Tyco Electronics and ADC announced on 13th July 2010 a definitive agreement in which Tyco will acquire ADC.
NEWS UPDATE!
25/06/2010 - 4:54pm
A project in Melbourne submitted by Jason Webb of Kevin R Sheather (Victoria) Pty Ltd has become the first installation in Australia to achieve full NATA verified compliance to Australian Standard AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3. When contacted, Jason indicated that the success of the testing was due to Rob Richardson- the testing officer for the project.
Since the release of AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763.3 on 15th May 2007, VTI Services has only issued conditionally compliant NATA Statements of Compliance for fibre test results until this Melbourne submission.
The changes to the testing standard requiring the use of reference grade connectors on test cords, modal conditioning, changes to optical attenuation limit calculations and new documentation requirements has taken longer than expected to successfully be implemented by the market.
VTI Services management and staff congratulate the team at Kevin R Sheather (Victoria) Pty Ltd and in particular Rob Richardson for their outstanding display of professional trademanship.
27/05/2010 - 11:09am
VTI Services has acquired encircled flux launch mode conditioners as a prelude to the release of AS/NZS ISO/IEC 14763-3 Amendment. This amendment will recquire the establishment of encircled flux mode conditioning for multi mode testing. Encircled flux launch conditions will enable more repeatable and reproducable optical attenuation testing irrespective of test equipment used.
07/04/2010 - 10:42am
The IEEE has approved work on IEEE P802.3bg, which will specify standards for a serial version of 40-Gigabit Ethernet (40G)
The objectives for the IEEE P802.3bg project include:
- Support a bit error ratio (BER) Better than or equal to 10-12
- Provide a specification which support 40-Gbps Ethernet operation over at least 2 km on singlemode fibre
- Provide optical compatability with exisiting carrier 40-Gbps client interfaces (OTU3/STM-256/OC-768/40G POS).
The Working Group will hold its first meeting to develop IEEE P802.3bg in May 2010, hosted by the ITU in Geneva Switzerland.
19/03/2010 - 3:28pm
Col Browitt has been appointed on a casual basis as the new Buisness Development Manager for VTI Services in VIC. Katie Teale has left VTI Services in her aims of pursuing a career in teaching.
19/03/2010 - 3:20pm
At the QLD BICSI Seminar held on the 11th March, QLD Health announced that an approved NATA inspection body is to verify all Twisted Pair and Fibre results
20/01/2010 - 12:33pm
The latest draft of ISO/IEC 11801 includes the requirement for the inclusion of RL for infield testing of fibre links and channel. The current stated test methodology to determine ORL (Optical Return Loss) is by use of an OTDR and interpetation and calculation based on the OTDR traces. Acceptance of ORL into the standards could see a dramatic change in infield testing requirements
05/01/2010 - 2:34pm
Fluke Network has annouced that support for the DSP 4x00 range of testers will cease in Australia and New Zealand on the 30th June 2010. Support for the repair of DSP range of testers finished on 1st January 2010.
Calibration support was indicated to be continued until 30th June 2010.
Given this VTI Services will be unable to validate any test data where testing was carried out past 30th June 2011
04/01/2010 - 2:21pm
Samantha Prechatanapoj has joined VTI Services as Client Services Manager. Samantha's role will include assisting in the implementation of the intergated CMS and Project Tracking System
03/01/2010 - 2:10pm
VTI Services has updated its web site as part of its 2010 "Driving Customer Care" Campaign.
The web site update includes moving to drupal 6 to better manage project tracking and to support the inhouse deleopment of a Customer Management System.
Additionally an image upgrade of the site will be roled out progressively over the year .