Meeting which will be held in Salt Lake City, Utah on October 2, 2008 at the Hilton Salt Lake City Center. John is a 35 year veteran of the Telecommunications Industry having worked at BellSouth Science and Technology and Mahi Networks. He is a Senior Member of the IEEE and a Registered Professional Engineer in the State of Alabama. He serves as Business and Technology Strategist for Optelian.

Please visit www.utc.org .

Added: 06 / 26 / 2008

Ellen Warren joins the Optelian Marketing organization.

Optelian is pleased to announce that Ellen Warren has joined the company as Product Line Manager for the LightPRO series of test and measurement equipment.

Warren comes to Optelian with a broad-based background in fiber optics, datacom, switching and satellite from her work at JDS Uniphase, Nortel and TMI Communications. During the telecom downturn in the early 2000’s, Warren co-founded a technology start-up developing a collision warning system for trucking. Through her career, Warren has led both marketing and product line management teams where she has been instrumental in successfully launching new products and building brand value. Warren has a Master of Computing and Information Science degree from Queen’s University and a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from Mount Allison University

Added: 06 / 01 / 2008

OPTELIAN ESTABLISHES KOREAN DISTRIBUTION ALLIANCE
Optical Transport Systems provider Optelian expands into the Korean marketplace.
Seoul, Korea –May 19, 2008 – Optelian, an established provider of optical transport systems, has signed an agreement with Ideal Plan Co., a Seoul-based South Korean company that specializes in distributing high-value products in the optical fiber area of telecommunications. Ideal Plan Co. has supplied optical test and measurement equipment to many of the largest telecom providers in Korea, and is now carrying Optelian’s optical transport equipment. As well as distribution, Ideal Plan Co. is also a value-added reseller through installation and maintenance services.

Ideal Plan Co. will promote Optelian’s LightGAIN systems, the company’s family of optical transport products. LightGAIN is a universal platform with solutions for regional, metro, and access networks. It can be a regional (long-haul) 40+ channel DWDM configuration carrying mixed traffic from 10M to 10Gbps, traversing 1,000 km with multiple add-drop nodes along the way. Or, it can be a simple access oriented 8-channel CWDM solution. In both cases LightGAIN is the most cost effective carrier-grade solution available.

Ideal Plan Co. will also introduce LightPRO, Optelian’s recently introduced line of optical test and turn up equipment.

Added: 05 / 18 / 2008

Optelian expands into the Balkans

Optelian is pleased to announce a distribution alliance with Data Optics Balkans. Since its establishment in 2001, Data Optics Balkans has focused on customer service and superior quality products. The company is a distributor and systems integrator that specialises in the installation, testing, and commissioning of singlemode and multimode fibre optic systems for the telecommunications market in Bulgaria.

Data Optics Balkans also handles LAN/WAN extension projects, as well as optical test and measurement equipment. Data Optics Balkans offers its clients a complete package from network design and requirements scoping through to installations including cabling, components, and skilled engineers whose efficiency and experience has been gained from the successful completion of hundreds of installations.

Data Optics Balkans became the distributor for Bulgaria for Optelian in 2007."

Please visit www.dobalkans.com .

Added: 05 / 16 / 2008

Bruce Telecom deploys IPTV

Bruce Telecom is the first telephone company in Canada using MPEG-4 technology to deliver digital television (BruceTV). Bruce Telecom is utilizing Optelian’s active, passive and management devices for optical transport in their DWDM rings: LightGAIN RGN-3GSF’s are used for DWDM voice & data OC-48 circuits and LightGAIN RGN-10GXT’s are used for 10GE circuits supporting the transport and distribution of IPTV MPEG-4 signals. Ron Howard, Central Office Technician/Lead Hand, Bruce Telecom commented on the “simplicity and ease of use” of the LightGAIN system.

Optelian is a worldwide supplier of LightGAIN Optical Transport Systems with offices in Marietta, GA, Ottawa, Ontario, Mexico City and London, UK. LightGAIN systems provide Regional, Metro and Access solutions and are being used by three of the largest telcos in North America as well as Tier 2 and 3 companies, Utility companies, Enterprise Networks and MSOs.

Bruce Telecom is an independent telecommunications company that has been providing telephone service along the Lake Huron shoreline for almost 100 years. In addition to phone service, Bruce Telecom also offers digital TV, Internet service (dial-up and high speed), long distance telephone savings plans, and is an authorized Rogers wireless provider.

Added: 04 / 29 / 2008