OFS’ UNIVERSAL NETWORK INTERFACE DEVICE TRAY EXPANDS OFFERING OF ACCESS ADVANTAGE™ FTTX SYSTEM

OFC/ NFOEC 2007, Booth 1711, Anaheim, CA, March 27, 2007  - OFS, designer, manufacturer, and supplier of leading edge fiber optic products, today announces the Universal Network Interface Device (NID) Tray as a new product in its Access ADVANTAGE ™ FTTx System. 

The Universal NID Tray was developed to fill cable management needs in Optical Network Terminal (ONT) boxes at the side of residences. Many ONT cases are not equipped with fiber cable management, leaving the cables susceptible to damage from closing the ONT case or allowing cables to incur tight, arbitrary bends potentially causing poor performance.  “Our compact design provides protected and efficient cable management and connectivity for FTTH customers, while allowing for multiple SC connector orientations within the tray for maximum flexibility,” said Calvin Martin, Product Engineer, OFS FTTx Group.

About OFS

OFS is a designer, manufacturer, and supplier of leading edge optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products and solutions for a wide variety of applications and industries. OFS, formerly the optical fiber solutions division of Lucent Technologies Inc. (NYSE: LU), has a proven track record of being first in the industry with application specific fibers, optical connectors, ribbon cables, erbium doped fibers, Raman fiber lasers and more. OFS is committed to providing customers increased value by offering products that deliver lowest cost-per-bit network solutions, protecting investments through flexible solutions for today’s demanding applications.
 
OFS distributes its optical fiber, optical fiber cable, FTTx, optical connectivity and specialty photonics products and solutions directly to end users, as well as through valued distributors, external cable customers and equipment vendors.

OFS is owned by Furukawa Electric, a multi-billion dollar global leader in optical communications. Headquartered in Norcross (in the outskirts of Atlanta), Georgia, USA, OFS operates facilities in Avon (Connecticut), Carrollton (Georgia), Somerset (New Jersey), Sturbridge (Massachusetts), as well as in Denmark, Germany, Russia, and sales offices around the world.

For more information, please visit www.ofsoptics.com.

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Sherry Salyer 
OFS Public Relations
OFS
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