Allows Service Providers to recover optical fibers “lost” to monitoring needs and eliminate expensive stand-alone OTDR systems requiring special support.

Van Nuys, CA – November 7, 2011 — Optical Zonu Corporation (OZC), a leading supplier of Single Fiber SFP Transceivers, announced the introduction of its ZonuF⁴, Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM, Smart SFC Transceivers with uOTDR Fast Fiber Fault Finder.  These SFC Transceivers work in conjunction with any CWDM to support up to Ten (10) Business Class SONET/SDH or Gigabit Ethernet Customers ON A SINGLE FIBER with Full Duplex Operation up to “Long Reach” Link Distances of 80 Km.  When installed in properly configured Network Equipment with an SFP-MSA Digital Diagnostic Monitoring I²C interface, these uOTDR Transceivers provide the data outputs required for the system to support the Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) features of the IEEE 802.3ah and ITU Y.1731 Standards.  The new Fast Fiber Fault Finder capability instantly detects, locates and reports optical fiber faults (or open UPC optical connectors) to a Network Switch properly configured to process this data and managed via SNMP.

“Imagine describing the expansiveness of Telecom, Cable or Utility Fiber Optic Networks in terms of football fields…thousands and thousands of football fields”, observed Mike Hartmann, VP of Sales and Marketing for OZC.  “With ZonuF⁴ Smart SFC Transceivers, our Service Provider Customers will not only instantly know which football field to go to in order to find an optical fiber fault, they will know which yard-markers to stand between to be confident that the fault is only a ‘first down’ distance away, one direction or the other.”  Hartmann added, “Replacing a stand-alone OTDR with the full traffic-carrying ZonuF⁴ uOTDR consumes only one CWDM Channel and recovers a full fiber’s worth of CWDM traffic revenue.”

The ZonuF⁴ is priced under $500 each in volume and is available Stock to 6 weeks ARO.

About Optical Zonu Corporation: – OZC, privately owned and based in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in Fiber Optic Components for both Analog and Digital Transmission.  The leading supplier of Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM, uOTDR Transceivers, OZC maintains a strategic relationship with Go-Foton and supports direct Field Sales in the Americas and Europe.  For more information visit http://www.opticalzonu.com or call 818.780.9701.

Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM (SFC™) Smart Transceivers feature an integrated Micro-OTDR Fast Fiber Fault Finder to instantly identify and localize optical fiber faults or open connectors within a tolerance of 20 meters.

Van Nuys, CA – March 4, 2011 — Optical Zonu Corporation (OZC), a leading supplier of Single Fiber SFP Transceivers, announced the introduction of its New ZonuFx, Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM (SFC) Transceiver with Smart Micro-OTDR Fast Fiber Fault Finder. These SFC Transceivers work in conjunction with OZC’s Optical Multiplexer-Demultiplexer’s to support up to Ten (10) Business Class SONET/SDH or Gigabit Ethernet Customers ON A SINGLE FIBER with Full Duplex Operation up to “Long Reach” Link Distances (80 Km). When installed in Network Equipment with an SFP-MSA Digital Diagnostic Monitoring I²C interface, these Transceivers provide the data input required for the system to support the Operations, Administration and Maintenance (OAM) features of the IEEE 802.3ah and ITU Y.1731 Standards. The new Fast Fiber Fault Finder capability instantly detects and locates optical fiber faults, or open optical connectors, reporting this information to a Network Switch properly configured to retrieve this data.

“Imagine describing the expansiveness of Telecom, Cable or Utility Fiber Optic Networks in terms of football fields…thousands and thousands of football fields”, pondered Mike Hartmann, VP of Sales and Marketing for OZC. “With ZonuFx Smart SFC Transceivers, our Service Provider Customers will not only instantly know which football field to go to to find an optical fiber fault, they will know which yard-markers to stand between to be confident that the fault is only a ‘first down’ distance away, one direction or the other.”

The ZonuFx is priced under $500 each in volume and is available Stock to 6 weeks ARO.

About Optical Zonu Corporation: – OZC, privately owned in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in Fiber Optic Components for Analog and Digital Transmission, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing. The leading supplier of Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM Transceivers, OZC maintains a strategic relationship with Go-Foton (formerly NSG America) and supports direct Field Sales in the Americas and Europe. For more information visit http://www.opticalzonu.com or call 818.780.9701.

Van Nuys, CA – June 14, 2010 — Optical Zonu Corporation (OZC), a leading supplier of modules for analog and digital signal transmission over optical fiber [CATV, RF over Fiber, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing (CWDM)], announced the introduction of its OZ1600 Ultra Broadband Optical Transceiver for RF over Fiber Optics Links. This new Transceiver is designed for operation up to 7 GHz with exceptionally flat frequency response. It is packaged in a rugged dust-tight Cast Metal Housing with optional Integral WDM for duplex transmission on one SMF-28 Single Mode Fiber.

Key attributes of the new product include: operation from 20MHz to 7GHz, high SFDR (excellent noise performance and high linearity), very stable gain, flat frequency response, extended temperature range of operation, and rugged simple modular package. Since the Analog RF Parameters of Laser transmission depend upon the operating temperature of the Laser diode itself, Transceivers such as the OZ1600 utilize a TEC that locks the temperature of the Laser at a constant level, stabilizing the Laser Wavelength, Optical Power and Relative Intensity Noise (RIN). Our state of the art transceiver operates over a broad range of temperatures (-20°C to +65°C) with gain variation of less than 2 dB.

“These linear RF over Fiber Transceivers allow physical separation of RF systems components that cannot be achieved using coaxial cable or transmission lines,” said Soyola Baasan, Director of Sales at OZC. “They offer significant improvements in the transport of RF signals in their native format reliably over many optical networks and across a broad range of frequencies. Applications that benefit most from this technology include antenna “remoting”, Satcom, GPS distribution, DAS, distributed emitter systems, timing and frequency signal transmission over optical fiber that requires low phase noise, Wi-Max, 4G LTE or any other application that requires sending RF signals over optical fiber reliably and in very stable form despite ambient temperature variation.”

The standard optical connector is the SC/APC (FC/APC is also available) for low back reflection applications like analog video and long haul digital data transmission. The optional multimode fiber compatible version is also available upon request.

The base OZ1600 unit is priced depending upon the specification of options and unit volume (contact the factory for details) and is available 6 to 8 weeks ARO.

About Optical Zonu Corporation: – OZC, privately owned in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in Fiber Optic Components for Analog and Digital Transmission, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing. The leading supplier of Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM Transceivers, OZC maintains a strategic relationship with NSG Group. For more information on OZC, please visit http://www.opticalzonu.com or call 818.780.9701.

OZC offers a unique line of SFC Transceivers which are SFP pluggable devices that enable a significant increase in the amount of data traffic that can be carried on a single optical fiber. These devices are available to work over a wide range of data rates including Fast and Gigabit Ethernet, Fiber Channel and SONET/SDH. SFC Transceivers conform to the SFP Multi Source Agreement (MSA), thus making it easy for System Operators to replace their legacy dual-fiber SFP transceivers with OZC Products. These SFC Transceivers work in conjunction with OZC’s Optical Multiplexer-Demultiplexer’s to support up to Ten (10) Business Class SONET/SDH or Gigabit Ethernet Customers ON A SINGLE FIBER with Full Duplex Operation over 75 Km.

The Optical Zonu European Operation is headed by Dr. David Jenkins, who was previously Vice President of European Operations at OCP Inc. and Marketing Manager for the Agilent Fiber Optic Marketing Division. He is joined by Ian Richard, who has over 20 Years of Experience in Senior Sales Management Roles in the Fiber Optics Industry and Europe Region Marketplace.

Meir Bartur, President and CEO of Optical Zonu, said “We have seen significant growth in the sales of our Products and now feel that we can accelerate this growth in Europe by establishing a Europe Region Operation. We are delighted to have two such experienced individuals to lead this activity and to provide the highest level of support to our Customers.”

About Optical Zonu Corporation: – OZC, privately owned in Los Angeles, CA, specializes in Fiber Optic Components for Analog and Digital Transmission, SONET/SDH, Gigabit Ethernet and Coarse Wavelength Division Multiplexing. The leading supplier of Single Fiber, Full Duplex, CWDM (SFC) Transceivers, OZC maintains a strategic relationship with NSG Group. For more information on OZC, please visit http://www.opticalzonu.com or call 818.780.9701.