New single-fiber technology doubles the capacity of fiber optic cabling for LAN and Metropolitan (MAN) Network applications.

Irvine, CA, May 6, 2002 – Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc., a premiere manufacturer of fiber media converters for Enterprise LAN and Metropolitan Area Networks, announced today the iConverter Single Fiber (SF) managed media converters. Targeting the needs of ISP’s and enterprise network users, the iConverter SF allows users to double the fiber capacity of single-mode fiber optic cable and extend trunk distances over fiber to 40 km. Live demonstrations of the new SF models can be seen at the Networld+Interop show May 7-9, 2002, in booth #1956 and the Spring BICSI event May 6-9, 2002, in booth #74. Both events are held in Las Vegas for telecommunications and network professionals.
The SF technology permits two individual channels to utilize a single fiber, which doubles the capacity of the installed fiber.
Irvine, CA, January 29, 2002 -- Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of fiber media converters for Enterprise Local Area Networks (LAN) and Metropolitan Area network (MAN) applications, today released version 1.2 of its management agent software for the iConverter line of media converters. With the release of version 1.2, the iConverter management agent supports Telnet in addition to the previously supported SNMP protocol. Omnitron Systems is exhibiting the managed iConverter product family January 29-31, 2002 at the COMNET Expo, Washington DC, booth #2205. The Telnet services, which enhance the iConverter's management capabilities, are password protected and can be enabled or disabled by the user. Network engineers get greater functionality through Telnet, which enables monitoring status and allows engineers to configure any managed iConverter module from anywhere on the network. Telnet is a standard, text-based protocol supported by most platforms and operating systems, including Windows™ and Unix™ .
Irvine, CA, October 9, 2001 -- Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc., a premier manufacturer of fiber media converters for Enterprise LAN and Metropolitan Area networks, announced today the iConverter T1/E1 fiber converter module as the newest addition to Omnitron's iConverter product family. Targeting the needs of telecom ISPs, CLECs, ILECs and enterprise users that require Internet and voice access, the iConverter T1/E1 extends T1 or E1 trunk distances over fiber to 58 km and supports advanced network management for both the Central Office (CO) and Customer Premises (CPE). Omnitron is showcasing the T1/E1 iConverter at the ISPCon / The Last Mile Show at the Sands Convention Center in Las Vegas, NV on October 9-11, 2001 in booth #3025.
Atlanta, GA, June 5, 2001 –– Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc., a manufacturer of fiber media converters, released the iConverter™ managed media converter family at the Supercomm Expo today. With its SNMP based NetOutlook™ network management software, its fault-tolerance and its physical layer remote fault detection and monitoring features, the iConverter product family provides a robust fiber transport tool for enterprise LAN and (MAN) Metropolitan Area Network applications. In its first release, the iConverter line includes a 19-unit, 2-unit and a 1-unit chassis, fiber to copper and multimode to single-mode fiber converters for Gigabit Ethernet, Fast (100 Mbps) Ethernet, 10/100 Ethernet, Standard Ethernet (10 Mbps), and ATM OC-3 and OC-12.
Irvine, CA, January 23, 2001 –– Omnitron Systems Technology, Inc, a manufacturer of fiber media converter released today the FlexPoint™ Gx, a Gigabit fiber to copper converter for LAN and MAN applications. Compliant with the IEEE 802.3ab standard, the FlexPoint Gx supports distances of 100 meters of Gigabit over standard Category 5 wiring and up to 65 km over fiber.
Irvine, Calif., Sept 1, 2000 -- Omnitron Systems, a manufacturer of fiber optic networking products, presents the new FlexPointT 232, an auto-sensing RS-232 to fiber converter and distance extender. Intended to meet the needs of Industrial Networking and IT applications, the FlexPoint 232 supports both DTE and DCE applications and features advanced remote loop-back capability for ease of installation and operation. A member of Omnitron's FlexPoint product family, the FlexPoint 232 can be used as a stand-alone unit or rack mounted using a shelf or the FlexPoint Powered Chassis.
Irvine, Calif., Sept 1, 2000 –– Omnitron Systems, a manufacturer of fiber optic networking products, is introducing the new FlexPoint DC Power Adapter. The FlexPoint DC Converter has been designed for telecommunications and IT applications such as campuses and phone centers that use DC power as a primary power source. In enabling the FlexPoint line of 10/100/1000 Ethernet, Token Ring and ATM media converters to be DC powered, the FlexPoint DC is providing the user with the flexibility to deploy standalone FlexPoint media converters in locations without or with limited AC power.
COMNET, Washington, D.C., Jan. 25, 2000 -- Omnitron Systems, a manufacturer of fiber optic network connectivity products, is introducing its new FlexPoint™ 10/100 rate converter that allows connection between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Ethernet networks via fiber-based cabling infrastructures. The FlexPoint 10/100 reduces 10 to 100 Mbps migration cost, enables fiber-to-the-desktop applications and significantly increases network distances up to 58 km via fiber.