Industry News

The SFP for Irish farmers is based on payments

November 16, 2011

Continuation of the historic-based system for calculating the Single Farm Payment (SFP) has been flatly rejected by the EU Commissioner-Designate for Agriculture, Dacian Ciolas. Mr Ciolas said new criteria was needed for the distribution of direct aid to farmers, and he ruled out basing SFP entitlements on EU direct payments received in previous years.Mr Ciolas' intervention comes just days after Agriculture Minister Brendan Smith told the IFA AGM that he was not in favour of moving to a flat-rate SFP mechanism.The SFP for Irish farmers is based on payments received in the three-year reference period of 2000, 2001 and 2002.

JDSU offers FiberComplete version of T-BERD

November 15, 2011

JDSU has unveiled a FiberComplete version of the T-BERD/MTS-4000 that combines the capabilities of 10 instruments into one. The new offering is designed to enable technicians to use a single fiber-optic test instrument to install, turn up, and maintain metro and access point-to-point or point-to-multipoint (PON) networks.

Yenista adds David Heard for sales and marketing

November 15, 2011

Fiber-optics test and measurement equipment developer Yenista Optics has appointment Dr David Heard as its sales and marketing manager. Heard will be working with Nicephore Nicolas, who also holds the title of sales and marketing manager, to expand worldwide sales and marketing activities.

Sunrise Telecom offers ITU Y.1564/Y.156sam testing

November 15, 2011

Sunrise Telecom has unveiled IntelliSAM, its Carrier Ethernet Service Activation Test Suite based on the ITU Y.1564 standard, formerly known as Y.156sam. Y.1564’s newly enhanced test methodology is specifically written for service activation and is closely tailored to the bandwidth profile parameters being sold, says the company.

OptoTest’s growth spurs office expansion

November 15, 2011

FEBRUARY 3, 2011 – OptoTest has roughly doubled the size of its workplace, now measuring 11,000 sq. ft. and housing state-of-the-art testing and training specifically for insertion and return loss testing of multi-fiber termination push-on (MTP) connectors. OptoTest officials cite rapid growth and increased revenues as key factors in the expansion.

Anritsu introduces jitter tolerance, 4Tap pre-emphasis system

November 15, 2011

FEBRUARY 2, 2011 -- Anritsu Company introduces a jitter tolerance and 4Tap pre-emphasis solution designed to test interconnects up to 28 Gbps (Gbit/s) during DesignCon 2011.

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