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Network Electronics Wins
Prestigious SATISFECIT Prize
Other topics: Digital Video
Market Deployment,
IPTV Headend Monitoring Solutions
Network Electronics
October 30, 2007
Industry recognition for world
leading Flashlink DWDM Solutions
Sandefjord, Norway, October 30, 2007 -- Network Electronics,
manufacturer of the VikinX router and Flashlink signal processing
and optical video transport ranges, announced today that it has won
a SATISFECIT prize for its next generation Flashlink Dense
Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) optical networking
solutions.
The SatisFecit awards are a key feature of SATIS, a key annual trade
show in Paris for those in the audiovisual field, including
production, broadcasting, audio, multimedia or business solutions.
At this years 25th SATIS exhibition the awards presentation was held
on October 24th. The SatisFecit awards acknowledge the most
innovative products on show at the exhibition. |
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The Network Electronics
Flashlink DWDM solutions were selected to be on the shortlist of 23
products by a panel of expert judges, comprising broadcast
professionals and expert journalists. The attendees of the SATIS
exhibition (Paris, France, 23-25, October, 2007) voted for ten
winners from this shortlist. The Network Electronics DWDM 8 channel
100GHz DWDM C-band mux and dmux with upgrade port and the 8 channel
100GHz DWDM C-band multiplexer and demultiplexer with upgrade port
jointly won a SatisFecit prize for best production solution.
“I’m delighted that our modular 8 channel DWDM solutions have won
this prestigious award. It is further evidence that the Flashlink
DWDM range has the right combination of functionality, usability and
flexibility for broadcasters and video professionals looking to move
from CWDM to DWDM optical distribution. This ‘pay-as-you-grow’
nature of the Flashlink modular DWDM range is particularly
attractive to broadcasters deploying DWDM for the first time,” says
Ronny Sletteng, Product Manager, Network Electronics.
Compared to CWDM, which has a limitation of 16 channels, the
Flashlink DWDM solutions can carry 40 channels per fibre, making
DWDM perfect for applications in which large amounts of data are
being transported. Each of the 40 channels can carry an uncompressed
HD-SDI signal, or using Time Division Multiplexing (TDM) four SDI/ASI
signals per channel.
The next generation portfolio of Flashlink DWDM solutions has the
industry’s widest selection of DWDM solutions, enabling customers to
build full systems from Network Electronics DWDM Flashlink range. A
particular advantage of the portfolio is its modularity, allowing
broadcasters to build systems in blocks of 8 channels from 8 to a
maximum capacity of 40 channels per fibre.
DWDM systems operate in the region around 1550nm, where fibre
attenuation is lowest. The wavelength region from 1530-1565nm is
called the C-band. The low-attenuation qualities of C-band DWDM
makes it best suited for long haul signal transport.
Sletteng added: “We’re doing everything we can to reduce the price
gap per channel between DWDM and CWDM. This price differential is
now such that anyone looking at lighting dark fibre should have a
very close look at DWDM and anyone that needs greater capacity than
can be handled by CWDM is likely to find DWDM the best technology
solution available.”
About Network Electronics
Network Electronics provides the broadcast, professional video and
telco industries with routing, signal processing and optical
transport solutions that set new standards for video transport. The
company is an acknowledged leader in the development, manufacture
and marketing of award-winning video transport equipment and
solutions and has the aim of becoming the global no 1 supplier of
routing, signal processing and optical transport for professional
video.
Network Electronics’ leading product ranges include the compact and
highly popular VikinX router range, the THOR router management
system and the Flashlink platform, a range of technologically
advanced signal processing and optical multichannel WDM transport
solutions. A major use of the company’s products is for the audio
and video broadcast of world-class sporting events such as the
Olympics and the World Cup. |
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