Ixia Announces Partnership with Comtest Testing Solutions as Distributors Throughout Canada

Ixia Announces Partnership with Comtest Testing Solutions as Distributors Throughout Canada

CALABASAS, CA, April 5, 2002. Ixia (PRWEB) April 5, 2002 -speed, multiport network performance analysis and network monitoring systems, today announced a partnership with Comtest Testing Solutions (CTS) to distribute Ixia products throughout Canada. CTS is a leading supplier of telecom testing solutions with more than 500 customers, including manufacturers of switching, transmission and PBX products, as well as Canadian telephone companies, access providers, networks, and system integrators. In addition to their headquarters in Ottawa, Ontario, Comtest has offices in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver, which allows them to support the high tech regions of Canada.
We are pleased to partner with Comtest, and believe that this agreement will allow us to expand our presence in the Canadian market," said Dave Anderson, vice president of worldwide sales and business development for Ixia. We are confident that CTSs strong reputation for service and reliability will prove to be a significant asset for us, and we are excited to have their knowledgeable and experienced sales and support staff representing Ixia."

About Ixia
Ixia (Nasdaq: XXIA) delivers powerful, distributed, multiport traffic generators and performance analyzers for wire-speed verification of optical networking equipment, LAN, MAN and WAN multi-layer switches and routers. Its products utilize a variety of interfaces - Packet Over SONET, BERT, 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, 10/100/1000 Mbps Ethernet, and USB. Ixias network operations applications address the industrys growing requirements for a higher level of control over network operations monitoring, traffic engineering, traffic profiling, and security. They are distinguished by their accuracy, reliability, high port density, support for emerging protocol standards, and adaptability to the industry's constant evolution.

For more information, contact Ixia at 26601 W. Agoura Road, Calabasas, CA 91302; (818) 871-1800, Fax: (818) 871-1805; Email: info@ixiacom.com or visit our Web Site at http://www.ixiacom.com.

About Comtest Testing Solutions
Comtest Testing Solutions (CTS) was created as a division of Comtest Instruments Ltd. (CIL) on June of 2001. Backed with the human resources, financial strength and established reputation of its parent company, CTS continues its 30 year tradition of providing leading-edge test, measurement and automation solutions for the Canadian telecommunication industry. CTS
markets its products to over 500 customers across Canada. Our customers cover the telecommunications industry from research and development, product verification, manufacturing, carriers and service providers.

For more information about CTS, please contact us at 1 Raymond Street. Ottawa, ON Canada K1R 1A2; (613) 226-2301, FAX: (613) 226-2371 Email us at: sales@comtest.ca
http://www.comtest.ca.

CTS will represent Ixias extensive range of hardware and software test solutions to meet the high capacity demands and sophisticated technical requirements of today's telecommunication equipment and networks. These applications include Synchronous Optical Networks (SONET), Voice over IP (VoIP), 10 Gigabit Ethernet, Gigabit Ethernet, Web Applications, and Routing.
Comtest Testing Solutions has an ongoing mandate to work with our partners to ensure that solutions for the next-generation's bandwidth-intensive applications will be supported. Our impressive customer-base and our experience has provided us with extensive technical knowledge which we will leverage on Ixias behalf" said Don Klepacki, national sales manager, of CTS."