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EXFO wins multi-million dollar order for fibre monitoring system

QUEBEC CITY - EXFO has received a multi-million dollar order from a government entity in the Asia-Pacific region for a fibre monitoring system designed to monitor a mission-critical, high-speed, IP/MPLS (Internet Protocol/Multiprotocol Label Switching) network spanning over nearly 3,000 kilometers, the Quebec-based company announced Wednesday.EXFO's fibre monitoring solution NQMSfiber provides real-time surveillance of an optical network 24 hours per day, seven days per week.  The company says that it is indispensable for detecting fibre bends, cuts and degradations over time, all of which can impede communications across a network.NQMSfiber consists of optical time domain reflectometers (OTDRs), in the form of remote...