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News Release from: Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering | Subject: Colt-450P
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 02 June 2006
Handheld network tester expands to cope
with HDTV
The Colt-450P is a handheld, battery-powered test set for installation and maintenance applications on copper-based broadband access networks.
New from EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering, the Colt-450P is a handheld, battery-powered test set for installation and maintenance applications on copper-based broadband access networks The next-generation Colt-450P contains a number of major hardware and software upgrades compared with its popular predecessor, the Colt-450, which is used by network operators to install and troubleshoot digital subscriber line (DSL) circuits that deliver triple-play services (voice, data and video) over high-speed access networks
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 24 Jan 2007 at 8.00am (UK)
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Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering has released a new IPTV quality of service (QoS) assessment package for its full-featured multilayered Colt-450P DSL test set.
The revolutionary Colt-450P is the first DSL test set to be specifically designed for assessing the high throughput of multiple-channel, high-definition television (HDTV).
This easy-to-use, modular test solution acts as a golden modem for confirming the rates and other measured parameters provided by asymmetric digital subscriber line (ADSL), ADSL2, ADSL2+ and reach extended (RE) ADSL.
The Colt-450P also performs functional testing and quality-of-service testing for video and television services over IP (IPTV), voice-over-Internet protocol (VoIP) and Internet services.
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ADSL2+ test set assesses service quality
Exfo Electro-Optical Engineering's AXS-200/620 ADSL2+ triple-play test set provides a combination of DSL and Ethernet features which allow for testing in any residential triple-play environment.
With telecom service providers poised to make large-scale deployments of IPTV services, the Colt-450P is an indispensable tool for rapid installation and efficient troubleshooting.
The Colt-450P supports an industry-leading and flexible suite for IPTV testing.
It features high-performance, video-packet processing speed and throughput.
Once equipped with a Colt-450P, technicians can establish a DSL connection, log onto a service provider's network: "join" and "leave" various streaming video channels, and measure the quality of the video stream.
The Colt-450P has the power to support the highest DSL rates and performance, while simultaneously handling multiple standard and high-definition video streams.
A 10/100 BaseT Ethernet interface enables the Colt-450P to operate as a complete home/office DSL modem and router, allowing it to work "in-line" on a live IPTV service in conjunction with a set-top box.
In addition to industry-leading IPTV and HDTV testing, the Colt-450P tests the availability and proper functionality of Internet service provider (ISP) services, and offers the ability to monitor various types of VoIP services (SIP and MGCP).
The Colt-450P will be showcased at OSP Expo, Booth 66005, at the McCormick centre in Chicago from 5th to 7th June 2006.
"This multi-purpose, future-proof, modular DSL and triple-play test set allows carriers to remove the guesswork from the installation process and will act as a strong evolutionary platform to strengthen our presence and market share in the triple-play, access network testing market", said Robert Fitts, EXFO's Vice-President of Product Management, Copper Access Group.
"The intuitive menu guides the user through the process of confirming that services promised are delivered".
"In addition, the Colt-450P provides technicians with an easy way to observe the quality and stability of video services delivered to the subscriber premises".
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