“The investment in FTTx initiatives and the importance of service quality in today's competitive environment mean telecommunications and cable service providers need dependable fiber optic test solutions that allow them to proactively prevent fiber contamination that may cause network faults before they affect end-users,” said Bill Mortimer, vice president and general manager of JDSU's Lab, Production and Fiber Optic test businesses. “With the addition of Westover Scientific's product portfolio, JDSU has an unmatched set of fiber test solutions to support the cost-effective deployment and management of fiber networks.”
JDSU currently integrates high-performance Westover Scientific products in many of its advanced testplatforms, including fiber characterization solutions in the MTS/T-BERD 8000 and MTS/T-BERD 6000 product lines.
“Fiber networks are both increasingly complex and necessary due to the continued demand for high-bandwidth broadband services, and solutions are needed to help deploy the networks quickly without sacrificing performance,” said Steve Lytle, president of Westover Scientific. “Providing the market with reliable cleaning and inspection products that help meet the challenges of deploying high-performance fiber has been the differentiator for Westover Scientific products for over ten years, and we will build on this commitment as part of JDSU.”
Westover Scientific's fiber test business includes approximately 80 employees with calendar 2007 revenues of more than $15 million, representing growth of approximately 30% compared with calendar 2006. JDSU expects the transaction to be accretive on a non-GAAP EPS basis for fiscal 2008.
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