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12-28-07 -
CTDI Acquires AccessNode product Family
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Articles: CTDI Acquires AccessNode Product family West Chester, PA: Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI) is pleased to announce that we have acquired the AccessNode product family from Zhone Technologies, effective December 28, 2007. This includes the AccessNode, AccessNode Express and the UE 9000 products. Moving forward, CTDI will provide AccessNode customers with world-class service and support including new product manufacturing, design, repair and return services and 24x7 technical support. These services will leverage CTDI’s extensive product sustainment expertise which is supported by 38 global facilities and over 3,700 telecom employees. CTDI has in-depth experience acquiring, transitioning and supporting Telecom products. Since 2001, CTDI has acquired and supported several OEM product lines such as Nortel’s Async, IADs and DSLAM products. CTDI also acquired GoDigital as well as the eLuminant product family. These acquisitions, coupled with CTDI’s engineering design expertise, have created a powerful and comprehensive product service portfolio. This includes our Fiber Optic product family which includes WDM Couplers, Patch Cables and ADSL2+ extension products for triple play deployment. As with all the products CTDI manufactures, we are fully committed to servicing and supporting the AccessNode product line. For repair or technical support issues please call 615-884-7455. For product ordering inquiries please call Anton Kaeslin at 610-793-8848 or Sam Fadlallah at 514-893-3538. CTDI Acquires GoDigital Networks
West Chester, PA & Fremont, CA., (July 3, 2006) Communications Test Design, Inc. (CTDI), the largest independent global telecommunications repair and logistics provider, announced today that it has acquired all assets of GoDigital Networks the leading supplier of line-powered broadband network access products in North America. The announcement was made by CTDI Chairman & CEO Jerry Parsons, and became effective June 30, 2006. Under the terms of the agreement, CTDI will continue to design, manufacture, sell and support GoDigital-branded products, primarily the XCel product family, and will assume ongoing product life-cycle management responsibilities. The GoDigital facility in Fremont, CA will become the newest of CTDI’s thirty-seven (37) locations that comprise their global network. Frank Akers, President & CEO of GoDigital, will lead the Fremont branch and its staff, which will focus on R&D, sales and marketing of the GoDigital products. “The acquisition of GoDigital Networks strengthens CTDI’s product, repair and service portfolios,” said Parsons. “CTDI’s increased capacity in the high-growth Access and Transport markets will benefit both our OEM and Carrier customers.” “GoDigital couldn’t be happier to have merged with CTDI, who is recognized as the leader in the telecom service industry,” states Frank Akers. “This acquisition can only strengthen our current DSL product solutions and solidify our long-term vision for GoDigital products.” GoDigital Networks designs and markets telecommunications equipment that facilitates universal broadband coverage and increases copper access line performance. Products include the XCel-4a ADSL extension system, that extends the range of existing DSLAMs and Next Generation Digital Loop Carriers (NGDLCs). GoDigital’s long-range DSL and multiple voice transmission systems help ILEC’s more fully utilize their existing copper infrastructure to deliver cost-effective voice services and V.90 Internet access to business and residential subscribers, regardless of their distance from the central office. GoDigital also provides mechanized loop testing technology, which enables remote diagnosis of copper line issues. More than 300 local exchange carriers use GoDigital products, including Qwest, Verizon, ALLTEL, CenturyTel, TELUS and Iowa Telecom. CTDI provides maintenance service solutions to the telecommunications industry, including Wireline Repair & Logistics, Wireless Repair & Logistics, Engineering and Installation services, Global Supply Chain solutions, and Product Engineering & Manufacturing. CTDI has also acquired the eLuminant product line from Zhone Technologies, IAD and DSLAM products from Nortel as well as the Nortel Async product portfolio.
AT&T awards CTDI for Outstanding Performance in Product and Service Performance.
June 2006 - AT&T (formerly SBC) has honored CTDI with their 2006 Supplier Recognition Award for Outstanding Performance in Products and Services. CTDI previously received this award from SBC in 2003 in recognition of our creative cost management strategy for Plug-In Repair and Advanced Replacement. In the award letter, AT&T recognizes CTDI as a premier one-stop service company for the repair and replacement of all defective plug-ins which provides AT&T significant cost savings with excellent delivery performance. CTDI’s E&I Division was also recognized as the only “Cluster Vendor” that was able to achieve a perfect score on vendor performance throughout 2005, with quality scores exceeding 100%. In addition, our Advance Board Replacement program performance was categorized as “stellar”. CTDI’s receipt of this award was displayed in the June 7th edition of the Wall Street Journal. CTDI teams in South Bend, Lancaster, Portland, Orange, Bloomfield, and Tinley Park, as well as CTDI’s Supply Division provide AT&T with Advance Replacement, Repair, Engineering and Installation and Best-Cost Equipment Procurement Services.
October 2005 - CTDI expanded its presence and capabilities in the telecommunications marketplace by acquiring a repair and distribution facility from Motorola. The world-class operation located in Elgin Illinois distributes two-way radios, radio parts and accessories. In addition to distribution this facility repairs Nextel iDEN, 911 emergency systems and enterprise paging equipment. (Click Here to see all of CTDI's location) |
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