Press Release

TraceSpan Received 2005 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award

 Industry’s first non-intrusive DSL Xpert Protocol Analyzer is recognized as Breakthrough in ADSL Compliance and Performance Testing  

Ra’anana, Israel – September 15, 2005 – TraceSpan™ Communications, a provider of broadband monitoring solutions, today announced that it has won the prestigious Frost and Sullivan Award for Product Innovation for its DSL Xpert™, the first non-intrusive analyzer for Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (ADSLs), ADSL 2, and ADSL 2+. TraceSpan’s proven broadband testing solutions are further enriched by its patent-pending breakthrough technology, which enables non-intrusive performance analysis testing currently used by equipment manufacturers, chipset vendors, and service providers.

“The strength of the DSL Xpert™ solution lies in its ability to recognize the requirements of the end-users and it has also been designed and developed with a high degree of innovation to satisfy telephone companies, modem makers and technology providers’ demands,” said Ayshwarya Deepak, research analyst, Frost & Sullivan. “Its innovation makes the DSL Xpert™ an obvious preference for testing ADSL systems and components. The product is also highly flexible, easy to use, reduces the testing time and the time-to-market, delivers significant cost savings, and eliminates the need for multiple products by offering a single comprehensive solution. All the aforementioned factors make TraceSpan a worthy recipient of the 2005 Frost & Sullivan Product Innovation Award in the world of xDSL test equipment industry.”    

“We are extremely pleased for winning the Product Innovation Award and see it as international recognition received from a globally known and reputable market research and consulting firm as Frost & Sullivan,” said Dr. Hanan Herzberg, TraceSpan founder and CEO. “Receiving this award is a vote of confidence in the vision of an independent, non-intrusive, multi-layer analyzer as the ultimate unbiased testing tool as well as a great achievement to our dedicated engineers that have had to overcome some of the most difficult technical and engineering challenges in this industry.”

The Frost and Sullivan Product Innovation Award is presented each year to the company that has demonstrated excellence in new products and technologies within their industry. TraceSpan received the 2005 Product Innovation Award for the significance of DSL Xpert as a new product in its industry, its competitive advantage, the innovation with unique and revolutionary technology, the product acceptance in the marketplace, and the value added services provided to customers.